| abstract |
The inventors analyzed a gene related to the resistance of plants to diseases. As a result, a transcription factor gene OsWRKY45, which is induced in the leaves of rice, was found by activating the systemic acquired resistance (SAR), which plants have by nature, or in other words, by treating the rice with an agent benzothiadiazole (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as BTH), which is considered to induce disease resistance in plant. Further, it was revealed that by reintroducing the gene into rice and expressing the gene constantly, the resistance of rice to Pyricularia grisea and Xanthomonas oryzae is significantly improved. |