Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a modified plant cell, plant tissue, plantlet, plant part, plant, and progeny thereof containing a combination of apyrase genes, including at least one modified gene and/or at least one additional apyrase gene. The disclosure is also directed to a method of making a modified plant with a modified apyrase gene and/or an additional apyrase gene. The modified plant generally exhibits at least one improved characteristic over the plant line from which it was derived. The disclosure also relates to a recombinant DNA molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an apyrase enzyme as disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R445B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R445B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R445B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R445B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a transformed plant cell. The present invention comprises the steps of: (a) co-transforming an intended DNA and a first marker gene into a plant cell; and (b) selecting from the transformed cells obtained in the step (a), a transformed plant cell wherein the intended DNA is introduced into a chromosome thereof, and the first marker gene is not introduced, wherein the method does not contain a step to exclude a transformed cell with only the intended DNA introduced into the chromosome by positive selection using the first marker gene.

Abstract: Provided are isolated polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs which comprise a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to a nucleic acid sequence selected form the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 277, 1-276, 278-469 and 785-2397; and isolated polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 482, 470-481, 483-784 and 2398-3818. Also provided are transgenic cells and plants expressing same and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 2478752 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2478752, the plants of soybean 2478752, to plant parts of soybean 2478752, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2478752 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2478752, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2478752, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2478752 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: Provided are isolated polynucleotides encoding a polypeptide at least 80% homologous to the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 757, 456-756, 758-774, 8385-10836, and 10838-14462; and isolated polynucleotide comprising nucleic acid sequences at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 377, 1-376, 378-455, and 775-8384. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs comprising same, isolated polypeptides encoded thereby, transgenic cells and transgenic plants comprising same and methods of using same for increasing yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, abiotic stress tolerance, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PELD07 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PELD07, cells from soybean variety 5PELD07, plants of soybean 5PELD07, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PELD07. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PELD07 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PELD07, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PELD07, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PELD07. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PELD07 are further provided.

Abstract: The cotton variety ST 5122GLT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 5122GLT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 5122GLT and to plants of ST 5122GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 5122GLT.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 83381828 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 83381828, to the plants of soybean cultivar 83381828, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 83381828, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 83381828. 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 83381828. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83381828, 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 83381828 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: Provided are methods of increasing nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant by expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 387, 1-386, 388-469, 763-3704 and 3705; or an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 602, 470-601, 603-762, 3706-5858, 5860-5910, 5912, 5914-5923, 5925-6046 or 6047. Also provided is an isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 387, 1-386, 388-469, 763-3704 and 3705, which can be used to increase the nitrogen use efficiency, yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R438B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R438B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R438B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R438B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R448B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R448B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R448B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R448B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 82352802 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 82352802, to the plants of soybean cultivar 82352802, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 82352802, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 82352802. 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 82352802. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 82352802, 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 82352802 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 88031336 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 88031336, to the plants of soybean cultivar 88031336, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 88031336, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 88031336. 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 88031336. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 88031336, 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 88031336 with another soybean cultivar.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for increasing drought resistance and heat resistance of a plant. The methods encompass expression of at least one heat shock protein (HSP) from the group consisting of HSP40, HSP60 or HSP70 together with a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) comprising an aspartic acid (D) at a position that corresponds to the position 509 of SEQ ID NO: 4, in the plant. In comparison to a plant not manipulated in this manner, the disclosed, genetically-modified, plants display improved drought resistance and heat resistance. Also provided are plants that can be obtained by the method according to the invention, and nucleic acid vectors to be used in the described methods.

Abstract: Numerous plant microbes, including the vascular-limited Candidatus spp.—causal agents of citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases—are non-culturable. The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to compositions, methods and systems for culturing such organisms. For example, the present disclosure relates to methods for culturing, propagating, and characterizing fastidious vascular-colonizing microbes using a hairy root system (e.g., in vitro, in planta). The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to methods for cultivating a fastidious plant microbe including: contacting a plant (e.g., a tomato plant, a potato plant, a citrus plant) colonized by a fastidious plant microbe (e.g., Xylella fastidiosa, Candidatus Liberibacter spp.) with a suspension of R. rhizogenes under conditions that permit induction of hairy roots colonized with the fastidious plant microbe, and propagating the colonized microbial hairy roots.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R423B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R423B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R423B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R423B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: Provided herein are Podosphaera leucotricha resistance conferring genes, plants, plant parts and seeds comprising the present resistance providing genes and the use thereof for selecting Podosphaera leucotricha resistant plants. Specifically, the present invention relates to Podosphaera leucotricha resistance conferring genes, wherein the amino acid sequence encoded by said resistance conferring genes is the primary amino acid sequence represented SEQ ID No. 1, or a primary amino acid sequence with more than 70% identity, preferably more than 80% identity, more preferably more than 90% identity, and most preferably more than 95% identity with SEQ ID No. 1; and wherein said resistance conferring gene is impaired.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing haploid, dihaploid, polyhaploid and/or doubled haploid plants of the family Cucurbitaceae from isolated microspores, wherein said method comprises a) culturing isolated microspores to obtain embryos competent for plant regeneration, wherein the microspores have been isolated from plant material of a donor plant of the family Cucurbitaceae; and b) regenerating plants from the embryos; wherein step (a) comprises contacting the microspores with one or more inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDACi) and one or more polyamine. The present invention also relates to a method for producing haploid, dihaploid, polyhaploid and/or doubled haploid embryos, to related kits and compositions, and to plants obtained according to the methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 18R421B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 18R421B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 18R421B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 18R421B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.