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Disclosed herein are modified plant zinc finger proteins; compositions comprising modified plant zinc finger proteins and methods of making and using modified plant zinc finger proteins. The modified plant zinc finger proteins, in contrast to naturally-occurring plant zinc finger proteins, have a binding specificity that is determined by tandem arrays of modular zinc finger binding units.

The present invention provides a transgenic corn event MON89034, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the corn event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said corn event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said corn event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said corn event in a sample, growing the seeds of such corn event into corn plants, and breeding to produce corn plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the corn event.

The present invention provides transgenic soybean event MON87769, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said soybean event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said soybean event in a sample, growing the seeds of such soybean event into soybean plants, and breeding to produce soybean plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event.

Disclosed are Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis delta -endotoxins, nucleic acid sequences, and transgenic plants expressing these genes. Methods of making and using these genes and proteins are disclosed as well as methods for the recombinant expression, and transformation of suitable host cells.

DIG-3 Cry toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are useful to control insect pests.

The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention to the pest, a reduction in pest infestation is obtained through suppression of gene expression. The invention is also directed to methods for making transgenic plants that express the double stranded RNA molecules, and to particular combinations of transgenic pesticidal agents for use in protecting plants from pest infestation.

This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporal and / or spatial expression of genes that affect metabolically effective levels of cytokinins in plant seeds and related maternal tissue. This invention further relates to transgenic plants having enhanced levels of cytokinin expression wherein the transgenic plant exhibits useful characteristics, including: improved seed size, decreased tip kernel abortion, increased seed set during unfavorable environmental conditions, and stability of yield.

Chimeric gene for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide having as its target EPSPS comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a coding sequence for glyphosate tolerance and a polyandenylation signal region, wherein the transit peptide region comprises, in the direction of translation, at least one transit peptide of a plant gene encoding a plastid-localized enzyme and then a second transit peptide of a plant gene encoding, a plastid-localized enzyme. Production of glyphosate-tolerant plants is disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid plant extract containing plant powder, which comprises concentrating a liquid extract containing an active ingredient in the presence of the plant powder, the liquid extract being obtained from a plant containing the active ingredient; a process for producing a plant extract containing plant powder, which is characterized by comprises concentrating and drying a liquid extract containing an active ingredient in the presence of the plant powder, the liquid extract being obtained from a plant containing the active ingredient; a liquid plant extract or plant extract containing plant powder which comprises a liquid extract or plant extract containing the active ingredient obtained from a plant containing the active ingredient and comprises plant powder, and in which the content of the active ingredient in the liquid extract or plant extract is higher than that in the plant; and a food and drink or feed to which the liquid plant extract or plant extract containing plant powder is added.

The invention provides methods of purifying Rebaudioside D from the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant extract along with Rebaudioside A. The methods are useful for producing high purity Rebaudioside D and Rebaudioside A. The high purity Rebaudiosides are useful as non-caloric sweeteners in edible and chewable compositions such as any beverages, confectionaries, bakeries, cookies, chewing gums, and alike.

The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to generating plants having increased levels of oil and protein. This invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants and genetically altered plants. The invention further provides isolated polynucleotides and their encoded proteins that are involved in phenylpropanoid biosynthesis.

The present invention provides seeds for cultivation of a new variety of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni, the new variety, a sweetening obtained from dried leaves of the new variety and a process for production of the sweetening.

A wheat variety designated W020757F1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W020757F1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W020757F1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W020757F1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety W020757F1. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W020757F1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.

The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

The invention discloses a high nutrient compound selenium fertilizer comprising selenium, nuisanceless organic material-inorganic material and medium and trace elements, and a preparation method thereof. The high nutrient compound selenium fertilizer comprises 45-60 wt% of organic material, 55-35 wt% of inorganic material, 1-6 wt% of medium and trace elements, and 0.011-0.025 wt% of purified selenium. The fertilizer disclosed in the invention can increase yield efficiently, and allow the applied plant to contain selenium element which has health care effect to human body. The fertilizer adopts a plurality of internal adsorptions to protect selenium to let the selenium in the selenium fertilizer be effective, has good intermiscibility and degradability, keeps selenium from fix, and obviously improves the biological absorption utilization rate of selenium of plants (including tea).

The present invention relates to DNA molecules that encode transcription regulatory regions. Furthermore, this present invention relates to nucleotide sequences encoding transcription regulatory regions that promote early seed enhanced or seed coat enhanced transcription of contiguous nucleotide sequences.

Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided, in particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.

A water-retaining support for plants comprising a hydrogel-forming polymer (A) having a calcium ion absorption of 0-100 mg per 1 g of the dry weight thereof, having a chlorine ion content of 0.07-7 mmol per 1 g of the dry weight thereof and having a water absorption magnification in ion-exchanger water at 25° C. of 1.0x101 to 1.0x102; or a plant body-growing water-retaining material comprising a molded product of a mixture of such a polymer (A) and a plant body-growing support (B). The water-retaining support for plants and the plant body-growing water-retaining material are those which have an excellent water-retaining property and they substantially do not cause inhibition of root generation or inhibition of root elongation.

