Abstract:In order to investigate the pathogen of melon powdery mildew in lands overlaid with sands in Ningxia droughty area, ITS rDNA and 28S rDNA D1/D2 of pathogen amplified by PCR were sequenced and analyzed by BLAST in GenBank after DNA had been extracted from conidia of pathogen. The results showed that ITS rDNA and 28S rDNA D1/D2 sequence of pathogen had more than 99% of similarity to the species of Podosphaera phaseoli, P.balsaminae, P.fusca, P.xanthii, P.fuliginea, suggesting the pathogen of melon powdery mildew belonged to Podosphaera.