Abstract

By a QTL analysis and so forth using 4-HPPD inhibitor-susceptible rice and 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistant rice, a hypothetical gene (HIS1 gene) of an iron/ascorbate-dependent oxidoreductase gene located on a short arm of chromosome 2 of rice has been identified as a 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistance gene. Further, it has also been revealed that a homologous gene (HSL1 gene) of the HIS1 gene is located on chromosome 6 of rice. Furthermore, it has been found out that utilizations of these genes make it possible to efficiently produce a plant having increased resistance or susceptibility to a 4-HPPD inhibitor and to efficiently determine whether a plant has resistance or susceptibility to a 4-HPPD inhibitor.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells
• C12Q 1/6895 - Nucleic acid products used in the analysis of nucleic acids, e.g. primers or probes for detection or identification of organisms for plants, fungi or algae

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an efficient method for manufacturing a processed food material or processed food using rice as a raw material. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a processed food material or a processed food, said method comprising: adding more than 0.5 time as much water to rice; subjecting the obtained mixture to primary heating treatment; mechanically agitating the obtained gelatinized product; and processing the obtained rice gel through one processing operation selected from the group consisting of heating, chilling, freezing, pressurization, depressurization, addition of water, drying, agitating, and addition of secondary ingredient, or a combination of two or more processing operations selected therefrom. The processed food material or processed food obtained by the method is useful as: a substitute for food material or food; a diet food; a food for the amelioration or prevention of metabolic syndrome; a food for persons with dysphagia or dysmasesis; or an antiallergic food.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23L 1/10 - containing cereal-derived products
• A23L 1/307 - Reducing nutritive value; Dietetic products with reduced nutritive value

Abstract

It was discovered that, when gene Hd3a capable of inducing flower bud formation was ligated to the downstream of a promoter, the expression of said promoter being induced by a treatment with a plant activator, and transferred into a gramineous plant, the flowering time of the gramineous plant could be regulated depending on the timing of the plant activator treatment. Also, it was discovered that, by further transferring into the aforesaid plant gene Ghd7 participating in the regulation of flower bud formation, the expression of the endogenous gene Hd3a was inhibited and thus the flowering time regulation efficiency could be elevated.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/10 - Seeds
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology

Abstract

The purpose of the invention is to provide a technique that can be applied simultaneously to all cultivated specimens when a plant of the genus Eustoma (lisianthus) is cultivated in an environment where burned tip disease occurs, the technique making it possible to significantly inhibit burned tip disease at less cost than conventional techniques without using chemicals etc. Provided is a method for suppressing burned tip disease in a plant of the genus Eustoma, the method being characterized in that when a plant of the genus Eustoma is cultivated in conditions where the air temperature exceeds 20°C, a rhizosphere low-temperature treatment is performed for maintaining the rhizosphere temperature in the flower bud initiation period at substantially 10 to 20°C. Also provided is a method for efficiently cultivating a high-quality plant of the genus Eustoma (lisianthus) using the method for suppressing burned tip disease.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general
• A01G 1/00 - Horticulture; Cultivation of vegetables (labels or name-plates G09F 3/00, G09F 7/00)
• A01G 31/00 - Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tea leaf extract rich in high-stability anthocyanin and exceptional palatability. Specifically, the present invention provides a tea leaf extract containing, with respect to the dry weight of the tea leaf extract, at least 0.13% by weight of delphinidin or a glycoside thereof and no more than 23.0% by weight of a catechin; a method for manufacturing the tea leaf extract in which extraction is performed on the tea leaves using water in a volume of no less than 10 times the dry weight of the tea leaves at a temperature of 70 to 95°C and a time of 5 to 60 minutes; a beverage/foodstuff containing the tea leaf extract or composition; and a use for said beverage/foodstuff.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 36/18 - Magnoliophyta (angiosperms)
• A23F 3/16 - Tea extractionTea extractsTreating tea extractMaking instant tea
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;
• A23L 2/52 - Adding ingredients
• A61K 8/49 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic compounds containing heterocyclic compounds
• A61K 8/97 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing materials, or derivatives thereof, of undetermined constitution from algae, fungi, lichens or plantsCosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing materials, or derivatives thereof, of undetermined constitution from derivatives thereof
• A61P 27/02 - Ophthalmic agents
• A61P 29/00 - Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g. antirheumatic agentsNon-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAID]
• A61P 39/06 - Free radical scavengers or antioxidants

Abstract

This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells
• C12N 9/10 - Transferases (2.)
• C12N 9/12 - Transferases (2.) transferring phosphorus containing groups, e.g. kinases (2.7)

Abstract

Provided is a means for measuring the cholesterol contained in a chicken egg using a non-destructive means. The present invention is a method for measuring the cholesterol contained in a chicken egg and including the following steps: a photoirradiation step for irradiating a chicken egg with light having a wavelength ranging from a visible-light region to a near-infrared region; a photodetection step for detecting light discharged to the exterior of the egg as a result of the light irradiated in the photoirradiation step passing through the egg or being reflected by the interior of the egg; a spectrum acquisition step for acquiring a near-infrared spectrum of the light detected in the photodetection step; and a cholesterol-level determination step for determining the amount of cholesterol contained in the egg on the basis of the near-infrared spectrum acquired in the spectrum acquisition step.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/35 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light
• G01N 33/08 - Eggs, e.g. by candling

Abstract

Provided are: a parthenocarpy regulation gene comprising any one polynucleotide selected from polynucleotides (1) to (4) as mentioned below; and use of the parthenocarpy regulation gene. (1) A polynucleotide which encodes the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; (2) a polynucleotide which encodes an amino acid sequence that has a sequence identity of 70% or more to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; (3) a polynucleotide which encodes an amino acid sequence that is produced by the substitution or the like of 1 to 87 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; and (4) a polynucleotide which can hybridize with a polynucleotide comprising a sequence complementary to the above-mentioned polynucleotide (1) under stringent conditions.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C07K 14/415 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from plants
• C12P 19/34 - Polynucleotides, e.g. nucleic acids, oligoribonucleotides
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a furrow-opening mechanism able to rapidly form a furrow when forming a furrow in ground such as non-tilled land, without residual prior crop, weeds, soil, or the like being caught up and damaging the machinery or impairing unencumbered rotation of the rotating part, as well as to provide a seeding machine provided with the furrow-opening mechanism. [Solution] A furrow-opening mechanism for forming a furrow in the soil while also moving in a direction of travel, wherein the furrow-opening mechanism is provided with: a single disk coulter which rotates during movement and makes a cut in the vertical direction in the ground surface with a cutting edge provided to the outer periphery; and a widening section that widens the furrow having been cut in with the disk coulter, the widening section being provided to the rear of the disk coulter with respect to the direction of travel. The widening section has a widening member where a taper is formed in the direction of widening from the disk coulter side toward the rear, at the front surface of the disk coulter side.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 5/06 - Machines for making or covering drills or furrows for sowing or planting
• A01C 7/20 - Parts of seeders for conducting and depositing seed

