Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd.

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

Kouji Uchida

Katsuyuki Hayakawa

Hirofumi Motoi

Toshihiro Yamada

Shigeru Nakano

Yosuke Kikuchi

Yumiko Sakai

Yoshiki Nakao

Masahiro Kinugasa

Takeo Yano

Kimie Ishihata

Provided is a method whereby walnut can be simply, rapidly and accurately separated and distinguished from pecan nut. The method involves a PCR method for specifically detecting nuts of the family Juglandaceae and identifying the matK sequence of pecan nut to thereby discriminate walnut and pecan nut from each other optionally using restriction enzymes.

Method of separating and distinguishing walnut from pecan nut

The invention provides a means for estimating the end use qualities of wheat flour that will be obtained in the future from the harvested wheat at an early stage before maturation of the wheat seeds. The invention relates to a method for estimating the end use qualities of a matured wheat seed, comprising measuring the expression level of at least 1 gene selected from genes, each of which is defined by any one of the nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 121 in immature wheat.

Method for estimating end use qualities of wheat at growth stage

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Nagahama, Japan

Kouji Uchida