[Objective] The aim of this study was to explore the expression differences of miRNA response to low energy N＋ beam radiation in rice.[Method]Three groups of ion beam irradiation rice seeds and untreated rice seeds were selected respectively,and then the total RNA of seedlings after 96 h of germination was extracted at 30 ℃.Agilent gene chip was used to screen the differentially expressed genes of two groups of rice seedlings.The chip contained 510 miRNA probes;and about two times of expression differences between two samples were considered as the threshold range.[Result]14 miRNA molecules showed significant expression differences between the irradiated group and the control group,and all of them were decreased.[Conclusion]The miRNAs showed expression differences between irradiated group and the control group,which might regulate the expression of certain genes to respond to ion irradiation,thus producing physiological,biochemical and phenotypic differences.