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to develop a method for preventing avian influenza in poultry using an inactivated vaccine, whereby it becomes possible to impart potent immunity without the need of the combined use of any oil adjuvant (which is essential for the vaccination of conventional inactivated vaccines for avian influenza), and it also becomes possible for the inactivated vaccine to be administered to many poultry rapidly without the need of using any injection needle. The present invention provides a method for preventing avian influenza in poultry, characterized by comprising administering an inactivated vaccine that contains an inactivated avian influenza virus as an antigen and does not contain any oil adjuvant to the poultry by means of the instillation into eyes of the poultry.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 39/145 - Orthomyxoviridae, e.g. influenza virus
• A61K 9/08 - Solutions
• A61K 39/00 - Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies
• A61P 31/16 - Antivirals for RNA viruses for influenza or rhinoviruses

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to develop a Fenton reaction catalyst which can retain bivalent iron stably for a long period, can utilize trivalent iron or metal iron, which is an inexpensive iron-supplying raw material, by converting the material into bivalent iron, and is non-toxic to human bodies and environments. Provided is a Fenton reaction catalyst comprising, as an active ingredient, a reaction product produced by mixing a specific reducing organic substance (e.g., ascorbic acid, a polyphenol-containing plant-derived component, a plant dry distillation liquor component) with an iron-supplying raw material at a specified ratio in the presence of water. Also provided are a disinfection method, a contaminant decomposition method, and a light-emitting method utilizing chemiluminescence, each of which is characterized by using the Fenton reaction catalyst.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01J 23/745 - Iron
• A01N 25/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
• A01N 59/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
• A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
• A61L 2/16 - Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lensesAccessories therefor using chemical substances
• A62D 3/38 - Processes for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances by reacting with chemical agents by oxidationProcesses for making harmful chemical substances harmless, or less harmful, by effecting a chemical change in the substances by reacting with chemical agents by combustion
• B09C 1/02 - Extraction using liquids, e.g. washing, leaching
• B09C 1/08 - Reclamation of contaminated soil chemically
• C02F 1/50 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by addition or application of a germicide or by oligodynamic treatment
• C02F 1/72 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by oxidation
• A62D 101/22 - Organic substances containing halogen
• A62D 101/28 - Organic substances containing oxygen, sulfur, selenium or tellurium, i.e. chalcogen

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a means for easily and stably supplying poultry fatty liver with little effort. The present invention provides a feed for poultry that has a crude protein inclusion amount not exceeding 11 weight%, and a method for producing poultry fatty liver characterised in that the feed is given to poultry.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23K 1/18 - specially adapted for particular animals
• A23K 1/14 - from vegetable materials, e.g. potatoes or roots without ensilaging

Abstract

This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 9/10 - Transferases (2.)
• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells
• C12N 9/12 - Transferases (2.) transferring phosphorus containing groups, e.g. kinases (2.7)

Abstract

The invention addresses the problem of providing a method capable of determining infection with West Nile virus (WNV) rapidly and with high accuracy. According to the invention, a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes an envelope protein (E) or a pre-membrane protein (PrM), which is a structural protein of West Nile virus (WNV) and a method for determining WNV infection by competitive ELISA in which the monoclonal antibody and a test serum are simultaneously added to a solid phase are provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/00 - Mutation or genetic engineeringDNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purificationUse of hosts therefor
• C07K 16/10 - Immunoglobulins, e.g. monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against material from viruses from RNA viruses
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells
• C12N 15/02 - Preparation of hybrid cells by fusion of two or more cells, e.g. protoplast fusion
• G01N 33/543 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals
• G01N 33/569 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor for microorganisms, e.g. protozoa, bacteria, viruses
• C12P 21/08 - Monoclonal antibodies

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an auxin biosynthesis inhibitor superior to L-AOPP. The foregoing problem can be solved by a compound of general formula (I) (in the formula, R1-R5 and X are as set forth in the specification) or by a salt or solvate thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07C 239/20 - Hydroxylamino compounds or their ethers or esters having oxygen atoms of hydroxylamino groups etherified
• A01G 7/06 - Treatment of growing trees or plants, e.g. for preventing decay of wood, for tingeing flowers or wood, for prolonging the life of plants
• A01N 37/36 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio-analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids
• A01N 37/44 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing organic compounds containing a carbon atom having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most two bonds to halogen, e.g. carboxylic acids containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio-analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a nitrogen atom attached to the same carbon skeleton by a single or double bond, this nitrogen atom not being a member of a derivative or of a thio-analogue of a carboxylic group, e.g. amino-carboxylic acids
• A01P 13/00 - HerbicidesAlgicides
• A01P 21/00 - Plant growth regulators
• C07C 243/38 - Hydrazines having nitrogen atoms of hydrazine groups acylated by carboxylic acids with acylating carboxyl groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
• C07C 251/60 - Oximes having oxygen atoms of oxyimino groups bound to carbon atoms of substituted hydrocarbon radicals of hydrocarbon radicals substituted by carboxyl groups
• C07C 259/06 - Compounds containing carboxyl groups, an oxygen atom of a carboxyl group being replaced by a nitrogen atom, this nitrogen atom being further bound to an oxygen atom and not being part of nitro or nitroso groups without replacement of the other oxygen atom of the carboxyl group, e.g. hydroxamic acids having carbon atoms of hydroxamic groups bound to hydrogen atoms or to acyclic carbon atoms
• C07C 259/10 - Compounds containing carboxyl groups, an oxygen atom of a carboxyl group being replaced by a nitrogen atom, this nitrogen atom being further bound to an oxygen atom and not being part of nitro or nitroso groups without replacement of the other oxygen atom of the carboxyl group, e.g. hydroxamic acids having carbon atoms of hydroxamic groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings
• C07D 207/46 - Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings not condensed with other rings, with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom with hetero atoms directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom
• C07D 209/48 - Iso-indolesHydrogenated iso-indoles with oxygen atoms in positions 1 and 3, e.g. phthalimide
• C07D 215/14 - Radicals substituted by oxygen atoms
• C07D 295/14 - Heterocyclic compounds containing polymethylene-imine rings with at least five ring members, 3-azabicyclo [3.2.2] nonane, piperazine, morpholine or thiomorpholine rings, having only hydrogen atoms directly attached to the ring carbon atoms with substituted hydrocarbon radicals attached to ring nitrogen atoms substituted by carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals

Abstract

A 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistant gene is identified as a gene (HIS1 gene) which is estimated as an iron-/ascorbic acid-dependent oxidoreductase gene located on the short arm of chromosome-2 of a rice plant, by carrying out QTL analysis using a 4-HPPD inhibitor-sensitive rice plant and a 4-HPPD inhibitor-resistant rice plant or the like. It is also found that a homologous gene (HSL1 gene) to the HIS1 gene is located on chromosome-6 of a rice plant. It is found that a plant having improved resistivity or sensitivity to a 4-HPPD inhibitor can be produced with high efficiency and the resistivity or sensitivity of a plant to a 4-HPPD inhibitor can be determined with high efficiency using the aforementioned genes.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

Radish is a plant highly valuable as a food material. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a glucoraphanin-rich radish plant at a low cost using neither a chemical treatment nor a transgenic treatment, said glucoraphanin having an effect of inhibiting carcinogenesis. Provided is a method for producing a radish line which contains a large amount of glucoraphanin in seeds, sprouts and young seedlings, said method being characterized by comprising screening radish individuals which show a glucoerucin content of 10 µmol/g plant or greater on a dry basis and a 4-methylthio-3-butenyl glucosinolate content being not more than 1/5 of the glucoerucin content thereof, and subjecting these radish individuals to inbreeding once or more to thereby select a line showing a glucoraphanin content of sprout of 5 µmol/g or greater on a dry basis.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C07H 15/14 - Acyclic radicals, not substituted by cyclic structures attached to a sulfur, selenium or tellurium atom of a saccharide radical

