Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH25K1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH25K1 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25K1 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH25K1 or a locus conversion of PH25K1 with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH25VV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH25VV with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25VV through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH25VV or a locus conversion of PH25VV with another maize variety.

Abstract: Methods for conveying Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonis (FOM) race 1,2 resistance into non-resistant melon germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introgressing FOM race 1,2 resistance into a non-resistant melon using one or more nucleic acid markers for marker-assisted selection among melon lines to be used in a melon breeding program, wherein the markers are linked to FOM race 1,2 resistance. Also provided are quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with resistance to FOM race 1,2; isolated and purified genetic markers associated with FOM race 1,2 resistance; melon plants, seeds, and tissue cultures produced by any of the disclosed methods; fruit and seed produced by the disclosed melon plants; and compositions including amplification primer pairs capable of initiating DNA polymerization by a DNA polymerase on melon nucleic acid templates to generate melon marker amplicons.

Abstract: The present invention relates to powdery mildew resistance providing genes of the Cucumis family, and especially Cucumis melo, wherein said resistance is provided by impairment of the present genes. Further, the present invention relates plants comprising the present impaired resistance conferring genes and seeds, embryos or other propagation material thereof. Especially, the present invention relates to powdery mildew resistance conferring genes, wherein the amino acid sequence encoded by said resistance conferring gene is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 4, SEQ ID No. 6, SEQ ID No. 8, SEQ ID No. 10, SEQ ID No. 12 and SEQ ID No. 14, and amino acid sequences with more than 70% identity, preferably more than 80% identity, more preferably more than 90% identity, and most preferably more than 95% identity.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding soybean plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR), a fungal disease associated with Phakopsora spp. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program for resistance to ASR.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides having xylanase activity, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding domains, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding domains. The present invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and carbohydrate binding domains.

Abstract: The present invention relates to plant of the species Cucumis melo, said plant comprising a genetic element derived from a plant of the species Cucumis melo var. agrestis, which genetic element comprises a closterovirus-resistance-conferring QTL or a closterovirus-resistance-conferring part thereof linked to at least one marker located on the chromosome equivalent to linkage group (LG) 6 of melon accession PI 313970, wherein said plant is not melon accession PI 313970.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the detection of genetic differences among soybeans. More particularly, the invention relates to soybean quantitative trait loci (QTL) for tolerance to protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, to soybean plants possessing these QTLs, which map to a novel chromosomal region, and to genetic markers that are indicative of phenotypes associated with protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor tolerance. Methods and compositions for use of these markers in genotyping of soybean and selection are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cucumber lines having increased resistance to Downy Mildew. The present invention also relates to parts of cucumber plants from lines having increased Downy Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing cucumber plants with increased Downy Mildew resistance. Further provided are methods of producing such plants by genetic marker assisted selection.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker linked to a sugarcane quantitative trait is provided. Such marker is a sugarcane-stalk-sugar-content-related marker, which comprises a continuous nucleic acid region existing in a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8 or a region sandwiched between the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 9 and the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 16.

Abstract: Methods for introgressing an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait into Zea mays germplasm are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a Zea mays plant that contains an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait, wherein the locus associated with the yield trait is identifiable by PCR amplification of a Zea mays nucleic acid with a pair of oligonucleotides primers as disclosed herein, and introgressing the allele of interest into Zea mays germplasm that lacks the allele. Also provided are methods for identifying Zea mays plants that contain at least one allele associated with improved yield, improved maize plants, elite Zea mays plants, biomass produced from improved Zea mays plants, isolated and purified genetic markers, and compositions that include an amplification primer pair capable of amplifying a Zea mays nucleic acid to generate a Zea mays marker amplicon.

Abstract: Provided in the present invention are a separated endogenous rice gene resistant to high temperature (hereinafter referred to as the OsZFP gene for short) and a polypeptide encoded thereby, optimizing rice cells comprising the heat-resistant gene of the present invention or the polypeptide encoded thereby, and the plant cell preparation method thereof. Further provided are new methods and technologies for breeding new varieties of heat-resistant crops, comprising the related regulatory sequence for heat-resistance and a closely linked molecular marker denoting the heat-resistant gene and the sequence thereof.

Abstract: This disclosure concerns plants, plant materials, and the oil characteristics thereof. In embodiments, compositions and methods for determining the total oil content of plant materials are provided. Such methods and compositions may in some embodiments allow for the characterization and screening of oil traits and sub-traits that are difficult or impossible to distinguish by conventional techniques.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S140145 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S140145, to the plants of soybean cultivar S140145, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S140145, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S140145. 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 S140145. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S140145, 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 S140145 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated S140146 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S140146, to the plants of soybean cultivar S140146, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S140146, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S140146. 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 S140146. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S140146, 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 S140146 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of the onion line designated SV4522NB. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of onion line SV4522NB, and to methods for producing an onion plant produced by crossing a plant of onion line SV4522NB with itself or with another onion plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of onion line SV4522NB, including the bulbs and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for increasing heat resistance or starch biosynthesis in plants are provided herein. Polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs for expressing mutant AGPase subunit proteins, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides or expression constructs, and methods of producing transgenic plants are also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to the over-expression of a transcription factor selected from the group consisting of MYB46, HAM1, HAM2, MYB112, WRKY11, ERF6, and any combination thereof in a plant, which can modulate and thereby modulating the cellulose content of the plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus) which may comprise genetic information that results in an increase in the number of fruits. The invention also relates to the seeds and progeny of such plants and to propagation material for obtaining such plants. Furthermore the invention relates to the use of the plants, seeds and propagation material that may comprise the genetic information as germplasm in a breeding program.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and composition for preparing seeds that when cultivated produce pepper plants with seedless fruits. These plants may further be male sterile and contain a stable non-Peterson Cytoplasmic Male Sterility (“CMS”). The invention also provides essentially pure populations of seed that, when grown, produce pepper plants with seedless fruit. Methods are provided comprising crossing a stable non-Peterson CMS plant as a female parent with pepper lines displaying a parthenocarpy trait. The invention also includes the seeds produced by such a method. Methods for breeding and using seedless pepper plants for enhancing the production of fruit under suboptimal temperature conditions are also provided.