Abstract

The objective of this invention is to provide a novel active ingredient useful for inhibiting aflatoxin production. With this invention, production of aflatoxin by an aflatoxin-producing fungus can be inhibited by means of a primary alcohol represented by formula (1): CH3—(CH2)n—OH (1) (where n is 0 or 2-4).

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 31/02 - Acyclic compounds
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides

Abstract

A sexing apparatus 100 includes irradiation means for irradiating each of hen eggs within a predetermined period of time from start of incubation with light having a predetermined wavelength, imaging means for imaging each of the irradiated hen eggs, means for generating a sexing model using, as training data, a result of separately sexing the hen eggs and image data obtained by the imaging of the hen eggs, and means for sexing a new target hen egg by inputting an image data obtained for the target hen egg by the irradiation means and the imaging means into the sexing model.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 45/00 - Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay
• G01N 33/08 - Eggs, e.g. by candling
• G06V 10/143 - Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths
• G06V 40/00 - Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
• H04N 23/11 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
• H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof provided with illuminating means

Abstract

A sexing service-providing system 10 includes irradiation means for irradiating each of hen eggs within a predetermined period of time with light having a predetermined wavelength, imaging means for imaging each of the irradiated hen eggs, means for generating a sexing model using, as training data, a result of separately sexing hen eggs and image data obtained by the imaging of the hen eggs, means for sexing a new target hen egg by inputting the image data obtained for the target hen egg by the irradiation means and the imaging means into the sexing model, discharging means for notifying a control mechanism of an incubator of a result of the sexing and causing the incubator to continue incubation of the hen egg when determined to be a female egg by the sexing, and perform a process of discharging the hen egg when determined to be a male egg by the sexing from the incubator.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/3563 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light for analysing solidsPreparation of samples therefor
• G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light
• G01N 33/08 - Eggs, e.g. by candling
• G06V 10/143 - Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths
• G06V 10/774 - Generating sets of training patternsBootstrap methods, e.g. bagging or boosting
• G06V 40/00 - Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
• H04N 23/11 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths
• H04N 23/56 - Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensorsControl thereof provided with illuminating means

Abstract

The present invention provides an engineered protein that can be utilized as a genome engineering tool. The protein comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 in which amino acid at position 188 is substituted with histidine, the amino acid sequence further including one selected from: substitution of amino acid at position 2 with tyrosine; substitution of amino acid at position 70 with tyrosine; substitution of amino acid at position 80 with arginine; substitution of amino acid at position 105 with threonine; substitution of amino acid at position 123 with histidine; substitution of amino acid at position 195 with lysine; substitution of amino acid at position 208 with arginine; substitution of amino acid at position 232 with alanine; substitution of amino acid at position 246 with methionine; substitution of amino acid at position 316 with methionine; and substitution of amino acid at position 337 with isoleucine.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 9/22 - Ribonucleases
• C12N 9/16 - Hydrolases (3.) acting on ester bonds (3.1)
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/11 - DNA or RNA fragmentsModified forms thereof
• C12N 15/55 - Hydrolases (3)

Abstract

A composition for inhibiting aflatoxin production or an antimicrobial composition against an aflatoxin-producing fungus, each containing a plant-derived component. The composition for inhibiting aflatoxin production by an aflatoxin-producing fungus of the present invention contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Gordonia axillaris extract, garden huckleberry extract, Wallum Banksia extract, and Welwitschia mirabilis extract. The antimicrobial composition against an aflatoxin-producing fungus of the present invention contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Gordonia axillaris extract, garden huckleberry extract, and Wallum Banksia extract.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 65/08 - Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]
• A01N 65/06 - Coniferophyta [gymnosperms], e.g. cypress
• A01N 65/16 - Ericaceae [Heath or Blueberry family], e.g. rhododendron, arbutus, pieris, cranberry or bilberry
• A01N 65/28 - Myrtaceae [Myrtle family], e.g. teatree or clove
• A01N 65/40 - Liliopsida [monocotyledons]
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides

Abstract

A new variety of apple tree ‘BENITSURUGI’ that has columnar tree type, bearing on spurs only, thick to very thick shoot thickness, short internode length, long leaf blade length, long petiole length, short to medium fruit stalk length, medium size and short to medium height fruit with fully open locules.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 6/74 - Rosaceae, e.g. strawberry, apple, almond, pear, rose, blackberry or raspberry

Abstract

Provided is a silk fibroin film suitable for use as an anti-adhesion material. When the silk fibroin film is floated in water, at least the film surface of the silk fibroin may dissolve in water within 24 hours of floating. Further, when the contact angle of water on the film surface of the silk fibroin film is measured, the contact angle change from when a 5 μL drop of ultrapure water is dropped onto the film surface until 5 seconds later may be -5°/sec or less. Additionally, in the silk fibroin film, the weight average molecular weight of the silk fibroin may be150 kDa or less.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61L 31/04 - Macromolecular materials
• C08H 1/00 - Macromolecular products derived from proteins
• C08L 89/00 - Compositions of proteinsCompositions of derivatives thereof

Abstract

An image processing method according to the present disclosure is an image processing method for separating and identifying a detection object (201) and a background (202) in an image (200) including position information and optical spectrum information about the detection object and the background, wherein an image is acquired, the standard deviation of the reflectance is calculated for each optical spectrum included in the image, the standard deviation is histogrammed, the threshold value of the standard deviation is determined from the obtained histogram, a region having a standard deviation equal to or larger than the threshold value is determined as the detection object, and a region having a standard deviation equal to or less than the threshold value is separated as the background.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06T 7/136 - SegmentationEdge detection involving thresholding
• G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a height-controlled gramineous plant, said method including a step for introducing a mutation into a highly conserved non-coding sequence located upstream of the SD1 gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 6/46 - Gramineae or Poaceae, e.g. ryegrass, rice, wheat or maize
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/87 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using processes not otherwise provided for, e.g. co-transformation
• C12N 15/90 - Stable introduction of foreign DNA into chromosome

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composition and a method useful for inhibiting the growth of a phytopathogen.　The present invention provides a composition for phytopathogen growth inhibition, the composition containing mercaptopropionic acid. The present invention also provides a method for inhibiting the growth of a phytopathogen, the method including a step for bringing mercaptopropionic acid into contact with a phytopathogen.

IPC Classes  ?

• 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
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides

Abstract

The present invention provides a polypeptide that can be used as an antibacterial agent, a method for producing the polypeptide, and an antibacterial composition using the polypeptide. The present invention also provides a polypeptide comprising: the amino acid sequence (1a) set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, the amino acid sequence (2a) set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, and the amino acid sequence (3a) set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, which are amino acid sequences derived from lactic acid bacteria of the family Lactobacillaceae; and any amino acid sequence from among amino acid sequences in which one or more amino acid residues have been substituted, deleted, inserted, and/or added in the aforementioned amino acid sequences (1a), (2a), and (3a), amino acid sequences having 85% or higher sequence identity with the aforementioned amino acid sequences (1a), (2a), and (3a), or the like.

IPC Classes  ?

• C07K 14/335 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from bacteria from Lactobacillus (G)
• A01N 63/20 - BacteriaSubstances produced thereby or obtained therefrom
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides
• A61K 8/64 - ProteinsPeptidesDerivatives or degradation products thereof
• A61P 31/04 - Antibacterial agents
• A61Q 11/00 - Preparations for care of the teeth, of the oral cavity or of dentures, e.g. dentifrices or toothpastesMouth rinses
• A61Q 19/00 - Preparations for care of the skin
• C07K 14/195 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from bacteria
• 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
• C12N 15/31 - Genes encoding microbial proteins, e.g. enterotoxins
• C12N 15/63 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using vectorsVectorsUse of hosts thereforRegulation of expression
• C12P 21/02 - Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione

Abstract

Provided is a method for measuring the distribution of a taste component on a surface of a solid food. This method for measuring the distribution of a taste component on a food surface includes a step for bringing the solid food 1 into contact with an absorber 2, and a step for measuring the distribution of the taste component of the food 1 absorbed by the absorber 2. The method can further include a step for applying, to the food 1 and the absorber 2, a pressure corresponding to a tongue pressure from when a human places the food in the mouth until the human swallows the food.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 33/02 - Food

