Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Riken Corporation

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Taisei Corporation

Chieko Ohsumi

Kazuo Shinozaki

Teruaki Taji

Noboru Endo

Takahisa Hayashi

Daisuke Igarashi

Kouki Yoshida

Miho Akiyoshi

Yasuko Yoshida

The present invention enables production of a plant resistant to environmental stresses including drought stress. The invention increases stress resistance to a plant by increasing raffinose content in the plant.

Method for increasing stress-resistance to a plant

This invention provides a novel gene that can impart salt stress tolerance to plants for a long period of time and salt stress tolerant transgenic plants to which such gene has been introduced. Such novel gene encodes the following protein (a), (b), or (c), and such salt stress tolerant transgenic plant has such gene introduced therein: (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing; (b) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or several amino acid residues and having activity of imparting salt stress tolerance to plants; or (c) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in the Sequence Listing by deletion, substitution, or addition of one or several amino acid residues and having UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity.

Gene capable of imparting salt stress resistance

Method for providing a property of stress-resistance

The present invention enables production of a plant resistant to environmental stresses including drought and high salt concentration. The invention increases stress resistance to a plant by increasing galactinol content in the plant.

Hybrids of onion and garlic or Chinese chive are obtained by culturing the ovule-embryo after fertilization of the male (e.g. garlic pollen) and female (e.g. onion egg cell) gametes. The hybrids have the useful characteristics of both species and can be propagated.

Hybrid plants of onion and garlic or Chinese chive and method for

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Kanagawa, Japan

Chieko Ohsumi