[Objective]The paper was to establish simple and effective method to screen marker gene in maize with kanamycin resistance.[Method]Using inbred line “Chang 7-2” and hybrid “Zhengdan 958” of maize as test materials,their seeds were soaked with different concentrations and volumes of kanamycin for3 and 4 d,respectively,the rate of albino seedlings and average seedling height after sowing for10 d were investigated.[Result]The rate of albino seedlings not only was related to kanamycin concentration,but also had relationship with solution volume during soaking process.The difference between inbred line and hybrid was no significant.When 100 ml of kanamycin solution with concentration of 200 mg/L was used to soak seeds for 3 d,the rate of albino seedlings basically could reach 100%.When 100 ml of kanamycin solution with concentration of 100 mg/L was used to soak 20 seeds for 3 d to carry out resistance screening,the accuracy was up to 84.8% after verifying the screening test of T1 transgenic maize plants.[Conclusion]The method was feasible,which could be used as a simple method for screening transgenic gene maize with kanamycin resistance. [Objective] The paper was to establish simple and effective method to screen marker gene in maize with kanamycin resistance. [Method] Using inbred line “Chang 7-2 ” and hybrid “Zhengdan 958 ” of maize as test materials, their seeds were soaked with different concentrations and volumes of kanamycin for3 and 4 d, respectively, the rate of albino seedlings and average seedling height after sowing for 10 d were investigated. [Result] The rate of albino seedlings not only related to kanamycin concentration, but also had relationship with solution volume during soaking process. The difference between inbred line and hybrid was no significant. WHEN 100 ml of kanamycin solution with concentration of 200 mg / L was used to soak seeds for 3 d, the rate of albino seed could reach 100% .When 100 ml of kanamycin solution with concentration of 100 mg / L was used to soak 20 seeds for 3 d to carry out resistance screening, the accuracy was up to 84.8% after verifying the screening test of T1 transg enic maize plants. [Conclusion] The method was feasible, which could be used as a simple method for screening transgenic gene maize with kanamycin resistance.