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel expression system for stably mass-producing a target protein in a Lepidoptera insect such as the silkworm. The present invention further addresses the problem of providing a novel method for producing functional silk that includes a silk protein fused with the target protein. The present invention provides a transgenic Lepidoptera insect that includes a target gene sequence coding for a target protein or a fragment thereof in an exon sequence coding for a signal peptide of an endogenous gene or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the target protein or fragment thereof is fused to the C-terminal side of the signal peptide or functional fragment thereof. The present invention also provides a transgenic Lepidoptera insect that includes a target gene sequence coding for a target protein or a fragment thereof in an exon sequence coding for a signal peptide of an endogenous gene or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the target protein or fragment thereof is fused between the signal peptide or functional fragment thereof and a mature protein, obtained by cleaving the signal peptide from a precursor protein encoded by the endogenous gene, or the C-terminal fragment thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• A01K 67/04 - Silkworms
• C07K 19/00 - Hybrid peptides
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/12 - Genes encoding animal proteins
• C12N 15/62 - DNA sequences coding for fusion proteins
• C12P 21/02 - Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel expression system for stably mass producing a target protein in a Lepidoptera insect such as the silkworm.　The present invention provides a transgenic Lepidoptera insect that includes a target gene sequence coding for a target protein or a fragment thereof in an exon sequence coding for a signal peptide of an endogenous gene or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the target protein or fragment thereof is fused to the C-terminal side of the signal peptide or functional fragment thereof.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/11 - DNA or RNA fragmentsModified forms thereof
• C12N 15/12 - Genes encoding animal proteins
• C12N 15/52 - Genes encoding for enzymes or proenzymes
• C12N 15/63 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using vectorsVectorsUse of hosts thereforRegulation of expression
• C12P 21/02 - Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione

Abstract

A new variety of grapevine ‘SUNNY HEART’ that has green leaves and berries having a broad ellipsoid shape, red skin, and muscat flavor.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 5/08 - Fruits
• A01H 6/88 - Vitaceae, e.g. Vitis [grape]

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a vaccine effective for protection against infection by Streptococcus species that causes mastitis in livestock and other animals. Specifically, the present invention provides a vaccine comprising a non-encapsulated strain of Streptococcus species as an antigen, and in particular, a vaccine for preventing mastitis developed by infection by Streptococcus uberis.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 39/09 - Streptococcus
• A61K 39/00 - Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies
• A61P 31/04 - Antibacterial agents
• C07K 16/12 - Immunoglobulins, e.g. monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against material from bacteria

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing a gramineous plant in which the number of grains is controlled, said method including a step for introducing a mutation into a conserved non-coding sequence located downstream of the TAW1 gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 6/46 - Gramineae or Poaceae, e.g. ryegrass, rice, wheat or maize
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin

Abstract

An animal welfare management assistance system includes means for communicating with terminals of corporations and sole proprietors involved in production, distribution, and selling of eggs, means for obtaining information on corporations operations and sole proprietors from the respective terminals, the operations performed for the eggs in compliance with a predetermined animal welfare regulations and managing information on the operations, means for determining that management complying with the animal welfare regulations has been performed for selling the eggs by verifying the information on the operations, and issuing a certificate resulting from the determination on the eggs, and means for returning a proportion of money collected as a result of selling the eggs with the certificate to each of the corporations and sole proprietors that have performed the management complying with the animal welfare regulation, the proportion corresponding to a degree of contribution to the management.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/17 - Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated
• G01N 21/84 - Systems specially adapted for particular applications
• G06Q 30/018 - Certifying business or products
• G06Q 30/06 - Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining

Abstract

The purpose is to provide a method and a system with which it is possible to easily detect, identify, and/or distinguish a virus in a sample in a short time by using mass spectrometry.　The method for detecting, identifying, and/or distinguishing a virus in a sample comprises: a) a step in which a sample is brought into contact with a pretreatment agent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of acidifying agents and oxidizing agents; b) a step in which the sample of step a) is heated; c) a step in which the protein and/or peptide components contained in the sample of step b) are analyzed; and d) a step in which the virus contained in the sample is detected, identified, and/or distinguished based on the results of step c).

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/04 - Determining presence or kind of microorganismUse of selective media for testing antibiotics or bacteriocidesCompositions containing a chemical indicator therefor
• C07K 1/16 - ExtractionSeparationPurification by chromatography
• C07K 1/26 - Electrophoresis
• C07K 14/005 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from viruses
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12M 1/34 - Measuring or testing with condition measuring or sensing means, e.g. colony counters
• G01N 27/62 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating the ionisation of gases, e.g. aerosolsInvestigating or analysing materials by the use of electric, electrochemical, or magnetic means by investigating electric discharges, e.g. emission of cathode
• G01N 33/48 - Biological material, e.g. blood, urineHaemocytometers
• G01N 33/68 - Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urineTesting involving biospecific ligand binding methodsImmunological testing involving proteins, peptides or amino acids

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a soybean plant exhibiting resistance to soybean rust without introducing a conventionally known resistant gene. A soybean plant exhibiting resistance to soybean rust according to the present invention includes a homozygous SSI2A gene mutation. The SSI2A gene mutation reduces the amount or function of an expression product of the SSI2A gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 5/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their plant partsAngiosperms characterised otherwise than by their botanic taxonomy
• A01H 6/54 - Leguminosae or Fabaceae, e.g. soybean, alfalfa or peanut
• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• C12N 15/53 - Oxidoreductases (1)
• C12N 15/54 - Transferases (2)
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids
• 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

Provided is a silk fibroin gel for an adhesion prevention material having the properties of low adhesion and proliferation promotion of fibroblasts, and low adsorption of serum proteins. The silk fibroin gel is for an adhesion prevention material and contains silk fibroin with a weight average molecular weight of 150 kDa or less. For example, the molecular weight distribution (PDI) of the silk fibroin in the silk fibroin gel may be 1-10. In addition, the water retention (mg) per unit weight (mg) of the silk fibroin may be 10 mg or more.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61L 31/14 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
• A61L 31/04 - Macromolecular materials

Abstract

An insect damage inhibitor, for agricultural and horticultural applications, is for inhibiting damage caused by insects, and comprises a rosin-based resin (A), the rosin-based resin (A) having a total amount of volatile components, when kept at 80°C for 10 minutes, of 1μg or more per 1g of the resin.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 65/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
• A01N 37/08 - 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 carboxylic groups or thio-analogues thereof, directly attached by the carbon atom to a cycloaliphatic ringDerivatives thereof
• A01N 65/06 - Coniferophyta [gymnosperms], e.g. cypress
• A01P 17/00 - Pest repellants
• C09K 17/32 - PrepolymersMacromolecular compounds of natural origin, e.g. cellulosic materials

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of developing and providing a bag worm sterile breeding technique and a sterile breeding container necessary to realize the breeding technique.　Provided is a bag worm sterile breeding container comprising a heat-resistant container that is made of a material which is resistant to a temperature of 100°C and above and that has a sterile interior, an artificial feed, and a bag worm nesting material containing tree bark. Inside the container, the artificial feed and the bag worm nesting material are disposed so as to be in contact with each other, or the artificial feed and the bag worm nesting material are disposed spaced apart at a distance that allows a bag worm to directly cross therebetween.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates

Abstract

Provided is a bacterium of genus Prevotella having a property that proportion of malic acid and lactic acid in organic acids in fermentation products is 20% or higher for enabling enhancement of propionic acid production and reduction of methane production in the rumen of domestic ruminants.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 1/20 - BacteriaCulture media therefor
• A23K 10/18 - Addition of microorganisms or extracts thereof, e.g. single-cell proteins, to feeding-stuff compositions of live microorganisms
• C12P 7/46 - Dicarboxylic acids having four or less carbon atoms, e.g. fumaric acid, maleic acid
• C12P 7/52 - Propionic acidButyric acids
• C12P 7/56 - Lactic acid

Abstract

Provided is an evaluation method of a shading material, the evaluation method capable of comparing and evaluating a direct light rate and a scattered light rate between different shading materials by measuring, under the same weather conditions and using a direct light rate measurement device 10, a without-material direct light rate when a shading material is not used and a with-material direct light rate when the shading material is used, setting the slope represented by a regression equation of a linear function of the measured with-material direct light rate to the measured without-material direct light rate as a direct index, using the direct index as an evaluation index for the shading material, identifying an evaluation material porosity and an evaluation material brightness of the shading material to be evaluated, and using the respective relational expressions to estimate the direct index for the shading material to be evaluated from the identified evaluation material porosity and the evaluation material brightness. Further, provided is an evaluation index estimation method of the shading material, the method capable of estimating a direct light rate and a scattered light rate from the porosity of the shading material, and an evaluation index estimation method of the shading material, the method capable of estimating a direct light rate and a scattered light rate from the brightness of the shading material.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/59 - Transmissivity
• C09D 5/33 - Radiation-reflecting paints
• G01N 21/47 - Scattering, i.e. diffuse reflection
• G01W 1/10 - Devices for predicting weather conditions

