Persimmon (
Diospyros kaki
L.), its common name ‘kaki’, has been grown in many countries and produces a highly nutritional fruit. Rapid breeding progress through conventional cross‐breeding is difficult because kaki is a polyploid and has a long juvenile period. Some transgenic kaki, which are insect‐ and disease‐resistant and salt‐tolerant, have been produced using
Agrobacterium
.