The present invention provides a method of synthesizing celosianin II, a method of synthesizing a betaxanthin, an amyloid-β polymerization inhibitor or a therapeutic or preventive agent for Alzheimer's, an amyloid peptide aggregation inhibitor, and an HIV-1 protease activity inhibitor. A gene having a celosianin II synthesis ability has been isolated from quinoa, and a method of synthesizing celosianin II of the present invention has been constructed. Besides, it has been recognized that celosianin II or the like serves as an active ingredient of each of an amyloid-β polymerization inhibitor or a therapeutic or preventive agent for Alzheimer's, an amyloid peptide aggregation inhibitor, and an HIV-1 protease activity inhibitor.

The present invention relates to tobacco products from plants comprising mutated berberine bridge enzyme-like nucleic acids and the recessive nic1 and/or nic2 alleles and methods of making the same.

The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTH2868. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2868 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2868 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB3274, pepper line SBR-8T18-6549, and pepper line SBR-8T18-6550. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB3274, pepper line SBR-8T18-6549, and pepper line SBR-8T18-6550 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPB3274, pepper line SBR-8T18-6549, and pepper line SBR-8T18-6550 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

A hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC458279 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC458279, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC458279, and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant by crossing the hybrid cantaloupe HMC458279 with itself or another cantaloupe plant.

A hybrid cantaloupe plant designated HMC458279 is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC458279, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid cantaloupe designated HMC458279, and to methods for producing a cantaloupe plant by crossing the hybrid cantaloupe HMC458279 with itself or another cantaloupe plant.

A seed of hybrid squash designated as ‘Renegade’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid squash ‘Renegade’, to the plants of hybrid squash ‘Renegade’, to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other squash lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid squash ‘Renegade’.

The present invention relates to a modified CCA gene which encodes a CCA-adding enzyme, which modified CCA gene leads to resistance against a positive-strand RNA virus having a TLS, wherein the modified CCA gene comprises a gene comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a CCA-adding enzyme, a gene comprising a promoter sequence, or a gene comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a CCA-adding enzyme having a deletion, a substitution, or an insertion of at least one amino acid. The invention further relates to plants and seeds comprising the modified genes, methods for making and identifying such plants and use of the gene.

The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTD4081. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTD4081 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTD4081 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTD4081. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTD4081 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTD4081 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.