Abstract:According to the difference of rDNA ITS sequence among Rhizoctonia cerealis, Rhizoctonia solani, Helminthosporium spp., Alternaria spp., Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici and Fusarium graminearum, which usually inhabits bases of wheat plants, two pairs of primers, DNF77 +DNR554 and DNF81+DNR564, were designed to detect Rhizoctonia cerealis which cause wheat sharp eyespot. The results showed that a sequence about 480bp could be amplified by PCR from pure cultured R.cerealis isolates and infected sheath of wheat by R.cerealis isolates using the designed primers, which could be used to develop a rapid PCR-based diagnostic technique for the sharp eyespot at early stage of R.cerealis infecting wheat.