Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R020. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R020. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R020 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R020 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: Provided are isolated polypeptides which are at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs: 182-184, 186-202, 204-216, 219-223, 225, 227-232, 235-236, 238, 240-260, 262-268, 270-275, 277-287, 289-297, 3651-3671, 3686, 3720-3721, 3724, 3727, 3735, 3754, 3774, 3795-4304, 4316, 4374, 4425, 4464, 4481-4813, 4824, 4833, 4843-4844, 4867-4869, 4888, 4890-4891, 5005-5050, 5053-5070, 5093, 5217, 5231, 5233, 5239, 5246, 5255, 5257-5296, 5412, 5415-5429, 5447-5456, 5465-5673, 5675-5686, 5688-5695, 5697-5698, 5700, 5702-5707, 5709-5715, 5717-5785, 5831, 5869, 5980, 6010-6043, 6045-6053, 6055-6093, 6132, 6383, 6405, 6493, 6523, 6533-6537, and 6563-6589, isolated polynucleotides encoding same, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing yield, abiotic stress tolerance, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plan

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating the reproductive transition in plants, such as grasses (e.g., maize). In particular, the invention provides methods for enhancing agronomic properties in plants by modulating expression of GRMZM2G171650 (zmm22) or homologs thereof. Modulation of expression of one or more additional genes which affect reproductive transition such as zagl1, in conjunction with such modulation of expression is also contemplated. Nucleic acid constructs for down-regulation of GRMZM2G171650 are also contemplated, as are transgenic plants, and products produced therefrom, that demonstrate altered development such as extended flowering time and display associated phenotypes such as enhanced yield of vegetative biomass, improved digestibility, and increased disease resistance. Plants described herein may be used, for example, as improved forage or feed crops or in biofuel production.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R032. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R032. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R032 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R032 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R018. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R018. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R018 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R018 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R053. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R053. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R053 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R053 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plant of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) variety Sicot 812RRF, or a part, cell, tissue or organ thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing drought and/or salt tolerance in plants. Nucleic acid constructs therefore are also described. Transgenic plants are also provided that exhibit enhanced agronomic properties. The inventors have demonstrated increased drought and salt tolerance in connection with increased expression of the Xb3 gene.

Abstract: Cosmos bipinnatus cotyledons are isolated as explants, and the isolated explants are cultured onto a regeneration medium to obtain regenerated Cosmos bipinnatus shoots. The regeneration medium optionally includes a basal medium, a cytokinin, an ethylene action inhibitor, and a nitrogen source.

Abstract: The assimilated C and N largely influence plant growth and crop yields. Previous attempts to alter the carbon and nitrogen status of the plants attempted with one or two genes The present invention involves simultaneous co-overexpression of three genes wherein one gene (PEPCase) efficiently capture CO2 whereas the other two encode for enzymes (Asp AT and GS) involved in nitrogen assimilation. The combined effect is the enhancement of carbon and nitrogen status of the plant and the productivity.

Abstract: The invention relates to genetically modified plants with an altered seed phenotype, in particular increased seed size. The invention relates to a plant that does not produce a functional NGAL2 polypeptide or functional NGAL2 and NGAL3 polypeptides. NGAL2 and NGAL3 are members of the RAV family and comprise a B3 DNA-binding domain and a transcriptional repression motif.

Abstract: There are provided compositions and methods for transforming plants, preferably monocot, and even more preferably, sugarcane. The transformation methods involve infection of plant tissue with Agrobacterium, and co-cultivation using culture medium comprising high concentrations of gelling agent, with the result of inhibiting the exacerbated growth of the bacteria and increasing the transformation frequencies. The invention includes regenerating transformed plants, and the transformed plants themselves.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for obtaining plants that exhibit useful traits by perturbation of plastid function in plant rootstocks and grafting the rootstocks to scions. Methods for identifying genetic loci that provide for useful traits in plants and plants produced with those loci are also provided. In addition, plants that exhibit the useful traits, parts of the plants including seeds, and products of the plants are provided as well as methods of using the plants. Recombinant DNA vectors and transgenic plants comprising those vectors that provide for plastid perturbation are also provided.

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: This disclosure provides a stress-responsive polypeptide sequence for fusion with a polypeptide to specifically induce stability of the fusion polypeptide under stress conditions, such as drought, high salt and high temperature, in plants. Also disclosed includes an expression vector for expressing a fusion polypeptide comprising the stress-responsive peptide in plants transformed therewith, and a method for generating a transgenic plant with enhanced tolerance to environmental stresses, comprising introducing into the transgenic plant a polynucleotide encoding a fusion polypeptide which comprises the stress-responsive peptide as disclosed and a plant anti-stress gene, such as the plant senescence-associated gene SSPP. A plant expressing the expression vector that have an enhanced stress tolerance, including Arabidopsis and soybean, is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to nucleic acid sequences coding for a protein which, (1) under a respective promoter, is able to suppress or repress or delay flowering of a plant, and (2) includes the motive “NAPDIIDS” (SEQ ID NO: 10) or, in preferred cases, “VNAPDIIDS” SEQ ID NO: 67), with the exception of the nucleic acid of the gene StSP5G or a part thereof. Preferably, the nucleic acid sequence belongs phylogenetically to the FT-clade of the PEBP gene family, wherein the motive “(V)NAPDIIDS” (SEQ ID NO: 68) is in place of the “(V)YAPGW” motive (SEQ ID NO: 69) of the flowering promoting proteins AtFT and BvFT2. The invention is further directed to peptides or proteins, obtainable by expression of the nucleic acid of any of the preceding claims, vectors, comprising a nucleic acid sequence as defined above, and to plants, parts of plants, or seed of plants, the plants comprising such a nucleic acid sequence.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for altering gibberellin (GA) content in corn or other cereal plants. Methods and compositions are also provided for altering the expression of genes related to gibberellin biosynthesis through suppression, mutagenesis and/or editing of specific subtypes of GA20 or GA3 oxidase genes. Modified plant cells and plants having a suppression element or mutation reducing the expression or activity of a GA oxidase gene are further provided comprising reduced gibberellin levels and improved characteristics, such as reduced plant height and increased lodging resistance, but without off-types.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of controlling the flowering time of a plant by regulating the formation of the SVP-FLM-? protein complex, based on the finding that the SVP-FLM-? protein complex is a regulating factor for plant flowering that senses small changes in ambient temperature. The FLM-? RNAi and SVP RNAi for controlling flowering time according to the present invention can be used to control flowering time by inhibiting the expression of FLM-? and SVP or regulating the interaction therebetween, and thus, they can prevent a decrease in crop production or a change in the ecosystem from being caused by a sudden change in temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions comprising mutated PYR/PYL receptor polypeptides that bind to a type 2 protein phosphatase in the absence of abscisic acid. The present invention further provides for methods of making and using the mutated PYR/PYL receptor polypeptides.

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions and methods for manipulating the exchange of water and/or carbon dioxide (CO2) through plant stomata by controlling the expression of a novel apoplastic subtilisin-like serine endopeptidase-like protein. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides plants having increased water use efficiency, and drought-resistant plants; and methods for engineering of water transpiration and water use efficiency in plants, and engineering plants with increased water use efficiency and drought-resistant plants.