Abstract

Provided are a paint-sprayed material evaluation method, a paint-sprayed material evaluation index estimation method, and a method for determining a usage amount of a light-shielding coating agent. In the paint-sprayed material evaluation method: a direct light rate measuring device 10 is used to measure, under the same weather conditions, a no-coating agent direct light rate when no light-shielding coating agent is applied, and a with-coating agent direct light rate when a light-shielding coating agent is applied; a gradient is defined as a direct index, the gradient being obtained when the measured with-coating agent direct light rate is expressed as a regression equation of a linear function with respect to the no-coating agent direct light rate; and the direct index is used as an evaluation index of a paint-sprayed material coated with a light-shielding coating agent, to estimate the direct index of a paint-sprayed material being evaluated, and to determine a coating amount per unit area and a usage amount of the light-shielding coating agent. This makes it possible to perform a comparative evaluation of the direct light rate and a scattered light rate between different paint-sprayed materials. The paint-sprayed material evaluation index estimation method makes it possible to estimate the direct light rate and the scattered light index from the coating amount per unit area for the paint-sprayed material being evaluated. The method for determining a usage amount of a light-shielding coating agent makes it possible to determine the usage amount of the light-shielding coating agent from the coating amount per unit area and the area planned to be sprayed with paint.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/59 - Transmissivity
• C09D 5/33 - Radiation-reflecting paints
• G01N 21/47 - Scattering, i.e. diffuse reflection
• G01W 1/10 - Devices for predicting weather conditions

Abstract

A nest material useful in bagworm rearing is provided which can be stably supplied, is hygienic, and has high efficiency for nest building. A bagworm nest material including a bark having a specific shape and size in accordance with the stage of growth of a bagworm is also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• A01K 1/00 - Housing animalsEquipment therefor

Abstract

According to the present invention, provided is a method for reducing a pigment component in a blood-derived sample, the method including: (1) a step for mixing a blood-derived sample and a protease; (2) a step for heat-treating the mixture obtained in step (1); and (3) a step for extracting a liquid phase, by solid-liquid separation, from the product obtained by heat-treatment in step (2)

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/37 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving hydrolase involving peptidase or proteinase
• C12Q 1/686 - Polymerase chain reaction [PCR]
• C12Q 1/6876 - Nucleic acid products used in the analysis of nucleic acids, e.g. primers or probes
• C12N 15/31 - Genes encoding microbial proteins, e.g. enterotoxins
• C12N 15/33 - Genes encoding viral proteins

Abstract

This method for producing cell aggregates comprises: a step for preparing a cell suspension containing a gel-forming polymer; a step for gelling the gel-forming polymer in the cell suspension; a step for converting a cell-embedded gel obtained in the step for gelling the gel-forming polymer into cell-embedded gel fragments having a controlled size; and a step for culturing the cell-embedded gel fragments having a controlled size.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 5/071 - Vertebrate cells or tissues, e.g. human cells or tissues
• A61L 27/22 - Polypeptides or derivatives thereof
• A61L 27/38 - Animal cells
• A61L 27/50 - Materials characterised by their function or physical properties
• A61L 27/52 - Hydrogels or hydrocolloids

Abstract

This guessing device (20) determines manufacturing conditions for manufacturing printed food. The guessing device (20) comprises a determination unit (23) which determines manufacturing conditions for manufacturing printed food to be proposed to a user by inputting information pertaining to the user to a guessing model generated by machine-learning by using training data in which the information pertaining to the user, information pertaining to the taste of food, and parameters pertaining to the food are associated with each other. Accordingly, a 3D food print technology, which can print food in consideration of the state or taste of each user, is achieved.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/04 - Manufacturing

Abstract

To provide a new application technology for bagworm silk.　Provided is a gel containing bagworm silk and water.

IPC Classes  ?

• C08L 89/00 - Compositions of proteinsCompositions of derivatives thereof
• A23L 5/00 - Preparation or treatment of foods or foodstuffs, in generalFood or foodstuffs obtained therebyMaterials therefor
• A23L 29/275 - Foods or foodstuffs containing additivesPreparation or treatment thereof containing gelling or thickening agents of animal origin, e.g. chitin
• A61F 13/53 - Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the bodySupporting or fastening means thereforTampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium
• A61K 8/64 - ProteinsPeptidesDerivatives or degradation products thereof
• A61K 9/06 - OintmentsBases therefor
• A61K 47/46 - Ingredients of undetermined constitution or reaction products thereof, e.g. skin, bone, milk, cotton fibre, eggshell, oxgall or plant extracts
• A61L 15/32 - Proteins, polypeptidesDegradation products or derivatives thereof, e.g. albumin, collagen, fibrin, gelatin
• A61L 15/60 - Liquid-swellable gel-forming materials, e.g. super-absorbents
• A61Q 19/00 - Preparations for care of the skin
• D01B 7/00 - Obtaining silk fibres or filaments

Abstract

The spirosolane skeleton 23-position hydroxylase gene and the spirosolane skeleton 23-position acetyltransferase gene derived from S. chacoense, S. tuberosum, and S. lycopersicum are found to be involved with the biosynthesis of leptine, which achieves resistance against Colorado potato beetle.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 6/82 - Solanaceae, e.g. pepper, tobacco, potato, tomato or eggplant
• C12N 15/11 - DNA or RNA fragmentsModified forms thereof

Abstract

A Brassicaceae plant containing a large amount of glucoraphanin is obtained. A first parent plant and a second parent plant, which are both Brassicaceae plants classified into different genera, are crossbred, thereby obtaining an intergeneric crossbred plant. The first parent plant has 5 mg/100 g (fresh weight) or more of glucoraphanin. The second parent plant has a loss-of-function type glucoraphasatin synthase gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 1/02 - Methods or apparatus for hybridisationArtificial pollination
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 6/20 - Brassicaceae, e.g. canola, broccoli or rucola

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially easily available hatching factor on Globodera pallida larvae, a control agent and a control method using the same. The Globodera pallida control agent of the present invention contains, as an active ingredient, at least one selected from a compound of formula (I) below, a stereoisomer thereof, and a salt thereof [wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or the like; R1 each independently represents a group such as a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to 6 alkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to 6 alkenyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to 6 alkyl group; the partial structure —Y—X— represents a group represented by *—N(Rb)—C(═X1)—**; X1 each independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Rb represents hydrogen atom or the like; where * indicates a binding position to the carbon atom having two R1, and ** indicates a binding position to Z; and Z represents a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted dimethylene group.] An object of the present invention is to provide an industrially easily available hatching factor on Globodera pallida larvae, a control agent and a control method using the same. The Globodera pallida control agent of the present invention contains, as an active ingredient, at least one selected from a compound of formula (I) below, a stereoisomer thereof, and a salt thereof [wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or the like; R1 each independently represents a group such as a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to 6 alkyl group and a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to 6 alkenyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to 6 alkyl group; the partial structure —Y—X— represents a group represented by *—N(Rb)—C(═X1)—**; X1 each independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Rb represents hydrogen atom or the like; where * indicates a binding position to the carbon atom having two R1, and ** indicates a binding position to Z; and Z represents a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted dimethylene group.]

