Identification of the responsible gene for parthenocarpy of tomato

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23658028
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Horticulture/Landscape architecture
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	MORI Hitoshi 名古屋大学, 生命農学研究科, 教授 (20220014)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Keywords	トマト / 単為結果 / オーキシン / pat2 遺伝子 / pat-2 遺伝子 / リシーケンス / pat2遺伝子
Research Abstract	For purpose to possess a parthenocarpy in crops, I tried to identify the responsible gene, pat-2, for parthenocarpic tomato and analyzed the characterization of parthenocarpic gene. However, I could not determine pat-2 gene finally.