Abstract

Successfully produced is a cruciferous plant resistant to clubroot by introducing the clubroot resistance gene (Crr1) isolated by map-based cloning into a cruciferous plant and expressing the gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

By detecting Ca. P. fragariae at an early stage and removing the same from production sites of strawberry seedlings and fruits, it is expected that the spreading of strawberry marginal chlorosis can be prevented and damage on the fruit production can be reduced. Thus, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a technique whereby Ca. P. fragariae can be detected at a high sensitivity. For this purpose, provided is a nucleic acid molecule comprising: (a) a sequence represented by one of SEQ ID NOS:1-5; (b) a sequence having a homology of at least 95% to the sequence of (a) or being hybridizable to a complementary strand thereof under stringent conditions, or a variant sequence derived from the sequence by substitution, addition and/or deletion of one to several bases; (c) a fragment sequence containing at least 10 nucleotides in (a) or (b); or (d) a complementary strand sequence of (a), (b) or (c).

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

A granulating method is a method wherein granules containing components that are soluble in water are granulated. In the disclosed granulating method, a dispersing element, wherein micro water droplets are dispersed in superheated steam, is ejected from a nozzle, and thus the dispersing element and granules in a flowing-state come into contact with one another. It is preferable that the mass ratio of superheated steam contained in the dispersing element, as a mass ratio found from the theoretical flow amount of superheated steam ejected from the nozzle, and the actual flow amount of water supplied to the nozzle, is set in the range of 20-70 mass%.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01J 2/16 - Processes or devices for granulating materials, in generalRendering particulate materials free flowing in general, e.g. making them hydrophobic by suspending the powder material in a gas, e.g. in fluidised beds or as a falling curtain

Abstract

Disclosed is a fenton reaction catalyst which can maintain iron in a divalent state stably over a long period. Further disclosed is a fenton reaction catalyst which, unknown in conventional technology, can reduce trivalent iron (a cheap iron feedstock) to divalent iron for use. Also disclosed is a fenton reaction catalyst formed having as an active component the reaction product obtained by mixing in the presence of water an iron feedstock containing divalent or trivalent iron and a reduction action component feedstock comprising crushed and roasted coffee beans (in particular coffee grinds) or tea leaves (in particular tea dregs). Further disclosed are a sterilization method which can generate hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide using the aforementioned fenton reaction catalyst, a pollutant decomposition method, and a light emitting method using chemiluminescence.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01J 23/745 - Iron
• A61L 2/16 - Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lensesAccessories therefor using chemical substances
• B09B 3/00 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
• B09C 1/02 - Extraction using liquids, e.g. washing, leaching
• B09C 1/08 - Reclamation of contaminated soil chemically
• C02F 1/50 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by addition or application of a germicide or by oligodynamic treatment
• C02F 1/72 - Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by oxidation

Abstract

Disclosed is an iron supply agent which, manufactured using only raw materials derived from natural products, is capable of stably supplying over a long period water-soluble iron ions even under alkaline conditions in which iron ions are prone to become insoluble. Also disclosed is an iron supply agent which, manufactured using only raw materials safe for human ingestion, is capable of supplying water-soluble iron ions. Further disclosed is an iron supply agent which, manufactured using trivalent iron as the iron feedstock, is capable of supplying water-soluble iron ions (in particular, divalent iron ions). Also disclosed is a water-soluble iron supply agent formed to contain as an active component the reaction product obtained by mixing in the presence of water an iron feedstock containing trivalent iron and a metal ion soluble component feedstock comprising crushed and roasted coffee beans and/or tea leaves. Said water-soluble iron supply agent reduces trivalent iron to divalent iron ions and maintains the same in that state, and is capable of supplying water-soluble iron ions (divalent iron ions) stably over a long period.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general
• A01G 31/00 - Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;
• A23L 1/304 - Inorganic salts, minerals, trace elements
• A61K 9/08 - Solutions
• A61K 33/26 - IronCompounds thereof
• A61K 47/46 - Ingredients of undetermined constitution or reaction products thereof, e.g. skin, bone, milk, cotton fibre, eggshell, oxgall or plant extracts
• C05D 9/02 - Other inorganic fertilisers containing trace elements

Abstract

An immunostimulator comprises an immunostimulating component extracted from a leaf blade part of a cibol, a leaf blade part of an onion, or a leaf sheath part of an onion excluding a bulb part. Thus, provided is an immunostimulator comprising an immunostimulating component which is extracted from a cibol or an onion with high efficiency.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 36/896 - Liliaceae (Lily family), e.g. daylily, plantain lily, Hyacinth or narcissus
• A23K 1/16 - supplemented with accessory food factors; Salt blocks
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;
• A61P 37/04 - Immunostimulants

Abstract

Disclosed is a technique for producing a feed containing γ-aminobutyric acid at a high content, which does not rely on the administration of any antibiotic or the addition of glutamic acid. Specifically disclosed is a feed containing γ-aminobutyric acid, which is produced by adding water to a ground product of seeds of a crop belonging to the family Gramineae to adjust the water content of the ground product to a value that is more than 20% and not more than 40% and inoculating a lactic acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis strain RO50 (FERM BP-11232) to the resulting product to cause the fermentation of the product.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23K 1/00 - Animal feeding-stuffs
• A23K 1/16 - supplemented with accessory food factors; Salt blocks
• A23K 1/18 - specially adapted for particular animals
• A61K 31/197 - Carboxylic acids, e.g. valproic acid having an amino group the amino and the carboxyl groups being attached to the same acyclic carbon chain, e.g. gamma-aminobutyric acid [GABA], beta-alanine, epsilon-aminocaproic acid or pantothenic acid

Abstract

A granular object distribution device capable of accommodating granular objects having different sizes and shapes and also capable of performing high speed, high accuracy distribution of both a single object at a time and multiple objects at a time. A granular object distribution device is provided with: a rotation mechanism for rotating a drive shaft; a supply-side frame body; a distribution plate provided with holders on the outer periphery thereof, the holders each containing a predetermined amount of granular objects supplied to the inside of the supply-side frame body; a discharge plate comprising recesses which are provided on the outer periphery thereof so as to correspond to the positions of the holders and which contain granular objects; a reception/delivery plate which is provided between the distribution plate and the discharge plate and which has formed in the upper part thereof a reception/delivery hole for receiving and delivering a granular object from the distribution plate to the discharge plate; and a discharge-side frame body for covering the outer periphery of the discharge plate and provided, at the lower end thereof, with a discharge opening for discharging the granular objects contained in the recesses. The distribution plate and the discharge plate are rotated about the drive shaft in the same direction at the same speed.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01C 7/16 - Seeders with other distributing devices, e.g. brushes, discs, screws or slides
• A01C 7/18 - Machines for depositing quantities of seed at intervals
• A01C 15/00 - Fertiliser distributors

Abstract

In order to develop a new FAME production scheme that can reduce price volatility risks in the production of vegetable oils and fats, FAMEs, valuable resources, and the like, a FAME production method and a FAME production system related thereto are provided, whereby vegetable oil obtained from raw oil in a pressure extraction step (A1) and byproduct containing fatty acids obtained in a refinement step (A2) as a byproduct of said vegetable oil are mixed (symbol 1) in a vegetable oil and fat production system (A), and FAMEs are produced in a reaction tank according to a catalyst-free method in a FAME production section (B). If there is a desire to raise the level of production of vegetable oils and fats on the basis of supply and demand balance and price volatility, for example, the quantity of vegetable oil to be provided for vegetable oil and fat production is increased, the quantity of vegetable oil to be provided for FAME production is reduced, and the percentage of byproduct containing fatty acids to vegetable oil is raised. The production of vegetable oils and fats can accordingly be increased, enabling FAMEs to be stably produced and enabling price volatility risks in the production of vegetable oils and fats, FAMEs, and the like, to be reduced.

