Stress resistant plant in which cell death suppressing gene is introduced and method for producing the same

Abstract

The present invention provides a stress resistant plant in which a cell death suppressing gene is introduced.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A stress resistant plant in which a cell death suppressing gene is introduced.  
     
     
         2 . A stress resistant plant according to  claim 1 , wherein the cell death suppressing gene belongs to a Bcl-2 family and encodes for a peptide having a cell death suppressing activity.  
     
     
         3 . A stress resistant plant according to  claim 2 , wherein the cell death suppressing gene is a  Caenorhabditis elegans  ced-9 gene.  
     
     
         4 . A stress resistant plant according to  claim 2 , wherein the cell death suppressing gene is a human bcl-xL gene.  
     
     
         5 . A stress resistant plant according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress is a stress caused by UV irradiation.  
     
     
         6 . A stress resistant plant according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress is a oxidative stress caused by a herbicide which generates superoxide.  
     
     
         7 . A stress resistant plant according to  claim 1 , wherein the stress is a stress caused by salt.  
     
     
         8 . A method for producing a stress resistant plant, comprising the steps of: 
 introducing a cell death suppressing gene into a plant cell; and    regenerating the plant cell in which the cell death suppressing gene is introduced to a plant body.    
     
     
         9 . A method according to  claim 8 , wherein the cell death rated into a plant expression vector.