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 43/18 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with one hetero atom six-membered rings with sulfur as the ring hetero atom
• A01N 43/08 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with one hetero atom five-membered rings with oxygen as the ring hetero atom
• A01N 43/10 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with one hetero atom five-membered rings with sulfur as the ring hetero atom
• A01N 43/36 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom five-membered rings
• A01N 43/38 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom five-membered rings condensed with carbocyclic rings
• A01N 43/40 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom six-membered rings
• A01N 43/80 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with nitrogen atoms and oxygen or sulfur atoms, as ring hetero atoms five-membered rings with one nitrogen atom and either one oxygen atom or one sulfur atom in positions 1,2
• A01P 5/00 - Nematocides

Abstract

2222222O removal that are present within the support material.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 1/00 - Microorganisms, e.g. protozoaCompositions thereofProcesses of propagating, maintaining or preserving microorganisms or compositions thereofProcesses of preparing or isolating a composition containing a microorganismCulture media therefor
• A01G 24/40 - Growth substratesCulture mediaApparatus or methods therefor characterised by their structure
• C12N 11/02 - Enzymes or microbial cells immobilised on or in an organic carrier

Abstract

The present invention provides an insect in which the total amount of amino acids is increased and/or the amino acid composition is different compared to a wild type of the insect. In the insect according to the present invention, the amount of expression of a nutrient amino acid transporter gene that is specifically expressed in the Malpighian tubule is reduced compared to the wild type, and/or the function of an expression product of the gene is reduced compared to the wild type.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• A23K 10/20 - Animal feeding-stuffs from material of animal origin
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides
• C12N 15/12 - Genes encoding animal proteins

Abstract

Provided is a DNA construct that holds two long intergenic regions (LIRs) derived from a geminivirus, the DNA construct being such that a site for insertion of a target DNA is positioned between the two LIRs, and no short intergenic region (SIR) derived from a geminivirus is located between the two LIRs.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/83 - Viral vectors, e.g. cauliflower mosaic virus
• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/11 - DNA or RNA fragmentsModified forms thereof
• C12N 15/33 - Genes encoding viral proteins

Abstract

Provided is an oral-administration-type vaccine composition containing an antigen and fibroin-containing nanoparticles.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 39/00 - Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies
• A61K 9/14 - Particulate form, e.g. powders
• A61K 39/39 - Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies characterised by the immunostimulating additives, e.g. chemical adjuvants
• A61K 47/42 - ProteinsPolypeptidesDegradation products thereofDerivatives thereof, e.g. albumin, gelatin or zein
• A61P 31/00 - Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics

Goods & Services

Fresh fruit; strawberries, fresh; seeds; seedlings; saplings; sweet potatoes, fresh; fresh vegetables.

Abstract

In order to accurately predict, with regard to fruits and vegetables, a cultivation period from blossoming to harvesting of the fruit, this computer is configured to execute processes of acquiring or estimating a fruit temperature, which is the temperature of the surface of the fruit of the fruit or vegetable on and after the blossoming date, calculate, on the basis of the fruit temperature, a period of each of a plurality of stages obtained by dividing the period from the blossoming to the harvesting, total the calculated periods of each of the plurality of stages, and predict the cultivation period. In the calculation process, the degree of contribution of the fruit temperature with respect to the calculation result for the period of each of the plurality of stages is configured to be determined for each stage.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining
• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general
• G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"

Abstract

Provided is a technique for determining equations and parameters used for growth prediction calculations for plants and animals that do not require breeding or cultivation.　When growth data of a specific outdoor plant or animal and weather observation data (180) are input, all parameters other than coefficients of a plurality of growth model equations will first of all vary. Next, reciprocals of coefficients corresponding to combined conditions of values of all parameters other than the coefficients in the growth model equations are estimated, and an average value or a median value of the estimated values is fixed as a value unique to the target species. Subsequently, an integrated growth rate is calculated, and a combination of an appropriate growth rate speed model equation and values of parameters is selected by cross-verification. Furthermore, a search is conducted for a combination of more appropriate parameter values using a COBYLA method.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general
• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining

Abstract

According to the present invention, a computer executes a process for: acquiring, in order to accurately predict the sugar content and fruit weight of fruits and vegetables, an actual value or a predicted value of cumulative solar radiation and daytime average carbon dioxide concentration at each of a plurality of stages into which a cultivation period from flowering to fruit harvesting for fruits and vegetables is divided; calculating a first index regarding the sugar content or weight of the fruit at each of the plurality of stages on the basis of the cumulative solar radiation and daytime average carbon dioxide concentration at each of the plurality of stages; calculating a product of the first index of each of the plurality of stages and the weighting coefficient determined for each fruit and vegetable variety and stage; and predicting the sugar content or weight of the fruit on the basis of the value obtained by integrating the obtained products.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining
• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general
• G06Q 10/04 - Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem"

Abstract

A sexing device 100 is configured to include: an irradiation means for irradiating, with light of a prescribed wavelength, chicken eggs within a prescribed period after the start of incubation; an imaging means for capturing an image of each of the irradiated chicken eggs; a means for generating a sexing model using, as training data, the results of separately sexing each of the chicken eggs and spectral data obtained by imaging of said chicken eggs; and a means for sexing a new chicken egg subjected to sexing, by inputting spectral data obtained by the irradiation means and by the imaging means to the sexing model for the chicken egg subjected to sexing.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 43/00 - Testing, sorting, or cleaning eggs
• G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
• G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light

Abstract

The present inventors aimed to identify the gene responsible for the temperature-sensitive male sterility trait in “PL12” and to provide a method for producing conditional male sterile plants targeting the gene, and performed whole genome sequence analysis on “PL12” and the original variety thereof to compare the two. As a result, it was found that there was a deletion of about 150 kb in “PL12” chromosome 7. Then, as for this region, six types of partial deletion lines were produced by genome editing, and the presence or absence of the temperature-sensitive male sterility trait in each line was used as an index to successfully narrow the range, containing the responsible mutation, down to about 10 kb. Furthermore, as a result of creating a line with genome editing-disrupted functions of the two genes located in this region, the gene responsible for the temperature-sensitive male sterility trait was successfully identified. Further, it was confirmed that the functions of the gene could be suppressed to impart the above trait to Arabidopsis thaliana and tomato, as in the case of rice.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 1/02 - Methods or apparatus for hybridisationArtificial pollination
• C12N 9/22 - Ribonucleases
• C12N 15/10 - Processes for the isolation, preparation or purification of DNA or RNA
• C12N 15/74 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for prokaryotic hosts other than E. coli, e.g. Lactobacillus, Micromonospora

Abstract

According to the present invention, immortalized cells derived from porcine kidney macrophages are found to have high infection susceptibility to various African swlne fever virus strains. As a result, using the cells, it is possible to proliferate the virus and furthermore produce and detect the virus.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12Q 1/6897 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids involving reporter genes operably linked to promoters
• C12N 7/00 - Viruses, e.g. bacteriophagesCompositions thereofPreparation or purification thereof
• C12N 15/86 - Viral vectors
• G01N 33/50 - Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urineTesting involving biospecific ligand binding methodsImmunological testing

Goods & Services

Fresh fruit; strawberries, fresh; seeds; seedlings; saplings; sweet potatoes, fresh; fresh vegetables.

Abstract

A simple and efficient breeding method for the bagworm moth is provided, as well as a device for performing the method. Also developed and provided is a method of easily collecting eggs from a bagworm moth, an egg collection device for bagworm moths composed of a tubular container. A bagworm moth breeding method and egg collection method performed using the device are also described.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/30 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to develop a method of producing pure and long bagworm silk threads having no contaminants, such as pieces of leaves and twigs, and a device for implementing the production method. An object of the present invention is to develop a method of producing pure and long bagworm silk threads having no contaminants, such as pieces of leaves and twigs, and a device for implementing the production method. Provided is a method of producing a long bagworm silk thread, the method having a spinning process of making a bagworm having its nest hang its legs on a rail and continuously spin a silk thread along the rail, wherein the rail has a width smaller than the maximum width between the left and right legs when the bagworm used spreads out its legs and wherein the rail is such that the bagworm can hang its legs on the rail, and a collection process of collecting a long silk thread from the rail after the spinning process.

IPC Classes  ?

• D01B 7/00 - Obtaining silk fibres or filaments
• A01K 67/04 - Silkworms
• D01B 3/00 - Mechanical removal of impurities from animal fibres
• D01B 7/04 - Reeling silk

Abstract

A pig rearing support apparatus includes: an acquirer configured to acquire image data of an image captured by a camera unit installed facing a pen in which sows are raised in a group; a detector configured to detect mounting behavior of the sows based on the image of the image data; and a count processor configured to count the number of times the mounting behavior is detected within a preset observation period. Such a pig rearing support apparatus can inform a breeder at the right time without involving excessive cost or labor whether there is any sow that shows estrus symptoms among sows being raised in a group in a pen.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 29/00 - Other apparatus for animal husbandry
• G06V 40/20 - Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
• G06V 20/52 - Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects
• G06V 10/774 - Generating sets of training patternsBootstrap methods, e.g. bagging or boosting

Abstract

A method for producing an HSL protein with increased catalytic activity to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner is disclosed. A method for producing a plant with increased resistance to a 4-HPPD inhibitor using the method for producing the HSL protein is also disclosed. It has been revealed that, by mutating position 140 to a basic amino acid in an HSL protein, the catalytic activity of the protein to oxidize a 4-HPPD inhibitor in a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent manner can be increased, and an activity of the protein to decompose the inhibitor can be increased.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells
• C07K 14/415 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from plants
• 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

