The invention discloses a method for simultaneously extracting
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and
RNA from lily tissue. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining total
nucleic acid solution through crude extraction and purification of the same steps from a lily
tissue sample; and then sequentially selectively precipitating
RNA and
DNA, thereby obtaining high-quality
DNA and
RNA. The method disclosed by the invention is short in time, economic and fast, and good in stability; and the extracted
nucleic acid is high in quality. The method has the characteristics that high-concentration
potassium acetate is utilized for precipitating polysaccharides twice, so that the polysaccharides in the lily sample can be effectively removed; and in the DNA and RNA
separation process, the RNA is selectively precipitated by means of the synergistic effect of
lithium chloride and absolute ethyl
alcohol and then the DNA is precipitated by using
sodium acetate and isopropanol; and therefore, the efficiency of the DNA-RNA separation is high, the loss of the
nucleic acid is low and the
precipitation time is greatly shortened. The method is suitable for simultaneously extracting the DNA and the RNA from the lily tissue containing rich polysaccharides and other secondary metabolites.