IPC Classes  ?

• C11C 3/10 - Ester interchange

Abstract

A method of detecting loss-of-function mutations for the gene encoding abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase of test wheat, including detecting insertion mutations in the gene encoding abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase of the wheat D genome by performing nucleic acid amplification using one or more oligonucleotide primers containing a specific base sequence corresponding to the insertion sequence discovered in the abscisic acid 8'-hydroxylase of the wheat D genome, or a base sequence of at least 15 consecutive bases of a complementary sequence thereof, for genome DNA derived from test wheat.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

Provided is a treatment method for a lacto-N-biose-containing solution. Said treatment includes preparing a lacto-N-biose-containing solution with a pH of 2.0-5.5 at 25°C, and subjecting said solution to heat treatment at a temperature 65°C or higher. Specifically provided are: a treatment method in which the lacto-N-biose-containing solution is subjected to the heat treatment at a temperature of 65°C or higher while limiting thermal decomposition of the lacto-N-biose; the lacto-N-biose-containing solution which has undergone the aforementioned treatment and a dried substance thereof; and a manufacturing method for products containing lacto-N-biose.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23L 3/10 - Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general, e.g. pasteurising, sterilising, specially adapted for foods or foodstuffs by heating materials in packages which are not progressively transported through the apparatus
• A23K 1/10 - from meat, fish, or bones; from kitchen waste
• A23K 1/16 - supplemented with accessory food factors; Salt blocks
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;
• A61K 31/7016 - Disaccharides, e.g. lactose, lactulose
• A61P 1/10 - Laxatives
• A61P 3/00 - Drugs for disorders of the metabolism
• A61P 37/02 - Immunomodulators
• C12P 19/26 - Preparation of nitrogen-containing carbohydrates

Abstract

Provided is an agent for improving plant growth that contains a component for improving growth with which the concentration of oxoanions heavier than sulfuric acid ions and containing 4 oxygen atoms is increased around a plant. Also provided are seeds containing the agent for improving plant growth, and a method for improving plant growth including a cultivation step for growing a plant in the presence of the component for improving plant growth.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 59/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds
• A01C 1/00 - Apparatus, or methods of use thereof, for testing or treating seed, roots, or the like, prior to sowing or planting
• A01N 25/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests
• A01N 25/02 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by their methods of applicationSubstances for reducing the noxious effect of the active ingredients to organisms other than pests containing liquids as carriers, diluents or solvents
• A01N 59/02 - SulfurSeleniumTelluriumCompounds thereof
• A01P 21/00 - Plant growth regulators

Abstract

Provided is a method for running an electrothermal generator or steam generator to generate a steam heating medium from a nozzle, said steam heating medium being Aquagas or low-temperature superheated steam. In the provided method and device for generating a steam heating medium, either: Aquagas is generated by increasing the amount of water supplied such that, according to relation 1 or relation 2 specifying the flow rate of steam sprayed by the nozzle, the internal nozzle pressure is constant at a pressure greater than the saturated water vapor pressure at internal nozzle pressure setting temperatures; or low-temperature superheated steam is generated by decreasing the amount of water supplied such that the internal nozzle pressure does not exceed the saturated water vapor pressure at internal nozzle pressure setting temperatures.

IPC Classes  ?

• F22B 27/04 - Instantaneous or flash steam boilers built-up from water tubes
• A47J 27/16 - Cooking-vessels for use in hotels, restaurants, or canteens heated by steam
• F22B 1/28 - Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method in boilers heated electrically
• F22G 1/10 - Steam superheating characterised by heating method with provision for superheating by throttling
• F24C 1/00 - Stoves or ranges in which the fuel or energy supply is not restricted to solid fuel or to a type covered by a single one of groups Stoves or ranges in which the type of fuel or energy supply is not specified

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for extracting a compound containing sialic acid from a raw material that is readily available and does not has undergo the contamination by any animal-affecting pathogen (i.e., has high safety), wherein the method enables the extraction of the compound at low cost and in a simple manner without requiring any reagent that is toxic to human bodies and environments. Specifically disclosed is a method for extracting a compound containing sialic acid, which is characterized by comprising crudely extracting a soluble component from a plant (particularly a seed of a crop or bean) or a processed product thereof with water, an alcohol or a hydrous alcohol and separating and collecting the compound from the crude extract by means of dialysis, salting out or a chromatography column.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07H 7/027 - Keto-aldonic acids
• C07H 1/08 - SeparationPurification from natural products

Abstract

Disclosed are: a method for producing an α-Gal-expressing virus having enhanced immune response to viruses, without requiring the use of any enzyme; an influenza virus vaccine having a high effect (antigenicity), which is produced using an α-Gal-expressing virus produced by the method; and others. Specifically disclosed are: a method for producing an α-Gal-expressing virus, which comprises the steps of: (1) introducing an α1,3-galactose transferase gene into a cell system incapable of expressing an α-galactose epitope (Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R: referred to as "α-Gal", hereinafter) in such a manner that the gene can be expressed in the cell system, thereby producing a cell system capable of expressing α-Gal; (2) inoculating a virus to the cell system capable of expressing α-Gal, thereby producing a virus-infected cell system; and (3) culturing the virus-infected cell system and obtaining a virus capable of expressing α-Gal from a culture solution; and a method for producing a vaccine, which comprises producing an α-Gal-expressing virus by the aforementioned method and preparing the vaccine from the resulting virus.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 7/00 - Viruses, e.g. bacteriophagesCompositions thereofPreparation or purification thereof
• A61K 39/145 - Orthomyxoviridae, e.g. influenza virus
• A61K 39/165 - Mumps or measles virus
• A61K 39/17 - Newcastle disease virus
• A61K 39/20 - Rubella virus
• A61K 39/21 - Retroviridae, e.g. equine infectious anemia virus
• A61K 39/255 - Marek's disease virus
• A61K 39/285 - Vaccinia virus or variola virus
• A61P 31/12 - Antivirals
• A61P 31/16 - Antivirals for RNA viruses for influenza or rhinoviruses
• C12N 7/04 - Inactivation or attenuationProducing viral sub-units
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology

