The present invention relates to a method for increasing the content of rare ginsenosides in preparing an extract of genus Panax including wild ginseng or ginseng, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, a ginseng extract prepared by the method, cambial meristematic cells (CMCs) of genus Panax or an extract thereof prepared by the method, and to a composition comprising the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for increasing the content of rare ginsenosides such as Rh2, in preparing an extract of genus Panax including wild ginseng or ginseng, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, a ginseng extract prepared by the method, cambial meristematic cells (CMCs) of genus Panax or an extract thereof prepared by the method, and to a composition for improving blood circulation or a composition for improving liver function, which contains, as an active ingredient, a extract of genus Panax, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, prepared by the method.

The present invention relates to a method for increasing the content of rare ginsenosides in preparing an extract of genus Panax including wild ginseng or ginseng, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, a ginseng extract prepared by the method, cambial meristematic cells (CMCs) of genus Panax or an extract thereof prepared by the method, and to a composition comprising the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for increasing the content of rare ginsenosides such as Rh2, in preparing an extract of genus Panax including wild ginseng or ginseng, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, a ginseng extract prepared by the method, cambial meristematic cells (CMCs) of genus Panax or an extract thereof prepared by the method, and to a composition for improving blood circulation or a composition for improving liver function, which contains, as an active ingredient, a extract of genus Panax, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, prepared by the method.

The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

Example embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to methods comprising contacting a plant part with a nucleotide sequence encoding a gene that induces plant cell matrix (PCM) formation, and culturing the plant part under growth conditions to enhance PCM formation.

Example embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to methods comprising contacting a plant part with a nucleotide sequence encoding a gene that induces plant cell matrix (PCM) formation, and culturing the plant part under growth conditions to enhance PCM formation.

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058744. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058744. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058744 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058744 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

The present invention provides manufacturing processes for biological replication of undifferentiated plant and animal cells and tissue in a weightless condition, including those systems used in current stem cell research and development and use of undifferentiated parenchyma in plants. The present invention further provides methods for adapting plants and animals to survive outside their native environments. In particular, undifferentiated cells from plants or animals are replicated under weightless conditions in which cell replication or proliferation is accelerated and sustained. Under such conditions, the undifferentiated cells can be “forced” to express sets of genes useful for survival in particular environmental conditions. In this manner, cells surviving prolonged exposure to specific environmental conditions can be selected for and cultivated to produce an organism adapted to that particular environment in an accelerated manner. Methods of identifying specific genes associated with adaptation of a plant or animal to a specific environment are also disclosed.

The present invention provides manufacturing processes for biological replication of undifferentiated plant and animal cells and tissue in a weightless condition, including those systems used in current stem cell research and development and use of undifferentiated parenchyma in plants. The present invention further provides methods for adapting plants and animals to survive outside their native environments. In particular, undifferentiated cells from plants or animals are replicated under weightless conditions in which cell replication or proliferation is accelerated and sustained. Under such conditions, the undifferentiated cells can be “forced” to express sets of genes useful for survival in particular environmental conditions. In this manner, cells surviving prolonged exposure to specific environmental conditions can be selected for and cultivated to produce an organism adapted to that particular environment in an accelerated manner. Methods of identifying specific genes associated with adaptation of a plant or animal to a specific environment are also disclosed.

A process for the preparation of dedifferentiated and elicited plant cells suitable for topical cosmetic composition, in which dedifferentiated plant cells are elicited following a cycle comprising at least 10 successive darkness period of 20 to 180 minutes separated the one from the other by a lighting period of 1 to 6 hours, under an atmosphere comprising from 1 to 10% by volume CO.sub.2.

A process for the preparation of dedifferentiated and elicited plant cells suitable for topical cosmetic composition, in which dedifferentiated plant cells are elicited following a cycle comprising at least 10 successive darkness period of 20 to 180 minutes separated the one from the other by a lighting period of 1 to 6 hours, under an atmosphere comprising from 1 to 10% by volume CO.sub.2.