It is an object of the present invention to provide a means of imparting a
yellowish flower color to a plant having no or little yellowish flower
color or enhancing the yellowish flower color in a plant. In accordance
with the present invention, a method of producing a plant having
yellowish petals with the use of a peptide having transport activity to
chromoplasts in petals and a fused gene formed of a gene encoding such
peptide and one, or two or more genes encoding enzyme proteins involved
in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway is provided.