Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 13R315B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 13R315B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 13R315B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 13R315B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 48364117 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 48364117, to the plants of soybean cultivar 48364117, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 48364117, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 48364117. 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. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 48364117. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 48364117, 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 cultivar 48364117 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A method of modulating the expression of at least one trait in a plant, the method comprising the step of modulating the expression of at least one polypeptide by the plant, wherein the polypeptide is selected from the group consisting of: i) a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO:1; ii) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence which is selected from the group consisting of any one or more of from amino acid 1 to amino acid 7, from amino acid 9 to amino acid 230, from amino acid 1 to amino acid 58, from amino acid 77 to amino acid 485, from amino acid 59 to amino acid 76, from amino acid 150 to amino acid 191, from amino acid 231 to amino acid 405, and from amino acid 406 to amino acid 438 of SEQ ID NO: 1, or at equivalent positions in a homologue thereof, and which is capable of modulating cytokinin signaling in the plant; iii) a polypeptide which comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling the sexuality of a plant comprising treating the plant with a composition comprising a compound selected from the group consisting of jasmonic acid, a jasmonic acid derivative, and a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of molecular biology and concerns a method for enhancing yield related traits by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a BET1-like polypeptide. The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding this BET1-like polypeptide, which plants have enhanced yield-related traits relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants. The invention also provides constructs useful in the methods of the invention. 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 CRT (Calreticulin). The present invention also concerns plants having modulated expression of a nucleic acid encoding a Calreticulin, which plants have improved growth characteristics relative to corresponding wild type plants or other control plants.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 11R136B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 11R136B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 11R136B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 11R136B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 11R154B2R2. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 11R154B2R2. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 11R154B2R2 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 11R154B2R2 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The subject invention relates in part to the control of AAD-12 dicot volunteers in fields planted with monocot crops such as corn. The dicots can include soybeans and cotton.

Abstract: Compositions and methods relating to the use of sulfonylurea-responsive repressors are provided. Compositions include polypeptides that specifically bind to an operator, wherein the specific binding is regulated by a sulfonylurea compound. Compositions also include polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides as well as constructs, vectors, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, and eukaryotic organisms including plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotide, and/or produced by the methods. Also provided are methods to provide a sulfonylurea-responsive repressor to a cell or organism, and to regulate expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a cell or organism, including a plant or plant cell.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring lepidoptericidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for the Axmi222z toxin polypeptide are provided. The Axmi 222z coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated Axmi222z toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the Axmi222z polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:24-26, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, 7, 12, and 17, as well as variants and fragments thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated KIJ7023, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line KIJ7023 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line KIJ7023, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line KIJ7023, and plants produced according to these methods.

Abstract: Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity and having insensitivity to an HPPD inhibitor are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the HPPD sequences. Various methods of employing the HPPD sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing an HPPD inhibitor tolerant plant, plant cell, explant or seed and methods of controlling weeds in a field containing a crop employing the plants and/or seeds disclosed herein. Methods are also provided to identify additional HPPD variants. Further provided are various methods and compositions that allow the various HPPD polypeptides and variant and fragments thereof to be expressed in a chloroplast or transported to a chloroplast.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring lepidoptericidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for the Axmi226 toxin polypeptide are provided. The Axmi226 coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated Axmi226 toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the Axmi226 polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:19 and 20, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:4, as well as variants and fragments thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated ID2516, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line ID2516 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line ID2516, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line ID2516, and plants produced according to these methods.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH735504. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH735504, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH735504 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH735504.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH266907. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH266907, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH266907 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH266907.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH563328. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH563328, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH563328 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH563328.

Abstract: The present invention relates to two new gain of function variants of the cytokinin receptor proteins AHK2 and AHK3, namely rock2 and rock3, to transgenic organisms comprising at least one of said new gain-of-function cytokinin receptor variants and to a method for the manufacturing of a transgenic plant comprising at least one of the new gain-of-function variants.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X75D860 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X75D860 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X75D860 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X75D860, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X75D860. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X75D860.

Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01046905. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01046905. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01046905 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01046905 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.