The invention discloses fresh and alive traditional Chinese medicine fruit-vegetable enzyme and a preparation method thereof. The fresh and alive traditional Chinese medicine fruit-vegetable enzyme is prepared from primary material fresh and alive traditional Chinese medicines, fruits and vegetables, and auxiliary materials, wherein a ratio in parts by weight of the fresh and alive traditional Chinese medicines to the fruits and vegetables is (20-30) to (80-70). The preparation method comprises the following steps: I, performing enzymolysis; II, performing primary fermentation; and III, performing secondary fermentation. The fresh and alive traditional Chinese medicine fruit-vegetable enzyme has the beneficial effects that the enzymolysis degree is high, the nutrient ingredients are abundant, unique health function factors are provided for an enzyme product, and the product is great in look and taste due to the scented and fresh taste of the fruits and the vegetables, so that the characteristics of food are shown, the health level is improved and the diseases are prevented and treated in a facilitated manner.

This invention relates to plant defensin polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding them, and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to a chimeric protein containing all or a portion of the plant defensin.

An integrated process is described for producing biodiesel from oleaginous seeds, preferably castor bean seeds. The inventive process includes a transesterification reaction where the seeds themselves react with anhydrous ethyl alcohol in the presence of an alkaline catalyst. The resulting ethyl esters are then separated by decantation and neutralized and used as fuel for diesel engines, co-solvents for diesel and gasoline mixtures with anhydrous or hydrated ethyl alcohol. The solid fractions may be used as fertilizers, for feeding cattle and as a raw material for producing ethyl alcohol.

Methods for making transgenic plants that are resistant to HPPD herbicides are presented. Polynucleotides other than those from Pseudomonas fluorescens that encode resistant HPPD enzymes are enclosed for use in the process of making transgenic plants that are tolerant to HPPD-inhibiting herbicides.

A composition in which the volatile silicone is partially or fully replaced by a plant oil. The plant oil containing composition is parity or better than the volatile silicone containing material but at lower cost. One example comprises a mixing product of at least one material chosen from antiperspirant actives and deodorant actives; greater than 10 weight % of a plant oil: and less than 40 weight % of a volatile silicone oil. Another examples comprises a mixing product of greater than 10 weight % of a plant oil; a gellant for the composition; and less than 40 weight % of a volatile silicone oil, wherein the composition does not contain an antiperspirant active or deodorant active.

The invention discloses a composite enzyme beverage and a preparation process method thereof. The composite enzyme beverage is prepared from five cereals, fruits and vegetables, edible plants and edible fungi as main raw materials through common fermentation; three-step fermentation is realized by using microzyme, acetic acid bacteria and lactic acid bacteria; and substep fermentation for different strains is adopted at different stages in the manufacturing process, so that the demands of a human body on the efficacies of health and nutrition are met. According to the composite enzyme beverage disclosed by the invention, the mixture ratio of the raw materials is more gentle, more pure natural organic raw materials are used and the three-step fermentation is realized by the microzyme, the acetic acid bacteria and the lactic acid bacteria; and the composite enzyme beverage retains original vitamins and carbohydrate of the fruits and vegetables, is rich in various B-group vitamins and various amino acids, is a nutrient necessary for eliminating the human fatigue and particularly benefits people suffered from chronic disease syndrome. Particularly after coarse grains are fermented, insoluble dietary fibers can be dissolved into small molecular substances which are easily digested and absorbed by the human body, and thus the digestion and intake of nutritive substances by the human body can be enhanced.

The invention relates to an okra beverage and a preparation method thereof. The okra beverage comprises the main ingredients of fresh okra juice, fresh passion flower juice and assistant material syrup. The raw materials are processed, prepared, mixed, homogenized, sterilized and filled to obtain the final product. Compared with the prior art, the okra beverage provided by the invention is prepared and processed by taking alkaline ionized water as solvent; the alkaline ionized water can dissolve majority of nutrients and effective ingredients of the okra and can neutralize the acid body fluid environment of a human body, so that the human body can be maintained in the healthy body fluid environment of a weak base state. The product has the advantages of comfortable taste and light color, can better maintain the abundant nutrients of the young fruit and young pod of the fresh okra in the processing process. The passion flower is added into the okra beverage to adjust the coldness of the okra.

The present invention provides seeds for cultivation of a new variety of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, the new variety, a sweetening obtained from dried leaves of the new variety and a process for production of the sweetening.

According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety, designated XB33S03. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB33S03, to the plants of soybean XB33S03 to plant parts of soybean variety XB33S03 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean variety XB33S03 with another soybean plant, using XB33S03 as either the male or the female parent. This 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 varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from soybean variety XB33S03, to methods for producing other soybean varieties, lines or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB33S03 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. This invention further relates to soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the soybean variety XB33S03 with another soybean variety preferably as part of a breeding program.

Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.