Abstract: An agriculture support system that facilitates profit estimation of even a crop that is to be newly cultivated on a land. The agriculture support system is configured as a computer system including a data input unit, a data storage unit, and an arithmetic operation unit. The arithmetic operation unit has an yield estimation part adapted to estimate a crop yield on the basis of data including characteristics and environment of a land as an estimation target so as to output yield data, a crop production data storage part adapted to store crop production data on crop production, and a profit estimation part adapted to estimate profit for a case in which the crop is produced on the basis of the yield data and crop production data so as to output profit estimation data.

Abstract: Prediction model area environment representative data that representatively indicates an environment of a prediction model area is generated based on prediction model area environmental data and prediction model area data. Additionally, prediction model area crop characteristic representative data that represents a characteristic of a crop cultivated in the prediction model area is generated. Based on the prediction model area environment representative data and the prediction model area crop characteristic representative data, a crop characteristic prediction model is generated.

Abstract: This invention provides a technique that enables efficient cross-breeding of plants, and, in particular, sugarcane plants and plant species closely related thereto.

Abstract: This invention provides a technique that enables efficient cross-breeding of plants, and, in particular, sugarcane plants and plant species closely related thereto.

Abstract: This invention is intended to produce 2-butanol with excellent productivity via a fermentation process. Recombinant microorganisms into which the acetoacetyl-CoA synthase gene and a group of genes (i.e., genes involved in 2-propanol synthesis) encoding a set of enzymes synthesizing 2-propanol from acetoacetyl-CoA have been introduced are cultured, so that, in addition to 2-propanol, 2-butanol is produced at a high level in a medium.

Abstract: This invention is intended to produce 2-butanol with excellent productivity via a fermentation process. Recombinant microorganisms into which the acetoacetyl-CoA synthase gene and a group of genes (i.e., genes involved in 2-propanol synthesis) encoding a set of enzymes synthesizing 2-propanol from acetoacetyl-CoA have been introduced are cultured, so that, in addition to 2-propanol, 2-butanol is produced at a high level in a medium.