Expression of green fluoscrescent protein gene in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Protoplasts of the pathogenic plant fungus,Sclerotinia sclerotiorum,were transformed using the pPGF plasmid,which contains green fluorescent protein gene,under the control of Aspergillus nidulans regula-tory sequences,The pPGF plasmid was introduced by PEG/CaCl2 treatment.Positive transformants were har-Vested with hygromycin B(HYG) resistance as selective marker,and then were observed with green fluores-cence phenomena in response to blue light,which suggested that GFP gene was cloned into genome DNA of s.sclerotiorum.The transformants were verified mitotically stable by Southern blotting analysis and passage cultu-ring.This study is deVeloped as an initial step for further research into infection mechanisms of S.sclerotiorum to Plants and ineraetions with bio-control fungus.