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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Kenichi Ogawa, Kyoto, JP;
Aya Iwasaki, Okayama, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Ogawa, Kyoto, JP;
Aya Iwasaki, Okayama, JP;
Assignees:
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi-Shi, JP;
Okayama Prefecture, Okayama-Shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is found that a transformed plant into which a γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene has been introduced is increased in at least one of the number of flowers and the number of seeds in comparison with a wild-type plant, and is therefore increased in seed yield. Based on this finding, the present invention elucidates the function of a product of a plant-derived γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene and provides a technique for producing a plant having an increased seed yield.