[Objective] This study was to find out a quick,simple,and low-cost method for the extraction of sorghum genomic DNA.[Method] Four plant genomic DNA extraction methods based on CTAB,including liquid nitrogen grinding method（method I）,buffer grinding method（method II）,drying grinding method（method III）and directly grinding method（method IV）,were used to extract the sorghum genomic DNA from leaves;further the quantity and quality of the yielded DNA were detected by gel electrophoresis,SSR-PCR and SRAP-PCR.[Result] These four methods performed no remarkable difference in DNA product.The method I and method II produced DNA with higher purity and better integrity,which,especially from method I,is effective for SRAP-PCR and SSR-PCR.While the DNA extracted via method III and method IV had less integrality and lower purity,and only effective in SSR-PCR.[Conclusion] Enough amount of sorghum genomic DNA to perform tens of PCR could be quickly extracted using all these four methods.The DNA obtained via method I and method II had a broader application spectrum（SRAP,RAPD,ISSR and SSR）than that via method III and method IV which is only proper for PCR targeting small DNA fragments（SSR）.
