Japan Tobacco Inc.

Kaori Hamano

Shoichi Suzuki

Masao Arai

Ayako Nomura

Mai Tsukahara

Yuta Negishi

Seiki Sato

Soichiro Noguchi

Provided is a tobacco plant which is suitable for cultivation for harvesting leaf tobaccos. The present invention encompasses (i) a tobacco plant into which a mutation for suppressing the development of primary axillary buds is introduced, (ii) a method of obtaining the tobacco plant, (iii) a harvest from the tobacco plant, and (iv) a processed product of the harvest.

Tobacco plant and production method thereof

Provided are (i) a tobacco plant which is suitable for cultivation for harvesting leaf tobaccos, (ii) a method of obtaining the tobacco plant, (iii) a harvest from the tobacco plant, and (iv) a processed product of the harvest. The present invention encompasses (i) a tobacco plant into which a mutation for suppressing the development of primary axillary buds is introduced, (ii) a method of obtaining the tobacco plant, (iii) a harvest from the tobacco plant, and (iv) a processed product of the harvest.

The present invention provides a tobacco plant which is suitable for cultivation for harvesting leaf tobaccos. The present invention includes (i) a tobacco plant in which a mutation for suppressing the development of axillary buds is introduced and (ii) a method of producing the tobacco plant.

Tobacco plant and method for manufacturing same

The present invention provides a polynucleotide having a function of regulating a content of a plant metabolite, a polypeptide having a function of regulating a content of a plant metabolite, a vector containing the polynucleotide or a part of the polynucleotide, and a transformed plant produced by using the vector. Examples of such polynucleotides or polypeptides include polynucleotides or polypeptides with homology with quinolinate synthase or those which are predicted to be transcription factors. A method for producing the transformed plant is additionally included.

Tobacco enzymes for regulating content of plant metabolites, and use thereof

The present invention provides a polynucleotide having a function of regulating a content of a plant metabolite, a polypeptide having a function of regulating a content of a plant metabolite, a vector containing the polynucleotide or a part of the polynucleotide, and a transformed plant produced by using the vector, and a method for producing the transformed plant, and according to the above polynucleotide, polypeptide, vector, transformed plant and method, a novel gene regulating a content of a plant metabolite and use of the novel gene.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kaori Hamano