A method and a kit for detecting a content of wheat gluten in food are provided. The kit includes a Raman enhanced substrate solution and a quartz sheet, where the Raman enhanced substrate solution includes a gold nanorod dimer and a Raman signal molecule, where the gold nanorod dimer is formed by self-assembling a gold nanorod functionalized by aptamer, and a gold nanorod functionalized by an aptamer complementary chain. The kit has simple and convenient operation and a convenient instrument, and can quickly, stably and sensitively detect the content of the wheat gluten in the food.

The present disclosure relates to synthetic approaches based on affinity peptides to drive assembly and activation of transmembrane receptor complexes. The present disclosure further relates to the core NFR1-NFR5 receptor complex initiating the cortical root nodule organogenesis program and the epidermal program, as well as the identification of barley receptor complexes that function in root nodule symbiosis.

Provided is a method for sensing methyl salicylate, which is a plant hormone released when a plant is infected with a disease in cultivation of plants including agricultural crops, and thereby provided a method for early in-situ detection of disease infection in a plant. Disease infection in a plant can be detected at an early stage by utilizing a zinc compound that selectively recognizes methyl salicylate, which is a plant hormone released when a plant is infected by a pathogen, and forms a complex with methyl salicylate, as a receptor for sensing, and by utilizing a fluorescence emission phenomenon or a change in electrochemical behavior after the reaction with methyl salicylate.

Transgenic seed for crops with improved traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA in the nucleus of cells of the seed where plants grown from such transgenic seed exhibit one or more improved traits as compared to a control plant. Of particular interest are transgenic plants that have increased yield. The present invention also provides recombinant DNA molecules for expression of a protein, and recombinant DNA molecules for suppression of a protein.

A device and a system are for measuring fluid potential in a plant tissue by measuring pressure changes caused due to osmosis of the plant fluid. The measuring device includes a compartment having a ridged body configured for containing an osmoticum. The compartment has at least one opening; at least two selective barrier layers, such as a membrane positioned at least over the openings of the compartment; and at least one pressure sensor configured for detecting changes in pressure of fluid in the compartment. The selective barrier is located for selectively allowing water transfer between the plant fluid and the osmoticum in the compartment. The compartment is configured such that there is a direct contact between the plant fluid and the osmoticum therein via the selective barrier.

The present disclosure relates to a method for discovering effective bioactive compounds, based on plant developmental biology, and aims to discover a lead bioactive compound for new drugs by repeating screening based on phenotypes of a plant as a marker on the basis of plant developmental biology. To this end, the present disclosure provides a method for discovering effective bioactive compounds, and includes screening candidates for developing a new drug by using unique phenotypes as a marker shown by a plant when it is grown with a specific material.

An object of the present invention is to provide an immunochromatography analysis device for detecting gliadin in which a cross-reaction with an antigen in a food other than gliadin is inhibited and which has improved specificity and the invention relates to an immunochromatography analysis device for detecting gliadin including a sample addition part, a labeling substance retaining part, a chromatography medium part having a detection part and an absorption part, wherein the labeling substance retaining part and the detection part contains an antibody recognizing -gliadin.

The present invention relates to new transporter polypeptides, and genes encoding therefor, which can be used to confer upon a plant resistance to one or more biotrophic fungal pathogens.

Methods for determining a personalized reaction severity risk for subjects that are allergic to peanuts are described herein.

The present disclosure is directed to human monoclonal IgE antibodies, and IgG antibodies engineered therefrom. Such engineered antibodies can be used to blunt pathologic IgE responses in subjects, such as in the detection, treatment and prevention of allergies, such as those to peanut allergens.