This method for reducing methane emissions from paddy fields comprises a step for selecting a rice plant having the trait of deep rooting, and a step for growing the selected rice plant. Methane emissions during cultivation of the rice plant are thus reduced.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 6/46 - Gramineae or Poaceae, e.g. ryegrass, rice, wheat or maize
• A01G 22/22 - Rice
• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin

Abstract

The present invention provides a tomato plant which is resistant to ToBRFV. A Tobamovirus resistant tomato plant of the present invention is with loss of function for a SlTOM1a gene, a SlTOM1c gene, and a SlTOM1d gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 6/82 - Solanaceae, e.g. pepper, tobacco, potato, tomato or eggplant
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 5/08 - Fruits
• C07K 14/415 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from plants

Abstract

The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide technology for improving the deep-rootedness of a plant. The present invention provides a plant with improved deep-rootedness which has a gene encoding a mutant qSOR1 protein including an amino acid substitution that improves deep-rootedness.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 3/00 - Processes for modifying phenotypes
• A01H 5/06 - Roots
• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• C12Q 1/6869 - Methods for sequencing

Abstract

A determination device (1, 1a) according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an acquisition unit (12) that acquires transmission light image information of one or a plurality of grains of a granular agricultural product; and a determination unit (14) that determines the degree of contamination due to prescribed contamination, according to the degree of transmission in a region of the granular agricultural product contained in the transmission light image information, such degree of contamination being on individual grains or all of the grains of the one or the plurality of grains of the granular agricultural product.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/85 - Investigating moving fluids or granular solids

Abstract

A cervical stenosis prevention device (1) comprises: a composite thread portion (2) that is formed by twisting a membrane-like dried vitrigel body and includes a thread-like core material; and a fixing part (3) that is used for indwelling the composite thread portion (2) in a cervical canal.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61L 27/24 - Collagen
• A61L 27/34 - Macromolecular materials
• A61F 2/04 - Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mutant of a basidiomycetous yeast such as P. antarctica, the mutant having reduced carbon catabolite repression.　The present invention pertains to basidiomycetous yeasts in which glucokinase gene includes a hypomorphic mutation. The present invention also pertains to a method for reducing the carbon catabolite repression of a basidiomycetous yeast, the method including a step for suppressing the function of glucokinase of the basidiomycetous yeast.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 1/19 - YeastsCulture media therefor modified by introduction of foreign genetic material
• C12N 15/54 - Transferases (2)
• C12P 21/00 - Preparation of peptides or proteins

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to produce a silkworm capable of producing chimeric silk yarns with silkworm silk yarns that approximate the physical properties of bagworm silk yarns, and to obtain the target chimeric silk yarns in the fiber state from the silkworm.　Provided is a genome-modified silkworm into which a gene encoding a modified bagworm fibroin protein, said gene being obtained by fusing a gene fragment encoding a bagworm-derived fibroin protein and a gene fragment encoding a silkworm-derived fibroin protein, is inserted.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates
• C07K 14/435 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from animalsPeptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from humans
• C12N 15/12 - Genes encoding animal proteins
• D01F 4/02 - Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of proteinsManufacture thereof from fibroin

Abstract

A sexing service-providing system 10 includes irradiation means for irradiating each of hen eggs within a predetermined period of time with light having a predetermined wavelength, imaging means for imaging each of the irradiated hen eggs, means for generating a sexing model using, as training data, a result of separately sexing hen eggs and image data obtained by the imaging of the hen eggs, means for sexing a new target hen egg by inputting the image data obtained for the target hen egg by the irradiation means and the imaging means into the sexing model, discharging means for notifying a control mechanism of an incubator of a result of the sexing and causing the incubator to continue incubation of the hen egg when determined to be a female egg by the sexing, and perform a process of discharging the hen egg when determined to be a male egg by the sexing from the incubator.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
• G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light

Abstract

A sex identification service provision system 10 has a configuration comprising: an irradiation means for irradiating each of chicken eggs with light during a predetermined period of time from the start of egg incubation; an image capture means for capturing an image of each of the chicken eggs; a means for generating a sex identification model by using, as training data, the results of separately identifying the sex of chicken eggs and image data related to the chicken eggs; a means for identifying the sex of a sex identification object chicken egg by inputting image data obtained by the image capture means to the sex identification model; and a means for notifying a control mechanism for an egg incubator of the result of the sex identification and allowing the egg incubator to continue to incubate chicken eggs identified as female eggs.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
• G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light

Abstract

In order to predict growth by using an easily-input initial value and to output information for assisting in variety selection or cultivation management, a simulation unit 44 receives input of an initial value for the number of leaves on a seedling of a crop and an initial value for the weight of the seedling, reads, from a parameter database 50, a parameter indicating the characteristics of the variety of crop, acquires information pertaining to the cultivation environment of the crop, creates a growth model for each variety on the basis of the initial value for the number of leaves of the seedling, the initial value for the weight of the seedling, the parameter, and the information pertaining to the cultivation environment, and predicts the growth of each variety on the basis of the growth model of each variety. In addition, an output unit 45 outputs, as the information for assisting in variety selection or cultivation management, the prediction results obtained by means of the abovementioned prediction.　

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining

Abstract

A sexing apparatus includes irradiation means for irradiating each of hen eggs within a predetermined period of time from start of incubation with light having a predetermined wavelength, imaging means for imaging each of the irradiated hen eggs, means for generating a sexing model using, as training data, a result of separately sexing the hen eggs and image data obtained by the imaging of the hen eggs, and means for sexing a new target hen egg by inputting an image data obtained for the target hen egg by the irradiation means and the imaging means into the sexing model.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
• G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light

Abstract

An animal welfare management assistance system 10 includes communication means for communicating with terminals of a group of corporations and sole proprietors involved in production, distribution, and selling of a hen egg, means for obtaining information on operations of the corporations and sole proprietors from the respective terminals, the operations having been performed for the hen egg in compliance with a predetermined animal welfare regulation and managing the information on the operations, means for determining that management complying with the animal welfare regulation has been performed for the selling of the hen egg by verifying the information on the operations, and issuing a certificate according to a result of the determination on the hen egg, and means for returning a proportion of money collected as a result of selling the hen egg with the certificate to each of the corporations and sole proprietors that have performed the management complying with the animal welfare regulation, the proportion corresponding to a degree of contribution to the management.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining

Abstract

A sex determination device 100, wherein the sex determination device 100 is configured to include: an irradiation means for irradiating, with a prescribed wavelength of light, chicken eggs within a prescribed period after the start of incubation; an imaging means for capturing an image of each irradiated chicken egg; a means for generating a sex determination model using, as training data, the results of separately determining sex for each of the chicken eggs and image data obtained by imaging of the chicken eggs; and a means for performing sex determination for a new chicken egg for which the sex thereof is to be determined, by inputting image data obtained by the irradiation means and the imaging means to the sex determination model for said chicken egg.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
• G01N 21/359 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using near infrared light

Abstract

In an animal welfare management assistance system 10, communication is performed with a terminal of each of a series of operators, in relation to the production to sale of chicken eggs. Information of operations carried out in accordance with animal welfare regulations at the operators is acquired from the terminals and managed. In the sale of chicken eggs, determination is made, by verifying the information of the operations, that management in accordance with the animal welfare regulations has been conducted. A certificate is issued in accordance with the result of the determination. Of the fees collected from the sale of chicken eggs to which a certificate has been granted, the proportion corresponding to a degree of contribution to management in accordance with the animal welfare regulations is returned to the operators that performed the management.