Abstract

Disclosed are: a means for expressing α-Gal in a virus without using any enzyme; the production of a virus having α-Gal expressed therein by utilizing the means; the production of a vaccine from the virus; an influenza virus vaccine having a high effect (antigenicity), which is produced using a virus having enhanced immune response to a virus; and others. Specifically disclosed are: a transgenic bird which can express an α-galactose epitope (Galα1-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R: referred to as "α-Gal", hereinafter), wherein the bird is a chicken and may be G0 or a progeny thereof; a method for producing a transgenic bird, which comprises introducing a vector that is used for the introduction of an α1,3-galactose transferase (α1,3-GT) gene and contains an α1,3-GT gene in such a manner that the gene can be expressed, into a bird, thereby producing the transgenic bird; a biological sample, such as an egg, obtained from the transgenic bird; and a method for producing an α-Gal-expressing virus, which comprises inoculating a biological sample with a virus, cultivating the biological sample that has been inoculated with the virus, and obtaining a virus capable of expressing α-Gal from the cultivated biological sample.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/027 - New or modified breeds of vertebrates
• A61K 39/12 - Viral antigens
• A61K 39/145 - Orthomyxoviridae, e.g. influenza virus
• A61K 39/165 - Mumps or measles virus
• A61K 39/17 - Newcastle disease virus
• A61K 39/20 - Rubella virus
• A61K 39/21 - Retroviridae, e.g. equine infectious anemia virus
• A61K 39/255 - Marek's disease virus
• A61K 39/285 - Vaccinia virus or variola virus
• A61P 31/12 - Antivirals
• A61P 31/16 - Antivirals for RNA viruses for influenza or rhinoviruses
• A61P 31/18 - Antivirals for RNA viruses for HIV
• C12N 7/00 - Viruses, e.g. bacteriophagesCompositions thereofPreparation or purification thereof
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a practically usable method for constructing a plant, which has a resistance to a virus belonging to the genus Tenuivirus (tenuivirus), and a resistant variety. Disclosed is a composition for imparting a resistance to a viral disease caused by a tenuivirus, which comprises an expression inhibitor for at least one gene occurring in the genome of the tenuivirus. Also disclosed is a method for producing a plant belonging to the family Poaceae being possibly infected with tenuiviruses, to which a tolerance to a viral disease caused by a tenuivirus has been imparted, comprising: A) a step for providing an expression inhibitor for at least one gene occurring in the genome of the tenuivirus; B) a step for transferring said expression inhibitor into cells of the plant; C) a step for selecting plant cells into which said expression inhibitor has been transferred; and D) a step for re-differentiating the selected cells and thus constructing a transgenic plant.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• A01H 5/10 - Seeds
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells
• C12N 15/40 - Proteins from RNA viruses, e.g. flaviviruses

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for improving the bread-making properties of a bread dough in which rice flour is used as the main material. Specifically disclosed are a dough-improving agent for rice flour bread, said dough-improving agent containing glutathione, and a method for producing rice flour bread using said dough-improving agent.

IPC Classes  ?

• A21D 2/24 - Organic nitrogen compounds
• A21D 6/00 - Other treatment of flour or dough before baking, e.g. cooling, irradiating or heating
• A21D 10/00 - Batters, dough or mixtures before baking
• A21D 13/00 - Finished or partly finished bakery products

Abstract

Provided is a new deodorizing material which substitutes for conventional deodorizing materials obtained using fine cottony particles and urethane chips (excluding urethane chips of urethane foam elastomers discarded as industrial waste) as major materials. The deodorizing material is characterized by consisting mainly of a mixture of wood chips and cottony particles which are constituted of inorganic fibers and in which particles having a diameter of 1-40 mm coexist and by containing a microbially active substance mixed with the mixture, the active substance being livestock excrement, stable manure, or surplus sludge alone or comprising a mixture of two or more of these.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01D 53/38 - Removing components of undefined structure
• B01D 53/34 - Chemical or biological purification of waste gases
• B01D 53/81 - Solid phase processes

Abstract

Disclosed is a novel method for processing wheat. Also disclosed is a method for producing, using wheat grains as a starting material, a food material or food, which exhibits an improved texture or flavor, by applying the aforesaid processing method. Specifically disclosed are: a method for producing a food material or food using immature wheat grains which comprises threshing an immature wheat material in a frozen state; a method for producing the food material or food using immature wheat grains as described above, which comprises adding the immature wheat material to warm water at 40-85°C, removing suspended contaminants other than grains and defective grains, collecting immature wheat grains, and then using the immature wheat grains; and a food material or food using the immature wheat grains which is produced by the aforesaid method.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23L 1/10 - containing cereal-derived products
• A01F 12/42 - Apparatus for removing awns from the grain
• B02B 3/00 - HullingHuskingDecorticatingPolishingRemoving the awnsDegerming
• A21D 6/00 - Other treatment of flour or dough before baking, e.g. cooling, irradiating or heating
• A21D 13/00 - Finished or partly finished bakery products
• A23L 1/16 - Types of pasta, e.g. macaroni, noodles

Abstract

An organic material production system includes: a pretreatment device (12) that pulverizes a biomass material (11); a hydrothermal decomposition apparatus (14) that hydrothermally decomposes a pulverized biomass (13) by causing it to countercurrently contact with hot compressed water (15), elutes lignin components and hemicellulose components into the hot compressed water (15), and separates the lignin components and the hemicellulose components from a biomass solid residue; a first enzymatic hydrolysis device (19-1) that treats cellulose in a biomass solid residue (17), discharged from the hydrothermal decomposition apparatus, with an enzyme (18) to enzymatically hydrolyze it to a sugar solution containing hexose; a fermenter (21) that produces ethanol by fermentation using a sugar solution (20) obtained by the first enzymatic hydrolysis device (19-1); and a refiner 25 that refines an alcohol fermentation liquid (22), so as to separate it into ethanol (23) and a residue (24).

IPC Classes  ?

• B01D 11/02 - Solvent extraction of solids
• C08H 8/00 - Macromolecular compounds derived from lignocellulosic materials
• C08B 37/00 - Preparation of polysaccharides not provided for in groups Derivatives thereof
• B09B 3/00 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
• C12P 7/10 - Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage produced as by-product or from waste or cellulosic material substrate substrate containing cellulosic material
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology

Abstract

A method for detecting viroid, which comprises detecting viroid PSTVd and TCDVd in distinction from each other in a plant of interest by carrying out nucleic acid amplification using RNA derived from a sample of the plant as a template and using a primer set composed of (i) a reverse primer that comprises a sequence having a length of 16 to 30 nucleotides and contained in a sequence complementary to a nucleotide sequence lying between position-18 to position-114 in a DNA nucleotide sequence corresponding to PSTVd genome (a PSTVd genome-corresponding sequence), (ii) at least one PSTVd detection forward primer that has a length of 16 to 30 nucleotides and is designed on the PSTVd genome-corresponding sequence so that the 3'-terminal of the forward primer is located within a region lying between position-127 to position-147 in the genome-corresponding sequence, and (iii) at least one TCDVd detection forward primer that has a length of 16 to 30 nucleotides and is designed on the PSTVd genome-corresponding sequence so that the 3'-terminal of the forward primer is located within a region lying between position-210 to position-224 in the genome-corresponding sequence, and subsequently determining whether or not the nucleic acid amplification by the reverse primer and the PSTVd detection forward primer occurs and the nucleic acid amplification by the reverse primer and the TCDVd detection forward primer occurs.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology

Abstract

Disclosed are: a process for producing a barley flour using the same roll mill as those used in the production of wheat flours; and a barley flour. Specifically disclosed are: a process for producing a barley flour, which comprises milling grains of a β-glucan-deficient naked barley by means of a roll mill; and a barley flour produced by the process.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23L 1/10 - containing cereal-derived products
• A23K 1/14 - from vegetable materials, e.g. potatoes or roots without ensilaging

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to develop a pretreatment technique which enables, as a pretreatment for enzymatically saccharifying a starting material for a lignocellulose-based biomass (including a starting material for a lignocellulose-based biomass containing easily degradable saccharides), the performance of efficient saccharification without causing outflow of saccharides (in particular, free saccharides, starch, xylan, and the like) due to solid/liquid separation or washing steps. Disclosed are: a method for producing a slurry to be used as a substrate in enzymatic saccharification, which comprises grinding the above-ground parts of a starting plant material for a lignocellulose-based biomass, preparing a slurry containing said starting material, calcium hydroxide and water, treating the slurry with an alkali, and then neutralizing the same by bubbling carbon dioxide gas thereinto and/or pressurizing to decrease the pH of the slurry to 5-7; an enzymatic saccharification method using, as a substrate, a slurry obtained by said method for producing a slurry; and an ethanol fermentation method using, as a substrate, a saccharified product obtained by said enzymatic saccharification method.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 7/06 - Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage
• C12P 19/00 - Preparation of compounds containing saccharide radicals
• C12R 1/84 - Pichia
• C12R 1/865 - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Abstract

Disclosed are: a method for controlling a flavonoid synthesis system in a chrysanthemum or non-chrysanthemum plant by means of a genetic engineering technology using a transcription regulation region that is useful for altering the colors of flowers; a method for modifying anthocyanin; a method for producing a chrysanthemum or non-chrysanthemum plant having petals containing a modified anthocyanin; and a chrysanthemum or non-chrysanthemum plant having the regulation region introduced therein, a progeny or a vegetative proliferation product of the plant, or a part or a tissue of the plant, the progeny or the vegetable proliferation product. In the methods, an expression vector or cassette carrying a nucleic acid comprising a transcription regulation region for a perilla anthocyanin 3-acyltransferase gene (e.g., a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1) or a transcription regulation region for a pansy F3'5'H gene (e.g., a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:15) is used.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy

Abstract

Disclosed are: a method for producing a chrysanthemum plant having delphinidin-containing petals using a transcription regulation region for a chrysanthemum-derived flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) gene; and a chrysanthemum plant, a progeny or a vegetative proliferation product of the plant, or a part or a tissue of the plant, the progeny or the vegetable proliferation product, particularly a petal or a cut flower of the plant. In the method for producing a chrysanthemum plant having delphinidin-containing petals, a flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H) is caused to be expressed in a chrysanthemum plant using a transcription regulation region for a chrysanthemum-derived flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells

Abstract

Disclosed is a vaccine which can protect against the infection with Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae or Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae effectively when administered orally, and is safe and economically advantageous. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain Koganei, which has been used as a strain for an injection-type live vaccine for years in Japan, is selected as an attenuated Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain to be used as a vector for an oral mycoplasma vaccine. A part of P97 adhesin gene of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is introduced into a cell of the strain by homologous recombination to produce Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae strain Koganei which can express a part of P97 adhesin of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae. The strain exhibits a good vaccination effect against highly virulent Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and highly virulent Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 1/21 - BacteriaCulture media therefor modified by introduction of foreign genetic material
• A61K 39/00 - Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies
• A61K 39/07 - Bacillus

Abstract

Disclosed are: a β-glucan-deficient gene in a barley; genomic DNA and cDNA of a β-glucan synthesis gene; a barley having genomic DNA for a β-glucan-deficient gene; a method for breeding the barley; an alcohol or fermented food production method, which utilizes grains of a β-glucan-reduced or –deficient barley; and an animal feed composition. Specifically disclosed are: genomic DNA for a β-glucan-deficient gene, which is DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence having a 90% or higher homology with the nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1 and capable of being transcribed and translated into a protein lacking a β-glucan synthesis activity; and a breeding method comprising steps of determining a barley as having a β-glucan-deficient gene when a nucleotide corresponding to the 4275th nucleotide or the 2385th nucleotide in a gene comprising the nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:4 that is located adjacent to a centromere of chromosome-7H in the barley is mutated from G to A, and selecting the barley.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A23K 1/14 - from vegetable materials, e.g. potatoes or roots without ensilaging
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;
• C12C 11/00 - Fermentation processes for beer
• C12G 3/12 - by distillation
• C12N 1/15 - Fungi Culture media therefor modified by introduction of foreign genetic material
• C12N 1/19 - YeastsCulture media therefor modified by introduction of foreign genetic material
• C12N 1/21 - BacteriaCulture media therefor modified by introduction of foreign genetic material
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells

Abstract

A fragrance suppressor for an ornamental flower containing a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibitor as an active ingredient.  A method for suppressing fragrance of an ornamental flower by dipping the cut area of a cut flower in an aqueous solution of a phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibitor.  An ornamental flower subjected to fragrance suppression treatment by the method.  According to the invention, the biosynthesis of aromatic fragrance components and terpenoid of an ornamental flower can be inhibited to significantly decrease the amounts of these fragrance components.  Therefore, the intensity of fragrance of the ornamental flower can be easily suppressed depending on time, place, and occasion.  Further, the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase inhibitor to be used as the active ingredient is commercially available as a reagent, and can be obtained easily at a low price.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01G 7/06 - Treatment of growing trees or plants, e.g. for preventing decay of wood, for tingeing flowers or wood, for prolonging the life of plants
• A01N 3/02 - Keeping cut flowers fresh chemically
• A61L 9/01 - Deodorant compositions

Abstract

Provided is a method for efficiently forming nitrate nitrogen, which is a component of inorganic fertilizers, from an organic material without conducing an operation constantly using electricity such as aeration. Also provided is a method for producing a solid medium for cultivating plants whereby hydroponics can be conducted by directly adding an organic fertilizer thereto even in the case of performing the hydroponics by the solid medium cultivation method. Also provided is a method for producing a solid support on which microorganisms capable of conducting parallel multiple mineralization are immobilized, characterized by comprising: filling a container with a breathable solid support; adding thereto the microorganisms capable of conducting parallel multiple mineralization whereby an organic material is mineralized to give nitrate nitrogen; and, in the step of adding the organic material thereto, further adding water and effusing the water from the solid support to thereby wash the solid support, allowing the solid support to stand until the start of the formation of nitrate nitrogen in the effluent.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 11/00 - Carrier-bound or immobilised enzymesCarrier-bound or immobilised microbial cellsPreparation thereof
• A01G 1/00 - Horticulture; Cultivation of vegetables (labels or name-plates G09F 3/00, G09F 7/00)
• A01G 31/00 - Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
• B09B 3/00 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
• C05F 1/00 - Fertilisers made from animal corpses, or parts thereof
• C05F 3/00 - Fertilisers from human or animal excrements, e.g. manure
• C05F 5/00 - Fertilisers from distillery wastes, molasses, vinasses, sugar plant, or similar wastes or residues
• C05F 7/00 - Fertilisers from waste water, sewage sludge, sea slime, ooze or similar masses
• C05F 9/00 - Fertilisers from household or town refuse
• C05F 17/00 - Preparation of fertilisers characterised by biological or biochemical treatment steps, e.g. composting or fermentation

