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This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and / or spatially-regulated expression of genes that affect metabolically effective levels of cytokinins in plants, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. This invention further relates to transgenic plants having enhanced levels of cytokinin expression wherein the transgenic plant exhibits useful characteristics, such as improved seed size, decreased tip kernel abortion, increased seed set during unfavorable environmental conditions, or stability of yield. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleotide sequences for seed-preferred promoters known as eep1 and eep2. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.

The present invention provides a rice plant that shows enhanced growth and increased seed production, which also enables reduction of the use of chemical fertilizers.In the present invention, a nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacterium is isolated from bacteria symbiotically inhabiting natural plants, the isolated endophytic bacterium is artificially proliferated and then artificially inoculated into rice plants, and thus, the nitrogen-fixing endophytic bacteria are allowed to infect to rice plants.

The present invention provides a method of herbicide treatment of selected female and male parents in a hybrid seed production system. The system results in enhanced trait purity and efficiency in the hybrid seed production system.

This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and / or spatially-regulated expression of genes, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleotide sequences for a seed-preferred promoter known as eep1. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to comprise a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to one of the promoters of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.

Regulation of expression of programmed cell death, including senescence, in plants is achieved by integration of a gene or gene fragment encoding senescence-induced deoxyhypusine synthase, senescence-induced eIF-5A or both into the plant genome in antisense orientation. Plant genes encoding senescence-induced deoxyhypusine synthase and senescence-induced eIF-5A are identified and the nucleotide sequences of each, alone and in combination are used to modify senescence in transgenic plants.

Transgenic plants containing free amino acids, particularly at least one amino acid selected from among glutamic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, serine, threonine, alanine and histidine accumulated in a large amount, in edible parts thereof, and a method of producing them are provided. In this method, glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) gene is introduced into a plant together with a regulator sequence suitable for over expressing the sequence encoding GDH gene in plant cells.

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a GRP (Growth-Related Protein). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a GRP, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The GRP may be one of the following: Seed Yield Regulator (SYR), FG-GAP1 CYP90B, CDC27, AT-hook transcription factors, DOF transcription factors and Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitors (CKIs).

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for increasing plant yield relative to suitable control plants plants. More specifically, the present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield comprising increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a Dof (DNA-binding with one finger) domain transcription factor polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having increased expression of a nucleic acid encoding a Dof domain transcription factor polypeptide, which plants have increased yield relative to suitable control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention.

A wheat variety designated 25R30, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 25R30, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 25R30 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 25R30 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 25R30. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 25R30 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

This disclosure concerns high-resolution mapping and candidate gene cloning of Rf4, a maize restorer of fertility gene that restores fertility to C-type cytoplasmic male sterility. The disclosure also relates to molecular markers that are tightly-linked to, or reside within, the Rf4 gene. In some embodiments, methods are provided whereby hybrid seeds may be produced from crosses of a male plant comprising nucleic acid molecular markers that are linked to or that reside within the Rf4 gene and a female plant carrying C-type CMS.

A novel soybean cultivar, designated 0509243, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 0509243, to the plants of soybean 0509243 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 0509243 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 0509243 with another soybean cultivar.

The present invention relates to a plant of the Capsicum genus, which plant exhibits resistance to Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) pathotype 1.2.3 due to the presence of the L4 resistance allele in the genome of said plant, wherein the genetic information responsible for the SNFD phenotype is absent from or is repressed in the genome of said plant at least to such an extent that the SNFD phenotype is not expressed. The present invention further relates to a method of producing a plant of the Capsicum genus that exhibits resistance to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3, comprising the steps of a) providing a recipient plant of the Capsicum genus that is susceptible to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3 or a part thereof, and b) introducing into the genome of said recipient plant or a part thereof or a progeny plant thereof a genomic region comprising a truncated L4 resistance allele, wherein said allele comprises genetic information capable of being expressed in said plant or plant part or progeny plant thereby conferring resistance to PMMoV pathotype 1.2.3 to said plant or plant part or progeny plant, and wherein genetic information that confers the SNFD phenotype is absent from said allele at least to such an extent that the SNFD phenotype is not expressed.

A soybean cultivar designated S050238 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S050238, to the plants of soybean S050238, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S050238 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S050238 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S050238, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S050238 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S050238 with another soybean cultivar.

A wheat variety designated W020580E1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W020580E1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W020580E1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W020580E1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W020580E1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W020580E1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

The present invention generally relates to the field of genetic engineering and obtaining transgenic traits for agronomic applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to a specific transgenic event in agricultural crops that improves plant characteristics. Yet more specifically, the invention relates to a polynucleotide construct comprising a gene from Arabidopsis thaliana. In particular, the polynucleotide construct of the invention comprises the gene AtBBX21 which encodes a B-box protein from Arabidopsis thaliana. The transgenic event of the invention increases green and seed yield, reduces photoinhibition, improves water use efficiency, increases tuber and chlorophyll production and improves photosynthetic rates, among others. The polynucleotide construct of the invention comprises a sequence depicted as SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention also provides a transgenic plant transformed with said polynucleotide construct, wherein said plant exhibits improved characteristics. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the transgenic plant is a potato (Solanum tuberosum) plant that overexpresses a gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, wherein said potato plant exhibits improved characteristics.

