Abstract: The subject invention provides a DNA construct comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding an N-terminal core toxin and a C-terminal Cry1Ab protoxin portion, wherein the nucleic acid encoding the C-terminal Cry1Ab protoxin portion is a plant optimized polynucleotide sequence.

Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar designated M800188 with high yield potential and tolerance to Roundup herbicide, further including the plants and seeds of the cultivar M800188, and methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing the cultivar M800188 with itself or another soybean plant. The invention also relates to soybean cultivar M800188 further comprising one or more single gene traits, and to methods of producing a soybean having such traits by transformation or mutagenesis. The invention also includes using the soybean cultivar M800188 to produce other soybean cultivars or breeding lines.

Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar designated SJ743473 with high yield potential, tolerance to Roundup herbicide, late Group 3 maturity, and resistance to races 3 and 14 of Soybean Cyst Nematode, further including the plants and seeds of the cultivar SJ743473, and methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing the cultivar SJ743473 with itself or another soybean plant. The invention also relates to soybean cultivar SJ743473 further comprising one or more single gene traits, and to methods of producing a soybean having such traits by transformation or mutagenesis. The invention also includes using the soybean cultivar SJ743473 to produce other soybean cultivars or breeding lines.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a transgenic plant transformed with a DNA coding for the Arabidopsis thaliana DREB1A transcription factor of SEQ ID NO: 2, that binds to a stress responsive element, and regulates the transcription of genes located downstream of the element, the transgenic plant having improved tolerance to environmental stresses such as dehydration, low temperature and salt, and being free from dwarfing.

Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar designated SJ743490 with high yield potential, tolerance to Roundup herbicide, early Group 4 maturity, and resistance to races 3 and 14 of Soybean Cyst Nematode, further including the plants and seeds of the cultivar SJ743490, and methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing the cultivar SJ743490 with itself or another soybean plant. The invention also relates to soybean cultivar SJ743490 further comprising one or more single gene traits, and to methods of producing a soybean having such traits by transformation or mutagenesis. The invention also includes using the soybean cultivar SJ743490 to produce other soybean cultivars or breeding lines.

Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar designated J604217 with high yield potential, late Group 1 maturity, and resistance to races 3 and 14 of Soybean Cyst Nematode, further including the plants and seeds of the cultivar J604217, and methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing the cultivar J604217 with itself or another soybean plant. The invention also relates to soybean cultivar J604217 further comprising one or more single gene traits, and to methods of producing a soybean having such traits by transformation or mutagenesis. The invention also includes using the soybean cultivar J604217 to produce other soybean cultivars or breeding lines.

Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar designated S10-T1 with high yield potential and tolerance to Roundup herbicide, further including the plants and seeds of the cultivar S10-T1, and methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing the cultivar S10-T1 with itself or another soybean plant. The invention also relates to soybean cultivar S10-T1 further comprising one or more single gene traits, and to methods of producing a soybean having such traits by transformation or mutagenesis. The invention also includes using the soybean cultivar S10-T1 to produce other soybean cultivars or breeding lines.

Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar designated S32-M2 with high yield potential, early Group 3 maturity, and tolerance to Roundup herbicide, further including the plants and seeds of the cultivar S32-M2, and methods for producing a soybean plant by crossing the cultivar S32-M2 with itself or another soybean plant. The invention also relates to soybean cultivar S32-M2 further comprising one or more single gene traits, and to methods of producing a soybean having such traits by transformation or mutagenesis. The invention also includes using the soybean cultivar S32-M2 to produce other soybean cultivars or breeding lines.

Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a wheat brittle-1-like protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the wheat brittle-1-like protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the wheat brittle-1-like protein in a transformed host cell.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods enabling the provision of plants showing an altered flowering behavior, and, particularly, genetically modified plants showing an early or delayed flower formation when compared to not correspondingly modified, but otherwise similar wild-type plants, as well as a tissue-specific promoter which may be utilized in a method for producing these genetically modified plants. The invention is based on the finding that the flowering behavior of plants may be influenced by enhancing the saccharose-cleaving activity specifically in the apical meristem of the plants. In this context, an enhancement of the saccharose-cleaving activity specifically in the apoplast of the apical meristem of plants results in an early flower formation whereas an enhancement of the saccharose-cleaving activity specifically in the cytoplasm of cells of the apical meristem leads to a delayed flower formation compared with corresponding not modified wild-type plants.

Abstract: Novel isolated polynucleotides associated with the lignin biosynthetic pathway are provided, together with constructs including such sequences. Methods for the modulation of lignin content, lignin structure and lignin composition in target organisms are also disclosed, the methods comprising incorporating one or more of the polynucleotides of the present invention into the genome of a target organism.

Abstract: A system for transformation of maize XI12 mutant ahas2 gene into monocot (rice, corn, and wheat) cells, selection of transformed cells with the imidazolinone class of herbicide compound, and production of transgenic maize, rice and wheat plants resistant to the imidazolinone herbicides is described. The mutant ahas2 gene can be used as an effective selectable marker in transformation, useful in selection for stacked gene traits, useful as a selectable marker in breeding or hybrid seed production, and useful as a quality control tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and materials for the protection of plants against pathogens through plant genetic engineering, and more particularly to genes which enhance disease resistance in plants by encoding proteins that physically interact with R gene products involved in activation of plant defense mechanisms. The invention further relates to three nucleotide sequences which have been cloned, isolated and sequenced, three amino acid sequences encoded thereby and a transgenic plant and methods for making the same, the genome of the plant having incorporated therein a foreign nucleotide sequence selected in accordance with the invention which functions to enhance the plant's ability to resist pathogens.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated 5XH755, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 5XH755, to the plants of inbred corn line 5XH755 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 5XH755 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method.

Abstract: A method for modulating water-use efficiency or productivity in a plant is provided. In particular, stomatal aperture in a plant can be regulated by transforming the plant with a polynucleotide that encodes a NADP-malic enzyme operably linked to a guard cell or an epidermal cell promoter that modifies malate accumulation in the stomata.

Abstract: The present invention discloses trichothecene-resistant transgenic plants, plant tissues, plant seeds, and plant cells comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a gene product having tricothecene resistance activity that thereby confers trichothecene resistance to the transgenic plants, plant tissues, plant seeds, and plant cells. Trichothecene resistance activity, as used herein, refers to an activity that reduces or inhibits the phytotoxicity of a trichothecene, particularly to a fungus and/or plant.

Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis &dgr;-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.

Abstract: A process is provided for selecting cotton plants which exhibit naturally-occurring genetically-controlled herbicide resistance. Initially cotton seeds are subjected to cold stress (as described) and cotton plants are formed from the seeds that germinate. Seeds are formed following the self-pollination of the resulting plants. These seeds upon maturity are soaked in a liquid containing a herbicide (e.g., a glyphosate) for a period of time sufficient for the herbicide to reach the embryos of the seeds. The seeds following such soaking are planted in a growing medium and produce at least one cotton plant that displays herbicide resistance. The plant can be analyzed for the possible presence of a foreign gene for herbicide resistance that would attribute the manifest herbicide resistance to genetic engineering. A cotton plant is selected wherein the herbicide resistance is not attributable to genetic engineering.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated JCR503, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line JCR503, to the plants of inbred corn line JCR503 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line JCR503 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method.

Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated 4VP500, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line 4VP500, to the plants of inbred corn line 4VP500 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 4VP500 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method.