Abstract

Disclosed is a method applicable to a parallel complex mineralization reaction for producing nitrate nitrogen (an inorganic fertilizer component) from an organic material, wherein the method can largely reduce the time required for the completion of the reaction for mineralizing the organic material into nitrate nitrogen and enables the addition of the organic material in a large quantity at one time and, consequently, can produce a high concentration of nitrate nitrogen with high efficiency, and can also largely reduce the quantity of a microorganism source to be added. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a seed material for microorganisms, which is characterized by comprising the steps of: placing water in a vessel that can store water therein, seeding microorganisms capable of achieving a parallel complex mineralization reaction into the water, and maintaining the water under the conditions that allow the parallel complex mineralization reaction to proceed in the water to thereby culture the microorganisms capable of achieving the parallel complex mineralization reaction; forming a biofilm on a solid surface that contacts with the water and subsequently collecting the biofilm; and utilizing the collected biofilm as a seed material for the microorganisms which is optimized as a catalyst for the parallel complex mineralization reaction.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 1/20 - BacteriaCulture media therefor
• C05F 17/00 - Preparation of fertilisers characterised by biological or biochemical treatment steps, e.g. composting or fermentation
• C05G 5/00 - Fertilisers characterised by their form

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing crude tea (aracha) whereby the content of methylated catechins such as epigallocatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl)gallate (EGCG3"Me) and epicatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl)gallate (ECG3"Me) in Camellia sinensis (L.)O. Kuntze leaves can be increased and thus the antiallergic effect thereof can be improved. A method for producing crude tea having a high methylated catechin content characterized by comprising: a first step wherein plucked fresh C. sinensis (L.)O. Kuntze leaves are exposed to an atmosphere at a temperature of 18oC to 35oC and a humidity of 40% to 95% for 1 hour to 30 hours to thereby increase the concentration of methylated catechins contained in the tea leaves and improve the flavor of the tea leaves; and a second step wherein the C. sinensis (L.)O. Kuntze leaves having been treated in the first step are heated at a definite temperature to thereby stop the fermentation of the tea leaves.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23F 3/06 - Treating tea before extractionPreparations produced thereby
• A23F 3/16 - Tea extractionTea extractsTreating tea extractMaking instant tea
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;

Abstract

Disclosed is a novel plant-derived dye compound. The dye compound is represented by formula (II) [wherein R1 to R3 independently represent a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an acyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms].  The compound is a yellow dye produced by the extraction from a rice endosperm or the like of a rice variety “Hatsuyamabuki”.

IPC Classes  ?

• C09B 61/00 - Dyes of natural origin prepared from natural sources
• C07D 471/14 - Ortho-condensed systems

Abstract

Provided is a method for efficiently producing sugar and simultaneously efficiently producing ethanol.  A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism having no sucrose-degrading enzyme and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution.  A method for producing sugar characterized by comprising a pretreatment step in which a plant-origin sugar solution is fermented by a microorganism in the presence of a sucrose-degrading enzyme inhibitor and a step for producing sugar from the fermented sugar solution.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 19/00 - Preparation of compounds containing saccharide radicals
• C12P 7/06 - Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage
• C12R 1/85 - Saccharomyces

Abstract

The object aims to provide a method for efficiently amplifying an abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) derived from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), to find a bovine infected by BSE at an early stage to eradicate the propagation of prion disease, and to enable the development of a method for inactivating prion and the evaluation of the inactivation of prion at an early stage.  Thus, disclosed is a method for efficiently amplifying an abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) derived from BSE by a PMCA (protein misfolding cyclic amplification) method in which a PrPSc derived from BSE is amplified by using a normal prion protein (PrPC) as a source and the PrPSc as a seed and carrying out the mixing while agitation/culture and the ultrasonic treatment of both the PrPC and the PrPSc repeatedly, wherein the mixing while agitation/culture and the ultrasonic treatment are carried out in the presence of a polysaccharide sulfate.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07K 14/47 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans from vertebrates from mammals

Abstract

It is intended to reveal the existence of a gene associated with a chicken eggshell strength, to specify what gene mutation leads to the improvement of eggshell strength, and to provide a technique of discriminating a chicken which gives eggs with a high eggshell strength by detecting the gene mutation. The inventors produced an F2 hybrid strain whose parents were a strain with weak eggshell and a strain with strong eggshell and performed a QTL (quantitative trait loci) analysis for elucidating a gene associated with an eggshell strength. As a result, QTL associated with an eggshell strength was found on the 9th chromosome. Further, they found that ovocalyxin-32 gene is involved in a trait associated with an eggshell strength, and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) accompanied with amino acid residue substitution is present in the 6th exon, and thus the invention has been completed.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C07K 14/465 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans from vertebrates from birds
• C07K 16/18 - Immunoglobulins, e.g. monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against material from animals or humans
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

The object aims to provide a method for efficiently amplifying an abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) derived from sheep scrapie, to find a sheep infected by scrapie at an early stage to eradicate the propagation of prion disease, and to enable the development of a method for inactivating prion and the evaluation of the inactivation of prion at an early stage.  Thus, disclosed is a method for efficiently amplifying an abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) derived from sheep scrapie by a PMCA (protein misfolding cyclic amplification) method in which a PrPSc derived from sheep scrapie is amplified by using a normal prion protein (PrPC) as a source and the PrPSc as a seed and carrying out the mixing/culture and the ultrasonic treatment of both the PrPC and the PrPSc repeatedly, wherein a PrPC from a different animal is used as the PrPC.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07K 14/47 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans from vertebrates from mammals

Abstract

Provided is a method for extracting a sialic acid-containing compound from a natural raw material which has no fear of contamination with a pathogen affecting animals, can achieve mass production and does not require the use of an organic solvent harmful to the environment and human bodies. Provided is a method for extracting a water-soluble sialic acid-containing compound comprising roughly extracting a water-soluble component from a plant body or a processed material thereof, particularly cereal or bean seeds or a processed material thereof using water, a polyol, an acid, an alkali, or water containing a polyol, and separating and recovering a water-soluble sialic acid-containing compound from the thus obtained roughly extracted liquid from a column packed with a serotonin affinity carrier.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07H 7/027 - Keto-aldonic acids
• C07H 1/08 - SeparationPurification from natural products

Abstract

A production system which comprises: a pretreatment device (12) in which a raw biomass material (11) is pulverized; a hydrothermal decomposer (14) in which the pulverized biomass (13) is hydrothermally decomposed while being brought into countercurrent contact with pressurized hot water (15) and a lignin component and a hemicellulose component are transferred to the pressurized hot water (15) to thereby separate the lignin component and hemicellulose component from the biomass solid; a first enzymatic decomposer (19-1) in which cellulose contained in the biomass solid matter (17) discharged from the hydrothermal decomposer is treated with an enzyme (18) to enzymatically decompose the cellulose into a sugar solution containing hexoses; a fermenter (21) in which the sugar solution (20) obtained in the first enzymatic decomposer (19-1) is fermented to produce ethanol; and a purifier (25) in which the alcohol fermentation broth (22) is purified to separate it into the ethanol (23) and a residue (24).

