Abstract:In order to understand the sequence characteristics of miRNA precursors (premiRNAs) and their expression in different tissues and pseudobulbs infected by soft rot in Oncidium hybridum, we analyzed 25 premiRNAs and 15 mature sequences in the transcriptome and miRNA database of Oncidium. And the expression of 25 premiRNAs in different tissues and pseudobulbs infected by soft rot pathogen were analyzed by realtime fluorescence quantitative PCR (qRTPCR). The results showed that:(1) 25 premiRNAs sequences of Oncidium could be divided into 13 families, including 15 mature sequences.(2)Mfold prediction results showed that all of the Oncidium 25 premiRNAs could form a typical stable stem loop structures with a minimal folding free energies (dG) from -32.04 to -120.98 kal/mol. (3) Sequence alignment analysis showed that there was a conserved region of about 20 bases in the same family of precursors and mature sequences, suggesting that this region may be mature miRNAs. Among them, miRNAs from 10 of 13 precursor families can be fully localized in their precursors.(4) qRTPCR results showed that premiRNAs such as miR159unigene0037857, miR167unigene0011236, miR167unigene0002619, miR169unigene0022341, miR172unigene006514, miR396unigene19032, miR398unigene0009996, miR2950unigene0006151 and miR2950unigene0006422 accumulated in leaf may be helpful for the morphogenesis of the leaves. miR162unigene0003615, miR162unigene0013441, miR166unigene 0011870 and miR168unigene0009958 were highly expressed in roots and leaves, which may be beneficial to the development of roots and leaves. Meanwhile, the abundance expression of miR171unigene 0045985, miR396unigene0011179 and miR396unigene0011180 in roots and pseudobulbs may be beneficial to the development of roots and pseudobulbs.(5) In pseudobulbs infected by soft rot pathogen, the expression levels of miR159unigene0037857, miR167unigene0011236, miR396unigene0011179, miR396unigene0011180, miR396unigene0019032 and miR845unigene0012489 showed atrend of decrease and reached the lowest level after 12 h infection. The expression of miR162unigene0040566, miR166unigene0011870, miR168unigene0009958 and miR171unigene 0045985 increased in pseudobulbs infected by soft rot pathogen after 4 h, and then downregulated. The expression of miR162unigene 0003615, miR167 unigene0002619, miR168 unigene0047942, miR169unigene0022341 and miR845unigene0012489 showed the tendency of first decrease and then increase in the process of pathogen infection, and reached the minimum after 8 h. The above results showed that different members of the 13 families of the premiRNAs of Oncidium are highly conserved and specific in their evolutionary processes, and may be widely involved in the growth and development of different tissues and in response to soft rot pathogen infection in Oncidium.