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining
• G01N 21/17 - Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a xylose-inducible promoter having improved capability of promoting transcription of a downstream gene by modifying the base sequence of a xylose-inducible promoter (xylanase promoter) derived from P. antarctica.　In the present invention, it is possible to improve the expression efficiency of a downstream gene by using a xylose-inducible promoter that has an increased amount of a specific sequence in a xylanase promoter derived from P. antarctica.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/80 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for fungi
• C12N 1/15 - Fungi Culture media therefor modified by introduction of foreign genetic material
• C12P 21/00 - Preparation of peptides or proteins

Abstract

A method for determining at least one of the degree of a grain protein content and the degree of the number of spikes in a wheat plant includes a step for detecting, as a molecular marker, a nucleotide sequence corresponding to a nucleotide sequence lying between position-1614 and position-2228 in the nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 that shows a Gpc-B2 gene. Accordingly, a trait associated with at least one of the degree of a grain protein content and the degree of the number of spikes in wheat can be determined in an early stage.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/11 - DNA or RNA fragmentsModified forms thereof
• C12Q 1/6827 - Hybridisation assays for detection of mutation or polymorphism
• C12Q 1/686 - Polymerase chain reaction [PCR]
• 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
• A01H 6/46 - Gramineae or Poaceae, e.g. ryegrass, rice, wheat or maize

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a double-flowered Torenia plant having excellent ornamental properties.　The present invention pertains to a method for producing a double-flowered Torenia plant, the method comprising a step for crossbreeding a Torenia plant belonging to a semi-double-flowering strain and a Torenia plant belonging to a polycarpellary strain to obtain an F1 population, and selecting, from a population of a hybrid second generation or subsequent generation that is produced after a hybrid first generation population, which is the obtained F1 population, a specimen provided with fully double-flowered shape characteristics and having 15 or more developed petals. The present invention also pertains to a Torenia plant provided with fully double-flowered shape characteristics and having 15 or more developed petals, the Torenia plant belonging to the fully double-flowered strain, a subsequent population, or a mutant population of these.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 1/02 - Methods or apparatus for hybridisationArtificial pollination
• A01H 5/02 - Flowers
• A01H 6/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their botanic taxonomy

Abstract

A movement control method and a spinning position control method for a bagworm is provided, in which a bagworm is led to a predetermined position and allowed to spin a foothold silk thread at the predetermined position. A behavior control method in which a light is radiated to a bagworm to lead the bagworm toward a direction from which the light is radiated, and a spinning position control method in which a light is radiated to a bagworm at a spinning position on a surface of a base material to allow the bagworm to spin at the position are also provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• D01B 7/06 - Obtaining silk from cocoons or portions thereof not suitable for reeling

Abstract

Polypedilum vanderplankiPolypedilum vanderplanki expressing an exogenous membrane protein are able to stably transport the membrane protein without a complex culture apparatus.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 5/07 - Animal cells or tissues
• A01N 1/02 - Preservation of living parts
• C12N 5/10 - Cells modified by introduction of foreign genetic material, e.g. virus-transformed cells
• G01N 31/12 - Investigating or analysing non-biological materials by the use of the chemical methods specified in the subgroupsApparatus specially adapted for such methods using combustion
• G01N 33/50 - Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urineTesting involving biospecific ligand binding methodsImmunological testing
• C07K 14/705 - ReceptorsCell surface antigensCell surface determinants

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a Fagopyrum plant having reduced allergen reactivity. In the Fagopyrum plant, the Fag e 2 gene is mutated, and the Fag e 2 protein is deleted. If there is a stop codon mutation in the translation region, it is preferable to have a stop codon mutation so as not to generate a mutant protein having a reduced molecular weight.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/10 - Processes for the isolation, preparation or purification of DNA or RNA
• A01H 1/06 - Processes for producing mutations, e.g. treatment with chemicals or with radiation
• A01H 6/00 - Angiosperms, i.e. flowering plants, characterised by their botanic taxonomy
• A23L 7/10 - Cereal-derived products
• A23L 7/109 - Types of pasta, e.g. macaroni or noodles
• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• A01H 5/10 - Seeds

Abstract

A method, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, for testing for mastitis in a domestic animal includes the step of measuring, by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a spin-spin relaxation time of milk collected from a quarter of the domestic animal.

IPC Classes  ?

• G01N 24/08 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance or other spin effects by using nuclear magnetic resonance
• G01N 33/04 - Dairy products
• G01R 33/30 - Sample handling arrangements, e.g. sample cells, spinning mechanisms
• G01R 33/44 - Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables involving magnetic resonance using nuclear magnetic resonance [NMR]

Abstract

32nn-OH (1) (where n is 0 or 2-4).

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 31/02 - Acyclic compounds
• C12N 1/14 - Fungi Culture media therefor
• C12N 1/38 - Chemical stimulation of growth or activity by addition of chemical compounds which are not essential growth factorsStimulation of growth by removal of a chemical compound

Abstract

In order to easily obtain variety-specific parameters in a model which estimates growth and harvest yield, a parameter calculation unit according to the present invention acquires, via an environmental data acquisition unit, environmental data from when a crop was cultivated (S100), and acquires, via a cultivation information acquisition unit, cultivation information obtained as a result of cultivating the crop (S102). Furthermore, the parameter calculation unit uses at least some of the environmental data and at least some of the cultivation information to calculate, by using methods determined for respective parameters, the parameters (coefficients and threshold values) to be used in the model which estimates growth and harvest yield for each variety of crop (S104).　

IPC Classes  ?

• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining
• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general

Abstract

Provided is a method for producing wheat or the like having a short anther trait, the method comprising a step for artificially inhibiting the function of at least one gene of wheat or the like, the gene being selected from the group consisting of: (a) a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 10, 12, 14, or 16; (b) a gene encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 10, 12, 14, or 16, with one or more amino acids substituted, deleted, added, and/or inserted; (c) a gene encoding an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 10, 12, 14, or 16; and (d) a gene including DNA which hybridizes, under a stringent condition, with DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 10, 12, 14, or 16.

IPC Classes  ?

• 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 15/09 - Recombinant DNA-technology
• C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides
• 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

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to develop: a method of efficiently producing a long bagworm silk thread containing no contaminant while preventing a change in the spinning direction and the runaway of the bagworm from a rail, and alleviating a burden on the bagworm; and an apparatus for implementing the thread-producing method. Provided is an apparatus for producing a bagworm silk thread, having a movable rail having a width smaller than the maximum width between the right and left legs of a bagworm and configured to move in the longitudinal direction and to be able to hold with the legs of the bagworm; and a fixator configured to fix a bagworm, wherein the fixator is placed at a position such that the fixed bagworm can hold the movable rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/04 - Silkworms
• D01B 7/04 - Reeling silk
• D01B 7/00 - Obtaining silk fibres or filaments

Abstract

266-type DNA binding domain having a 75% or higher sequence identity to an amino acid sequence for a region lying between position-23 to position-54 in SEQ ID NO:1, has a 70% or higher sequence identity to an amino acid sequence for the remaining region in SEQ ID NO:1, and has a xylanase promoter activation activity; a nucleic acid molecule encoding the transcription factor; a vector carrying the nucleic acid molecule; yeast containing the nucleic acid molecule or the vector; a method for producing a desired protein using the transcription factor, the nucleic acid molecule or the vector; or a method for enhancing the activity of a xylanase promoter in yeast.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/31 - Genes encoding microbial proteins, e.g. enterotoxins
• C07K 14/39 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from fungi from yeasts
• 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 15/63 - Introduction of foreign genetic material using vectorsVectorsUse of hosts thereforRegulation of expression
• C12P 21/02 - Preparation of peptides or proteins having a known sequence of two or more amino acids, e.g. glutathione

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to develop: a method of efficiently producing a long bagworm silk thread without slack of reeling during collection while preventing a change in the spinning direction and the runaway of the bagworm from a rail, and alleviating a burden on the bagworm; and an apparatus for implementing the thread-producing method. Provided is an apparatus for producing a bagworm silk thread, including: a movable loop-shaped rail configured to move in the longitudinal direction and to be held by the legs of a bagworm; a fixator configured to fix the bagworm; and an adhesion controller configured to store an adhesion control solution for washing away or removing a gummy component from the bagworm silk thread spun on the movable loop-shaped rail, wherein the apparatus makes it possible to cumulate the bagworm silk thread spun on the movable loop-shaped rail.

IPC Classes  ?

• D01B 7/04 - Reeling silk
• D01F 11/02 - Chemical after-treatment of man-made filaments or the like during manufacture of cellulose, cellulose derivatives, or proteins

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a composition for inhibiting aflatoxin production or an antimicrobial composition against an aflatoxin-producing fungus, each containing a plant-derived component.　The composition for inhibiting aflatoxin production by an aflatoxin-producing fungus of the present invention contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Gordonia axillaris extract, garden huckleberry extract, Wallum Banksia extract and Welwitschia mirabilis extract. The antimicrobial composition against an aflatoxin-producing fungus of the present invention contains at least one selected from the group consisting of Gordonia axillaris extract, garden huckleberry extract and Wallum Banksia extract.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 65/08 - Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]
• A01N 65/28 - Myrtaceae [Myrtle family], e.g. teatree or clove
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides
• 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

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to establish a solution to the problem of an omnivorous insect used as a biological pesticide causing damage to a crop itself, by providing an omnivorous insect in which herbivorous behavior is suppressed, said omnivorous insect characterized by the deletion or inhibited expression of a taste perception gene related to herbivorous behavior.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/113 - Non-coding nucleic acids modulating the expression of genes, e.g. antisense oligonucleotides
• C12N 15/12 - Genes encoding animal proteins
• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates

