Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Satoru Nishimura

Hiroyuki Enoki

Takeo Sakaigaichi

Tatsuro Kimura

Aya Murakami

Taiichiro Hattori

Takayoshi Terauchi

Shoko Ishikawa

Yoshifumi Terajima

Shoko Tsuzuki

Masayoshi Muramatsu

Masanori Honjo

Susumu Yui

Hiroaki Koishihara

Ayumi Koike

Takehiko Shimada

Etsuko Hattori

Kazuyo Suzuki

Momoe Suitou

Yuji Noguchi

Tsukasa Nunome

Momoe Suito

Kazuyo Ito

Naoko Tsurumaru

This invention intends to develop many DNA markers for a plant of the genusand detect powdery mildew resistance with high precision by using the many DNA markers. The marker associated with powdery mildew resistance in a plant of the genuscomprises a continuous nucleic acid region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19 in the chromosome of the plant of the genus

Marker associated with powdery mildew resistance in plant of genusand use thereof

This invention is intended to develop many DNA markers in plants of the genusand to evaluate anthracnose resistance with high accuracy with the use of such many DNA markers. The markers associated with anthracnose resistance in plants of the genuseach comprise a continuous nucleic acid region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10 in the chromosome of a plant of the genus

Marker associated with anthracnose resistance in plant of the genusand use thereof

This invention provides a drug-inducible promoter that can be used for sugarcane plants and plants related thereto. Such drug-inducible promoter comprises a polynucleotide comprising a first nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, a second nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ NO: 2, a third nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3, a fourth nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4, and a fifth nucleotide sequence having 90% or higher identity to the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 in such an order from the 3 terminal side toward the 5' terminal side.

Drug-inducible promoter and method of inducting gene expression using the same

This invention intends to develop many DNA markers for a plant of the genusand identify everbearing lines with high precision by using the many DNA markers. The marker associated with everbearing properties in a plant of the genuscomprises a continuous nucleic acid region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 in the chromosome of the plant of the genus

Marker associated with everbearing properties in plant of genusand use thereof

The invention provides a marker related to quantitative traits of a Gramineae plant, and in particular, stalk length. Such Gramineae stalk-length-related marker comprises a continuous nucleic acid region selected from a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 of a chromosome of the Gramineae plant.

Stalk-length-related marker derived from genome of wild-type sugarcane and use thereof

The present invention relates to a marker associated with resistance to smut which is a quantitative trait of sugarcane. Specifically, a marker associated with resistance to sugarcane smut, which consists of a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 14 or a different similar region, is provided.

Marker associated with resistance to smut in plant belonging to genus, and use thereof

Provided is a probe to be used in a DNA microarray having an excellent detection rate of a polymorphism such as SNP contained in genomic DNA. A method for designing a probe according to the invention includes the steps of: specifying one or more regions covering at least a part of fragments flanked by restriction enzyme recognition sites recognized by a restriction enzyme, contained in genomic DNA derived from an organism to be tested; and designing a probe for the specified one or more regions for detecting the fragment in the organism to be tested.

Method for designing probe in DNA microarray, and DNA microarray provided with probe designed thereby

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According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16.

Sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker and the use thereof

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

Technique for regulating flower bud formation in sugarcane

The present invention provides gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner. The following is provided: gene expression regulatory DNA having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner, which comprises any one of the following (a) to (d): (a) DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4; (b) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence that has a deletion, a substitution, an addition, or an insertion of one or a plurality of nucleotides in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; (c) DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence having 90% or more sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner; and (d) DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions to DNA consisting of a sequence complementary to a part or the entirety of the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and having activity of promoting gene expression in a mature-leaf-specific manner.

Mature leaf-specific promoter

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for identifying the variety/line of a plant of the genuswith the use of novel DNA markers that allow high-precision identification of a wide range of varieties/lines of plants of the genus. A method for identifying the variety/line of a plant of the genus, comprising using a simple sequence repeat polymorphism in at least one DNA sequence selected from SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 12 is provided.

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Nagoya, Japan

Satoru Nishimura