Patents Assigned to Director General of National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  • Stress resistant plant in which cell death suppressing gene is introduced and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 6310272
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stress resistant plant in which a cell death suppressing gene is introduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Director General of National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Inventors: Yuko Ohashi, Ichiro Mitsuhara, Kamal A. Malik
  • Method for shortening internode of inflorescence by introducing gene for petunia transcription factor PetSPL2
    Patent number: 6215043
    Abstract: A gene encoding DNA which is selected from a) or b): a) DNA having a nucleotide sequence from the 190th position to the 807th position of a nucleotide sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 1 of the Sequence Listing; or b) DNA which hybridizes to DNA of a) under stringent conditions, and encodes a transcription factor capable of altering characters of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Director General of National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takatsuji, Hitoshi Nakagawa
  • Method for producing disease resistant plant with thionin gene from Avena sativa
    Patent number: 6187995
    Abstract: A plant exhibiting resistance to at least one disease is provided. The plant includes an expression cassette including a thionin gene from Avena sativa, which is capable of expressing the thionin protein. A method for producing the plant is also provided. The method includes the steps of constructing an expression vector containing an expression cassette including a thionin from Avena sativa gene, which is capable of expressing the thionin protein, transforming a plant cell with the expression vector, and regenerating a plant from the transformed plant cell. The plant exhibits resistance to at least one disease such as a disease caused by a plant pathogenic bacterium (e.g., a bacterium causing bacterial leaf blight of rice or a bacterium causing bacterial seedling blight of rice) or a plant pathogenic filamentous fungus (e.g., a fungus causing late blight of potato). A seed obtained from the above disease resistant plant is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Director General of National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Inventors: Yuko Ohashi, Ichiro Mitsuhara, Masahiro Ohshima, Masashi Ugaki, Hirohiko Hirochika, Ryoso Honkura, Takayoshi Iwai, Shigeo Nakamura
  • Gene for transcription factor capable of altering characters of a plant and use thereof
    Patent number: RE38966
    Abstract: A gene encoding DNA which is selected from a) or b): a) DNA having a nucleotide sequence from the 90th position to the 728th position of a nucleotide sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 1 of Sequence Listing; or b) DNA which hybridizes to DNA of a) under stringent conditions, and encodes a transcription factor capable of altering characters of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Director General of National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takatsuji, Hitoshi Nakagawa
  • Method for shortening internode of inflorescence by introducing gene for petunia transcription factor petSPL2
    Patent number: RE39685
    Abstract: A gene encoding DNA which is selected from a) or b): a) DNA having a nucleotide sequence from the 190th position to the 807th position of a nucleotide sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 1 of the Sequence Listing; or b) DNA which hybridizes to DNA of a) under stringent conditions, and encodes a transcription factor capable of altering characters of a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Director General of National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takatsuji, Hitoshi Nakagawa