IPC Classes  ?

• C13K 1/02 - GlucoseGlucose-containing syrups obtained by saccharification of cellulosic materials
• B01D 11/02 - Solvent extraction of solids
• B01J 3/00 - Processes of utilising sub-atmospheric or super-atmospheric pressure to effect chemical or physical change of matterApparatus therefor
• B09B 3/00 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12P 7/06 - Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage

Abstract

According to the invention, a method for producing a rice plant resistant to rice dwarf virus which shows high resistance with a higher level of no disease symptoms, and has been imparted with inhibition or stable resistance, and a resistant variety are provided. A composition for imparting resistance to rice dwarf disease containing an expression inhibitor of at least one gene present in the rice dwarf virus genome. According to the invention, also a method for producing a plant of the family Poaceae which may be infected with rice dwarf virus and has been imparted with resistance to rice dwarf disease, comprising the steps of: A) providing an expression inhibitor of at least one gene present in the rice dwarf virus genome; B) introducing the expression inhibitor into a cell of the plant; C) selecting a cell of the plant transfected with the expression inhibitor; and D) producing a transgenic plant by redifferentiating the selected cell is provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C07K 14/415 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from plants
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells

Abstract

According to the invention, a method for producing rice resistant to rice dwarf virus, which has been imparted inhibitory or stable resistance and shows resistance displaying no symptoms at a higher level and a resistant cultivar are provided. A composition for imparting resistance to rice dwarf disease, containing an inhibitor of expression of at least one gene present in the rice dwarf virus genome. The invention also provides a method for producing a plant of the Poaceae family which has been imparted resistance to rice dwarf disease and can be infected with rice dwarf virus, comprising the steps of: A) providing an inhibitor of expression of at least one gene present in the rice dwarf virus genome; B) introducing the expression inhibitor into a cell of the plant; C) selecting a cell of the plant transfected with the expression inhibitor; and D) producing a transgenic plant by redifferentiating the selected cell.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C07K 14/415 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from plants
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells

Abstract

A circular DNA is provided comprising endogenous DNA common to both genetically modified wheat and non-genetically modified wheat along with one or more pieces of DNA each having a sequence present specifically in a strain of genetically modified wheat. Also provided is a method for determining a mix rate of genetically modified wheat in a test sample.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
• C12P 19/34 - Polynucleotides, e.g. nucleic acids, oligoribonucleotides
• C07H 21/02 - Compounds containing two or more mononucleotide units having separate phosphate or polyphosphate groups linked by saccharide radicals of nucleoside groups, e.g. nucleic acids with ribosyl as saccharide radical
• C07H 21/04 - Compounds containing two or more mononucleotide units having separate phosphate or polyphosphate groups linked by saccharide radicals of nucleoside groups, e.g. nucleic acids with deoxyribosyl as saccharide radical

Abstract

Disclosed is a novel methylated catechin having higher antiallergic activity than conventionally known methylated catechins such as epigallocatechin-3-O-(3-O-methyl) gallate and epigallocatechin-3-O-(4-O-methyl) gallate. Specifically disclosed is an epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate derivative represented by the chemical formula I below or an isomer thereof. (In the formula, R1-R6 respectively represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and at least three of R1-R6 represent methyl groups.)

IPC Classes  ?

• C07D 311/62 - Benzo [b] pyrans, not hydrogenated in the carbocyclic ring other than with oxygen or sulfur atoms in position 2 or 4 with aryl radicals attached in position 2 with oxygen atoms directly attached in position 3, e.g. anthocyanidins
• A23L 1/30 - containing additives (A23L 1/308 takes precedence);;
• A61K 8/49 - Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic compounds containing heterocyclic compounds
• A61K 31/353 - 3,4-Dihydrobenzopyrans, e.g. chroman, catechin
• A61P 37/08 - Antiallergic agents
• A61Q 1/00 - Make-up preparationsBody powdersPreparations for removing make-up
• A61Q 5/00 - Preparations for care of the hair
• A61Q 19/00 - Preparations for care of the skin
• C12P 17/06 - Oxygen as only ring hetero atoms containing a six-membered hetero ring, e.g. fluorescein

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for producing lacto-N-biose I or galacto-N-biose at low cost and in a simple manner. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing lacto-N-biose I or galacto-N-biose, which is characterized by reacting (i) a combination of a carbohydrate raw material and an enzyme capable of phosphorolyzing the carbohydrate raw material to produce α-glucose-1-phosphate with (ii) a combination of an enzyme capable of converting α-glucose-1-phosphate into UDP-glucose, an enzyme capable of converting UDP-galactose into galactose-1-phosphate and coenzymes for the enzymes, and/or an enzyme capable of converting α-glucose-1-phosphate and UDP-galactose into UDP-glucose and α-glucose-1-phosphate, respectively (an UDP-Gly-production enzyme) and a coenzyme for the enzyme, in the presence of N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine, phosphoric acid, lacto-N-biose phosphorylase (EC 2.4.1.211) and UDP-glucose-4-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.2).

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 19/26 - Preparation of nitrogen-containing carbohydrates
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology

Abstract

It is intended to provide a method for producing a nutrient solution for plant culture using an organic compound and a hydroponics method in which a plant can be cultured while adding an organic compound directly to a nutrient solution. The invention provides a method for producing a biomineral-containing substance obtained by establishing a microbial ecosystem necessary for stable mineralization of an organic compound by adding the organic compound to water gradually or at one time and fermenting the resulting mixture and the hydroponics method characterized by using the biomineral-containing substance obtained by the method as, at least a part of, a nutrient solution and culturing a plant while adding an organic compound directly to the nutrient solution.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 3/00 - Preparation of elements or inorganic compounds except carbon dioxide

Abstract

Disclosed are: an oligonucleotide for the determination of allergenicity and/or anti-allergenicity, which comprises a nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing with at least a part of the nucleotide sequence for a gene related to the allergic response to a food; a microarray for the determination of allergenicity and/or anti-allergenicity, which comprises the oligonucleotide arranged on a substrate; and a method for the determination of allergenicity using the microarray.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12Q 1/02 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving viable microorganisms
• G01N 33/53 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor
• G01N 37/00 - Details not covered by any other group of this subclass

Abstract

Disclosed is a polypeptide comprising: an amino acid sequence having the substitution of an amino acid residue at position-45 in the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1 by a hydrophilic amino acid residue; or an amino acid sequence having the deletion, insertion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acid residues except an amino acid residue at position-45 in the above-mentioned amino acid sequence. It becomes possible to achieve the production or selection of a cleistogamous plant which has a normal fertility and is practically useful.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• C07K 14/415 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from plants
• C07K 16/16 - Immunoglobulins, e.g. monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against material from plants
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
• G01N 33/53 - ImmunoassayBiospecific binding assayMaterials therefor

Abstract

A transgenic rice plant having an enhanced cold hardiness which has a fructan synthetase gene; a method for enhancing the cold hardiness of a rice plant by introducing the gene into a cell of the rice plant; and use of the transgenic rice plant for reducing the cold stress in the cultivation of a rice plant.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy