Abstract:A SCAR (sequenced characterized amplified region) marker for metalaxyl-resistance of Phytophthora infestans was developed. With highly metalaxyl-resistant isolate HD01-3 and highly metalaxyl-sensitive isolate DK98-1 of Phytophthora infestans as parents, strains of asexual single-zoospores of HD01-3 and DK98-1 were reproduced by single-zoospore isolation and F1 progeny were reproduced from the sexual crosses HD01-3×DK98-1. DNA pools of metalaxyl-resistant and metalaxyl-sensitive strains were developed by BSA (bulked segregant analysis). By using RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) analysis, the specific primer S2054 was screened out from 178 random 10bp primers. One genetic marker that linked with metalaxyl-resistance of Phytophthora infestans could be amplified using primer S2054. This band was collected, colned and sequenced, the length was 457bp. Primers were designed based on the sequence for amplifying DNA pools of metalaxyl-resistant and metalaxyl-sensitive strains. RAPD marker was successfully converted into SCAR marker. A SCAR marker for metalaxyl-resistance of Phytophthora infestans was preliminarily found and could monitor the metalaxyl-resistance of Phytophthora infestans.