Abstract

Streptococcus uberisStreptococcus uberis infection.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61K 39/09 - Streptococcus
• A61K 39/39 - Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies characterised by the immunostimulating additives, e.g. chemical adjuvants
• A61P 29/00 - Non-central analgesic, antipyretic or antiinflammatory agents, e.g. antirheumatic agentsNon-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAID]
• A61P 31/04 - Antibacterial agents
• A61P 37/04 - Immunostimulants
• A61P 43/00 - Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups
• C07K 14/315 - Peptides having more than 20 amino acidsGastrinsSomatostatinsMelanotropinsDerivatives thereof from bacteria from Streptococcus (G), e.g. Enterococci
• C07K 16/12 - Immunoglobulins, e.g. monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies against material from bacteria

Abstract

[Problem to be Solved] Provided is a nursery pot body having stability over time, exhibiting suppressed decomposition during seedling raising, maintaining sufficient strength at the time of planting, and being rapidly degraded after planting in a field through enzyme treatment immediately before and/or immediately after planting. [Problem to be Solved] Provided is a nursery pot body having stability over time, exhibiting suppressed decomposition during seedling raising, maintaining sufficient strength at the time of planting, and being rapidly degraded after planting in a field through enzyme treatment immediately before and/or immediately after planting. [Solution] Base paper for a nursery pot body is characterized in that a biodegradable resin layer is provided on at least one surface of a paper substrate, wherein the biodegradable resin layer contains at least 15 mass % of a polylactic acid relative to 100 mass % of a biodegradable resin composition, and a nursery pot body is produced by molding the base paper.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01G 9/029 - Receptacles for seedlings
• B32B 27/10 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of paper or cardboard
• B32B 27/36 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin comprising polyesters
• B32B 27/08 - Layered products essentially comprising synthetic resin as the main or only constituent of a layer next to another layer of a specific substance of synthetic resin of a different kind

Abstract

A method for determining the degree of the total dry matter production in a solanaceous plant, said method comprising, for the following proteins (1) to (3) in the solanaceous plant: (1) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1; (2) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and having the function of regulating the total dry matter production in the solanaceous plant; and (3) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence in which not more than 65 amino acids are substituted, deleted, added or inserted into the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 and having the function of regulating the total dry matter production in the solanaceous plant, a step for examining the presence or absence of a mutation that affects the regulating function as described above. Thus, provided is a technique for determining the degree of the total dry matter production in a solanaceous plant.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• A01H 1/00 - Processes for modifying genotypes
• A01H 6/82 - Solanaceae, e.g. pepper, tobacco, potato, tomato or eggplant
• C12N 5/04 - Plant cells or tissues
• 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

A container for observation of cells, the container comprising a bottom wall and a lateral wall, wherein an observation surface is formed in the bottom wall, and the observation surface has, displayed therein, a reference line and an indication part indicating a specific region near the reference line.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12M 1/14 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology with means providing thin layers or with multi-level trays
• C12M 3/00 - Tissue, human, animal or plant cell, or virus culture apparatus

Abstract

Provided is a cell transport apparatus (100) provided with a first container (110) having a first accommodation space (111) in which cultured cells (C) are accommodated and a second container (120) having a second accommodation space (121), the cell transport apparatus (100) being characterized in that the second container (120) is configured in such a manner that at least one sterilization filter (122) is provided at at least a part of the bottom surface of the second container (120) and the second container (120) can be attached to the upper part of the first container (110), and the first accommodation space (111) is surrounded by the first container (110) and the second container (120) and is communicated with the second accommodation space (121) through the at least one sterilization filter (122) in the state where the second container (120) is attached to the upper part of the first container (110).

IPC Classes  ?

• C12M 3/06 - Tissue, human, animal or plant cell, or virus culture apparatus with filtration, ultrafiltration, inverse osmosis or dialysis means
• C12M 1/12 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology with sterilisation, filtration, or dialysis means
• C12N 5/071 - Vertebrate cells or tissues, e.g. human cells or tissues

Abstract

In order to enable an enhanced propionic acid production and a reduced methane production in the rumen of ruminants, a bacterium of genus Prevotella is provided that characteristically has the following property: the proportion of malic acid and lactic acid in the organic acids in a fermentation product is at least 20%.

IPC Classes  ?

• A23K 10/18 - Addition of microorganisms or extracts thereof, e.g. single-cell proteins, to feeding-stuff compositions of live microorganisms
• A23K 50/10 - Feeding-stuffs specially adapted for particular animals for ruminants
• C12N 1/20 - BacteriaCulture media therefor
• C12N 15/31 - Genes encoding microbial proteins, e.g. enterotoxins

Abstract

Glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene which catalyzes glucuronic acid transfer to the hydroxyl group at the 3-position in an oleanane-type triterpenoid is identified. Glucuronosyltransferase 1 gene having a desired activity, derived from a Fabaceae plant (soybean, Glycyrrhiza, and Lotus japonicus), and containing nucleotide sequences represented by SEQ ID Nos: 2, 4, and 6, respectively, is provided.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 19/56 - Preparation of O-glycosides, e.g. glucosides having an oxygen atom of the saccharide radical directly bound to a condensed ring system having three or more carbocyclic rings, e.g. daunomycin, adriamycin
• C12N 9/10 - Transferases (2.)
• C12N 1/16 - YeastsCulture media therefor
• C12N 15/81 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for fungi for yeasts

Abstract

A method for introducing a genome editing enzyme into a plant cell includes: treating the cell with plasma; and then bringing the cell into contact with the genome editing enzyme in the presence of a di- or higher-valent metal cation.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/82 - Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts for plant cells

Abstract

In order to enable an enhanced propionic acid production and a reduced methane production in the rumen of ruminants, a bacterium of genus Prevotella is provided that characteristically has the following property: the proportion of malic acid and lactic acid in the organic acids in a fermentation product is at least 20%.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 1/20 - BacteriaCulture media therefor
• A23K 10/18 - Addition of microorganisms or extracts thereof, e.g. single-cell proteins, to feeding-stuff compositions of live microorganisms
• A23K 50/10 - Feeding-stuffs specially adapted for particular animals for ruminants
• C12N 15/31 - Genes encoding microbial proteins, e.g. enterotoxins

Abstract

A nest material, which can be stably supplied, is hygienic, and has a high nest-building efficiency, has been developed and is provided in the breeding of bag worms.　Provided is a bag worm nest material including pieces of bark having specific shapes and sizes according to the growth stage of bag worms.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 67/033 - Rearing or breeding invertebrates; New breeds of invertebrates

Abstract

Provided is a low-cost and full-circulation type hydroponic cultivation technique that enables disease control and suppression of growth disturbance caused by allelopathic substances without requiring pH adjustment.　This hydroponic cultivation method is characterized by comprising adding an extract of a polyphenol-containing plant body or a mushroom extract to a cultivation liquid. The extract of a polyphenol-containing plant body or the mushroom extract is contained in the cultivation liquid in the form of a complex with a trace element. The complex does not precipitate, even when the pH of the cultivation liquid changes, and not only promotes the absorption of the trace element but also exhibits a remarkable antimicrobial effect and controls diseases. In particular, a polyphenol-iron complex has an effect of decomposing organic substances and thus decomposes and removes allelopathic substances.

IPC Classes  ?

• C05F 11/08 - Organic fertilisers containing added bacterial cultures, mycelia or the like
• A01G 31/00 - Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics

Abstract

A fermentation/drying control method in a fermentation/drying device having fermentation/drying equipment that includes a sealed fermenter for performing a fermentation/drying treatment or composting treatment on a fermentation starting material and an equipment control unit that controls the fermentation/drying treatment or composting treatment in the fermentation/drying equipment, the fermentation/drying control method involving adjusting the flow rate of an air supply to the fermenter on the basis of the change in the temperature of exhaust gas from the fermenter and the change in the amount of fermentation heat calculated from the heat balance of the fermenter.

IPC Classes  ?

