In order to obtain new germplasms having durable, broad-spectrum resistance to diseases caused by necrotrophic pathogens and tolerance to abiotic stresses during rice production, baculovirus anti-apoptotic genes Op-iap and p35 were transferred, for the first time to our knowledge, into Japonica rice by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.Baculovirus anti-apoptotic genes Op-iap and p35 were cloned from pIEl-4opiap and pIEl-4p35 using PCR with three pairs of primers designed according to the encoding region...