Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) herbicide resistance or tolerance to plants are provided. Compositions include amino acid sequences, and variants and fragments thereof, for mutant HPPD polypeptides. Nucleic acids that encode the mutant HPPD polypeptides are also provided. Methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance, particularly resistance or tolerance to certain classes of herbicides that inhibit HPPD, in plants are further provided. Methods are also provided for selectively controlling weeds in a field at a crop locus and for the assay, characterization, identification and selection of the mutant HPPDs of the current invention that provide herbicide tolerance.

Abstract: The present invention discloses rucola plants, including an E. sativa plant, with cytoplasmic inherited male sterility (CMS) for hybrid breeding purposes. The present invention includes plants that comprise CMS-cytoplasm from cauliflower (B. oleracea var. botrytis) transferred to E. sativa by a wide interspecific cross.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel watermelon variety designated SP-6, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit.

Abstract: A lettuce cultivar, designated Pro Green 76, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Pro Green 76, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Pro Green 76 and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Pro Green 76 with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Pro Green 76 and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Pro Green 76 with another lettuce cultivar.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel watermelon variety designated SP-5, and method for pollinating seedless watermelon plants. The present invention also provides methods for producing triploid, seedless watermelon fruit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses rucola plants, including an E. sativa plant, with cytoplasmic inherited male sterility (CMS) for hybrid breeding purposes. The present invention includes plants that comprise CMS-cytoplasm from cauliflower (B. oleracea var. botrytis) transferred to E. sativa by a wide interspecific cross.

Abstract: A Brassica plant comprising a unique recombination event resulting from a break at a position along a nucleic acid segment derived from ogura Raphanus sativus between the restorer locus and the glucosinolate locus and subsequent rejoining to produce a new recombination event, BLR1. The BLR1 recombination event expresses fertility restoring resulting from expression of the restorer gene derived from Raphanus sativus and a GSL content no higher than normal double low open pollinated varieties. The Brassica inbred line BLR-038, Deposit Number NCIMB-41193, is one example of a plant that contains the BLR1 recombination event. The BLR1 recombination event is introgressed into different Brassica genetic backgrounds using breeding techniques known to those skilled in the art. For example, the Brassica inbred line BLR-038 or another Brassica plant containing the BLR1 recombination event may be crossed with male sterile inbreds to produce hybrids expressing low GSL content and superior agronomic traits.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synjac Pinka’ particularly distinguished by the small to medium sized flowers with light red-purple ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, a garden Chrysanthemum with uniform ball-shaped plant habit and a natural flowering season of about mid-September.

Abstract: A new Poinsettia plant named ‘SYEP22866’ particularly distinguished by its intense red bract color, medium sized inflorescences with relatively many bracts and cyathia, dark-green foliage, leaves with only weak lobes, small to medium-sized, v-shaped and tight habit with relatively upright directed stems.

Abstract: A new Poinsettia plant named ‘SYEP23203’ particularly distinguished by relatively medium to large inflorescences, with wide, horizontally borne bracts, brilliant red bract color, dark green foliage, leaves with weak lobing, good branching v-shaped, upright plant habit with strong stems, mid season flowering in normal culture, but also suitable for early crops.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synjac Perl’ particularly distinguished by the small to medium sized flowers with white ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, nice compact and mounded plant habit and a natural flowering season in later September.

Abstract: A new Poinsettia plant named ‘SYEP0791’ particularly distinguished by its bright red bract color, ovate bract shape, medium sized, horizontally shaped inflorescences, dark green foliage, leaf without lobes, medium sized, v-shaped plant habit, and early flowering.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synmar Pinka’ particularly distinguished by the large, daisy-type flowers with red-purple colored ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, large plant size with well-rounded habit, and a natural flowering season of about mid-September.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synjac Peafus’ particularly distinguished by the small to medium sized flowers with cream and coral two-toned colored ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, uniform ball-shaped plant habit and a natural season flowering about mid-September.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synazy Urcoral’ particularly distinguished by the average sized flowers with bold greyed-purple colored ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, compact sphere-shaped plant habit and a natural season flowering about mid-September.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synjac Oranfus’ particularly distinguished by the medium sized flowers with orange-red and yellow two-toned colored ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, uniform ball-shaped plant habit and a natural season flowering about mid-September.

Abstract: A new Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Synwil Yel’ particularly distinguished by the medium to large inflorescences with yellow colored ray florets, dark yellow-green foliage, good compact mounded habit, and a natural flowering season in later September.

Abstract: A new Poinsettia plant named ‘Fisearltez’ particularly distinguished by the red bracts with moderate lobing, relatively large flat, rosette-like inflorescences, dark green foliage, early flowering, and a medium sized plant habit.

Abstract: A new Mimulus plant named ‘Minredda’ particularly distinguished by the large, bold red flowers, medium yellow-green foliage that is relatively non-sticky when compared to most other Mimulus varieties commercially available with upright and tiered plant habit.

Abstract: A new Mimulus plant named ‘Mimapri’ particularly distinguished by the large, orange-red flowers, glossy medium green foliage, with upright and tiered plant habit.