• C10L 5/40 - Solid fuels essentially based on materials of non-mineral origin
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology
• C12N 1/00 - Microorganisms, e.g. protozoaCompositions thereofProcesses of propagating, maintaining or preserving microorganisms or compositions thereofProcesses of preparing or isolating a composition containing a microorganismCulture media therefor
• C02F 11/16 - Treatment of sludgeDevices therefor by de-watering, drying or thickening using drying or composting beds
• C05F 17/00 - Preparation of fertilisers characterised by biological or biochemical treatment steps, e.g. composting or fermentation
• B09B 3/00 - Destroying solid waste or transforming solid waste into something useful or harmless

Abstract

The present invention achieves a Brassica plant having a high content of glucoraphanin.　The present invention also achieves an intergeneric crossbred plant in which have been crossed a first parent plant and a second parent plant, which are Brassica plants classified into different genera. The first parent plant includes 5 mg/100 g (fresh weight) or more of glucoraphanin. The second parent plant includes a loss-of-function type glucoraphasatin synthetase gene.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01H 6/20 - Brassicaceae, e.g. canola, broccoli or rucola
• A01H 1/02 - Methods or apparatus for hybridisationArtificial pollination
• A23L 33/105 - Plant extracts, their artificial duplicates or their derivatives
• C12N 15/53 - Oxidoreductases (1)
• A23L 19/00 - Products from fruits or vegetablesPreparation or treatment thereof
• 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

This method for preparing a thread has a step for obtaining a thread-shaped vitrigel by wetting a first sheet-shaped hydrogel dried body or a sheet-shaped vitrigel dried body in a first aqueous solution and twisting the same into a thread shape.

IPC Classes  ?

• A61L 27/52 - Hydrogels or hydrocolloids
• D02G 3/10 - Yarns or threads formed from collagenous materials, e.g. catgut
• A61L 2/00 - Methods or apparatus for disinfecting or sterilising materials or objects other than foodstuffs or contact lensesAccessories therefor
• A61L 17/10 - At least partly resorbable materials containing macromolecular materials
• A61L 17/14 - Post-treatment to improve physical properties
• A61L 17/08 - At least partly resorbable materials of animal origin, e.g. catgut, collagen

Abstract

Provided is a technology for determining the degree of adjustment of assimilate partitioning to the edible part of a solanaceous plant. Provided is a method that includes a step for testing, with regard to the solanaceous plant, the presence or absence of a mutation that causes amino acid (a) or (b) to be substituted or deleted. Amino acid (a) corresponds to the amino acid at position 870 of the protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1. Amino acid (b) corresponds to the amino acid at position 402 of the protein comprising the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12N 15/29 - Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin
• C12Q 1/68 - Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganismsCompositions thereforProcesses of preparing such compositions involving nucleic acids

Abstract

This swine rearing assistance apparatus is provided with: an acquisition unit that acquires image data of an image captured by a camera unit disposed so as to be directed towards a pen in which female swine are being raised in a group; a detection unit that detects a mounting behavior of the female swine on the basis of the image of the image data; and a count unit that counts the number of times the mounting behavior has been detected during a preset observation time. With such a swine rearing assistance apparatus, it is possible to notify, in a timely fashion without requiring excessive cost or labor, rearing staff of whether or not any of the female swine being reared in the pen are showing signs of heat.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 29/00 - Other apparatus for animal husbandry

Abstract

Provided are a radical-generating composition, a sterilizing composition, or an organic substance-decomposing composition, which can achieve an excellent Fenton reaction and can further suppress effects on the human body or the environment.　The radical-generating composition, the sterilizing composition, or the organic substance-decomposing composition comprises: a squeezed liquid of edible mushroom and/or an extract of edible mushroom; and an iron-supplying raw material. The edible mushroom preferably comprises at least one selected from among the genus Lentinula in the family Marasmiaceae, the genus Hypsizygus marmoreus in the family Lyophyllaceae, the genus Pleurotus in the family Pleurotaceae, the genus Agaricus in the family Agaricaceae, and the genus Grifola in the family Meripilus giganteus of the order Polyporales.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01J 31/22 - Organic complexes
• A01N 59/16 - Heavy metalsCompounds thereof
• A01N 65/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing material from algae, lichens, bryophyta, multi-cellular fungi or plants, or extracts thereof
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides
• A61L 9/013 - Deodorant compositions containing animal or plant extracts, or vegetable material
• 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
• 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

This cow evaluation device 100 comprises an image acquisition unit 30 that acquires a two-dimensional captured image 50 obtained by capturing an image of a standing cow substantially from behind or substantially from the front, an extraction unit 32 that extracts an outline 60 of the cow from the captured image 50 acquired by the image acquisition unit 30, a calculation unit 34 that calculates an index value indicating the degree of inclination of at least one protruding portion 61a among two protruding portions 61a, 61b present on the left and right sides of the upper part of the outline 60 extracted by the extraction unit 32, and an evaluation unit 36 that evaluates the flesh of the cow from the index value calculated by the calculation unit 34.　

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 29/00 - Other apparatus for animal husbandry
• A61B 5/107 - Measuring physical dimensions, e.g. size of the entire body or parts thereof

Abstract

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an industrially readily-available hatching accelerator for Globodera pallida eggs, and a control agent and control method using the same.　The Globodera pallida control agent of the present invention contains at least one active ingredient selected from a compound represented by formula (I) below, a stereoisomer thereof, and salts thereof.　(In the formula, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or the like; R1each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2-6 alkenyl group, or the like; R2represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group; the partial structure －Y－X－ represents a group represented by *－N(Rb)－C(＝X1)－**, or the like; X1 each independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Rb represents a hydrogen atom, or the like; * represents a binding site with a carbon atom having two R1; ** represents a binding site with Z; and Z represents a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group, or a substituted or unsubstituted dimethylene group.)

IPC Classes  ?

• A01N 43/40 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom six-membered rings
• A01M 1/00 - Stationary means for catching or killing insects
• A01N 43/08 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with one hetero atom five-membered rings with oxygen as the ring hetero atom
• A01N 43/10 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with one hetero atom five-membered rings with sulfur as the ring hetero atom
• A01N 43/18 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms as the only ring hetero atom with one hetero atom six-membered rings with sulfur as the ring hetero atom
• A01N 43/38 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom five-membered rings condensed with carbocyclic rings
• A01N 43/80 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing heterocyclic compounds having rings with nitrogen atoms and oxygen or sulfur atoms, as ring hetero atoms five-membered rings with one nitrogen atom and either one oxygen atom or one sulfur atom in positions 1,2
• A01P 5/00 - Nematocides

Abstract

An environmental information acquisition device (200) according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a communication cable (110) disposed along the main stem (MS) of a plant; one or more sensors (120, 130, 140) for acquiring at least one of information of a leaf surface environment of the plant, information of the near environment of the plant, and information relating to fruit of the plant; environment adjustment instruments (172, 174, 176, 178, 180) that are detachably connected to the communication cable (110) and adjust the surrounding environment of the plant, and a control device (150A) that collects the information acquired from the one or more sensors (120, 130, 140), the communication cable (110) comprising a plurality of connection ports (112), and the one or more sensors (120, 130, 140), the environment adjustment instruments (172, 174, 176, 178, 180), and the control device (150A) being removably attached to the connection ports (112).

IPC Classes  ?

• G01W 1/00 - Meteorology
• G01W 1/02 - Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed
• G01W 1/12 - Sunshine-duration recorders
• G06Q 50/02 - AgricultureFishingForestryMining
• A01G 7/00 - Botany in general
• G16Y 10/05 - Agriculture
• G16Y 20/10 - Information sensed or collected by the things relating to the environment, e.g. temperatureInformation sensed or collected by the things relating to location

Abstract

Provided is a polyphenol-iron complex by which stable reaction efficiency can be obtained even when an existing polyphenol-iron complex is improved and used in an environment having a certain degree of width. Also provided is a technique in which the time and/or period for causing a Fenton reaction or a photocatalytic reaction can be freely controlled using a polyphenol-iron complex. Further, provided is a method for breeding fish and shellfish or treating diseases of fish and shellfish using a polyphenol-iron complex without damaging fish and shellfish.　Provided are: a polyphenol-iron complex capsule obtained by sealing a polyphenol-iron complex in alginic acid gel; a hydrogen peroxide capsule obtained by sealing hydrogen peroxide in alginic acid gel; and a method for breeding fish and shellfish or treating diseases of fish and shellfish using the same.

IPC Classes  ?

• B01J 35/02 - Solids
• A01P 1/00 - DisinfectantsAntimicrobial compounds or mixtures thereof
• A01K 61/13 - Prevention or treatment of fish diseases
• B01J 13/08 - Simple coacervation, i.e. addition of highly hydrophilic material
• A01P 3/00 - Fungicides
• B01J 31/26 - Catalysts comprising hydrides, coordination complexes or organic compounds containing in addition, inorganic metal compounds not provided for in groups
• A01K 63/04 - Arrangements for treating water specially adapted to receptacles for live fish
• A01N 25/26 - 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 in coated particulate form
• A01N 59/00 - Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing elements or inorganic compounds