Abstract:
The present invention is concerned with a roll-baler of a construction, in which the rotational movement of its rear chamber of the bale chamber for its opening and closing is done smoothly, while its lock mechanism is designed to be simple, so that the bale-shaping material of a short length may be fed into the bale chamber 4 through its inlet port "a". In this type of the roll-baler, the bale chamber 4 is mounted on the machine body 1 at its position, where the inlet port "a" of the bale chamber 4 is open frontward, and the terminal end part 3a of the transporting conveyor 3 is so made as to its conveying surface forming an inclined surface "c" which is downwardly slanted, the inclined surface "c" being disposed at a position to constitute a part of the peripheral wall of the bale chamber 4, in opposition to the lower half side of the peripheral surface of the roll bale R to be formed within the bale chamber at the place where the inlet port "a" of the bale chamber 4 is present.
Abstract:
A method is provided for producing a male sterile plant by utilizing a plant expression cassette including a nucleic acid which is DNA encoding a zinc finger transcription factor (ZPT3-2) derived from Petunia and a promoter operatively linked to the nucleic acid. Further, a method is provided for producing a male sterile plant by utilizing a plant expression cassette including a promoter derived from the ZPT3-2 gene and a heterologous gene operatively linked to the promoter.
Abstract:
According to the present invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus for efficiently manufacturing microspheres having a uniform particle diameter. The apparatus is as follows: the case (1) comprises the lower body (1a) and the upper body (1b). A seal ring (3), a first plate (4) which is comprised of a transparent plate such as a glass plate or a plastic plate, an annular spacer (5), an intermediate plate (6) which is comprised of a silicon substrate or the like, an annular spacer (7), a second plate (8) and a seal ring (9) are inserted in this order into a concave portion (2) formed in the lower body (1a). The upper body (1b) is superposed thereon. Further, the upper body (1b) is attached to the lower body (1a) with bolts or the like.
Abstract:
Therapeutic and preventive drug is provided, which have not any side effect, which is highly safe upon repeated uses for a long period of time, and which are useful in daily food and drink and cosmetics. Antiallergic agents, anti-inflammatory agent, food and drink and cosmetics, which are characterized in that epigallocatechin 3- O -(3- O -methyl) gallate and(or) epigallocatechin 3- O -(4- O -methyl) gallate are/is contained as active ingredients.
Abstract:
First, monochromatic near infrared light in a wavelength range of 700nm - 1100nm from the slit of the near infrared apparatus (1) is applied to a reference ceramic plate through the optical fiber (7) to measure a transmitted light intensity of the ceramic plate which is a reference material for spectrum measurement. Next, in place of the ceramic plate, the test tube (4) containing a liquid sample of which the temperature has been adjusted at a predetermined temperature by a water bath and the like is inserted into the housing portion (5). The transmitted light intensity of the liquid sample is then measured using the same procedure as above. A so-called near infrared absorption spectrum in which absorbance has been plotted against wavelengths is displayed on the screen of the computer (2). Information about each object characteristic is extracted from the spectrum data using a calibration equation.
Abstract:
Rice phyC mutants were isolated using a mutant panel isolation method. When the mutants were grown under long-day photoperiodic conditions, it was found that they flowered (exposed their panicles (heads) ) about one week earlier than the control rice. The results indicate that suppression of PHYC gene expression can promote plant flowering under long-day conditions. Utilization of the PHYC gene for promoting plant flowering will contribute substantially to breed improvement, for example, by facilitating the creation of useful agricultural crops and decorative plants that have a new characteristic adaptable for other cultivation areas and times. The rice phyC mutants described herein, which promote flowering under long-day conditions, will be highly prized as a new early-harvest rice cultivar.
Abstract:
A roll baler equipped with a hopper 2, and a transporting conveyor 3 for carrying bale shaping material discharged from beneath a discharge port 20 defined in the bottom face of the hopper 2 into a material receiving port 40 of the bale-shaping chamber, wherein the transporting conveyor 3 is divided into two parts of: a hopper-side transporting conveyor 3a provided in a space extending from beneath the discharge port 20 to the front position beneath the delivery mechanism 5; and a bale-shaping-chamber side transporting conveyor 3b provided in the space extending from beneath the delivery mechanism 5 to the receiving port 40 of the shaping chamber 4, both these hopper-side transporting conveyor 3a and bale-shaping-chamber-side transporting conveyor 3b being each driven independently one from the other.
Abstract:
The present inventors succeeded in developing a vector that expresses high levels of a foreign gene in plant seeds by utilizing a 5'-untranslated region of a gene encoding a seed storage protein. The inventors also succeeded in accumulating high levels of a foreign gene product in plant seeds by utilizing a seed storage protein defective mutant as a target for foreign gene transfer.
Abstract:
A polypeptide which has β-carotene hydroxylase activity comprises an amino acid sequence selected from: (i) the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; (ii) an amino acid sequence which is at least 70% homologous to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; and (iii)a fragment of sequence (i) or (ii) which is not a said sequence (ii).