The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for improving various plant growth characteristics by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a GRP (Growth-Related Protein). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a GRP, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. The GRP may be one of the following: Extensin Receptor-Like Kinase (ERLK), F-Box WD40 (FBXW) polypeptide, RAN-Binding Protein (RANBP), Golden2-like Transcription Factor (GLK), REV delta homeodomain leucine zipper domain polypeptide, CLE protein, and Seed Yield Regulator (SYR) protein.

A wheat variety designated W020189J1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W020189J1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W020189J1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W020189J1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W020189J1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W020189J1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

Breeding and matching cultivation techniques of a new high-yield and drought-resistant millet variety (Laojinhuang No. 1) with both grain and grass abundance. Its characteristics are: under the natural conditions of nine droughts and windy conditions in ten years, select the mutant grain varieties with short plants, thick necks, wind resistance, drought resistance, and double abundance of grain and grass; the lineage is stable, and the declining lines and mixed lines are eliminated. Seeding, cultivation, high-yield comparative experiments, disease resistance surveys, stable varieties, and selection of the best among the best; after six years and six generations, a new high-yield and drought-resistant millet variety with strong adaptability to the natural climate and soil of the region has been cultivated and tested. (Old Golden No. 1) and supporting cultivation techniques. Using the present invention can reduce millet production cost, increase yield, and increase economic benefits; the yield of millet per hectare can be as high as 6000-6500kg, which is about 3 times that of common millet; The dream of producing more than 1,000 jin of millet per mu is of great significance to the adjustment of the planting industrial structure, the development of grain production, and the improvement of farmers' income in this region.

A wheat variety designated XW10V, the plants and seeds of wheat variety XW10V, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety XW10V with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety XW10V with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety XW10V. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety XW10V and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

Tetraploid watermelon inbreds are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds and plants of the tetraploid watermelon inbreds, the methods of propagating the tetraploid inbreds through seeds and tissue culture. The invention also relates to methods of producing the triploid seedless watermelon seeds and plants by crossing the tetraploid inbreds with diploid watermelon inbreds, and to the triploid plants produced therefrom.

The invention provides for compositions and methods for producing plants that have higher yield in drought conditions by manipulating the G-proteins such as the rice alpha subunit gene, RGA1. In particular, the present invention provides for plants, varieties, lines, and hybrids, as well as plant tissues and plant seeds that contain modified G-protein activity, particularly RGA1 activity to engineer drought tolerance and improved seed production in plants, as well as improved tolerance to high density planting

A wheat variety designated W010328W1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W010328W1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W010328W1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W010328W1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W010328W1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W010328W1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

The present invention relates to methods for stimulating root growth and / or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and / or altering root geotropism comprising expression of a cytokinin oxidase or comprising expression of another protein that reduces the level of active cytokinins in plants or plant parts. Also provided by the present invention are methods for increasing seed size and / or weight, embryo size and / or weight, and cotyledon size and / or weight. The methods comprise expression of a cytokinin oxidase or expression of another protein that reduces the level of active cytokinins in plants or plant parts. Methods and compositions for increasing seed yield are also provided. The invention also relates to isolated plant cytokinin oxidase proteins, nucleic acid sequences encoding cytokinin oxidase proteins as well as to vectors, host cells, transgenic cells and plants comprising such sequences. The use of these sequences for improving root-related characteristics including increasing yield and / or enhancing early vigor and / or modifying root / shoot ratio and / or improving resistance to lodging and / or increasing drought tolerance and / or promoting in vitro propagation of explants and / or modifying cell fate and / or plant development and / or plant morphology and / or plant biochemistry and / or plant physiology, is also provided. The invention also relates to methods for identifying and obtaining proteins and compounds interacting with cytokinin oxidase proteins as well as the use of such proteins and / or compounds as plant growth regulators or herbicides.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for increasing the seed size and / or seed number in plants. In particular, the methods and compositions provide for the over expression of a plant growth and / or development related or associated gene during embryo development. Transgenic plants transformed with genetic constructs having the plant growth and / or development associated gene under the control of an early phase-specific embryo promoter provides mature plants in the field that produce larger and / or more seeds. Methods for selection growth and development associated genes that provide transgenic plants with a higher yield phenotype are also provided.

A wheat variety designated W000850B1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W000850B1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W000850B1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W000850B1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W000850B1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W000850B1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

The invention discloses an Epicoccum nigrum FZT214. The preservation number of the Epicoccum nigrum FZT214 in the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center is CGMCC No. 21045. The strainis applied to promotion of plant seed germination and seedling growth, and experiments prove that the strain can promote the plant seed germination and seedling growth, increase the plant seed yieldand enhance the accumulation capacity for heavy metal cadmium under the stress of heavy metal pollution, and is suitable for in-situ remediation of large-area heavy metal cadmium polluted soil Cd.