Abstract: Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated PINION is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of lettuce designated PINION, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce designated PINION, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce designated PINION with itself or another lettuce plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce designated PINION.

Abstract: The field is related to plant breeding and methods of identifying and selecting plants with resistance to southern corn rust. Provided are methods to identify novel genes that encode proteins providing plant resistance to southern corn rust and uses thereof. These disease resistant genes are useful in the production of resistant plants through breeding, transgenic modification, or genome editing.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a banana plant with tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4 and such plants. The method includes (a) exposing one or more banana meristems, in one or more propagating cycles, to a medium including a demethylating agent (in vitro mutagenesis) to thereby provide one or more banana meristems exhibiting expression and thereby amplification of retrotransposable elements in their plant genome as determined by Southern blot hybridization analysis, and (b) rooting the meristems that exhibited the amplification and regenerating therefrom one or more regenerated banana plants, at least one of the regenerated banana plants having tolerance or resistance to Fusarium oxysporum Cubensis TR4.

Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising polynucleotides encoding polypeptides. Also provided are recombinant DNA constructs, plants, plant cells, seed, grain comprising the polynucleotides, and plants, plant cells, seed, grain comprising a genetic modification at a genomic locus encoding a polypeptide. Additionally, various methods of employing the polynucleotides and genetic modifications in plants, such as methods for modulating expression level in a plant and methods for increasing yield of a plant are also provided herein.

Abstract: New lettuce variety designated ‘E01G11538’ is described. ‘E01G11538’, is a lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Cardinal and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.

Abstract: A transgenic method of obtaining blue flowers by catalyzing glutamine to synthesize indigo. The steps include: 1) respectively cloning a Sfp gene encoding phosphopantetheinyl transferase and a bpsA gene encoding indigo synthase downstream of a plant promoter in a plant-promoter-containing plasmid; 2) amplifying the obtained plasmid in E. coli and then transferring the same to Agrobacterium tumefaciens; and 3) transferring DNA containing Sfp and bpsA into a plant. The blue flowers produced by the present invention have various characteristics of natural flowers, being fresh, flower-scented, non-color-fading, and non-toxic. The transgene-encoded enzyme and the produced indigo are not in the vacuole and are not affected by the low pH of the plant vacuole, thereby resulting in a pure blue color. The precursor of the blue matter, i.e., the substrate of the enzyme, is glutamine, which is abundant in plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a genetically modified plant or plant cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding one or more heterologous enzymes operatively linked a promoter, wherein one or more heterologous enzymes synthesizes muconic acid (MA).

Abstract: Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated CARRIZO is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of lettuce designated CARRIZO, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce designated CARRIZO, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce designated CARRIZO with itself or another lettuce plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce designated CARRIZO.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-CO1332 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-CO1332 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-CO1332 RZ.

Abstract: The disclosure provides stable antimicrobial (e.g., antibacterial or antifungal or both) peptides (SAMPs) that may be used in methods of preventing or treating a bacterial disease (e.g., a Liberibacter disease, such as citrus greening disease (also called Huanglongbing (HLB)) or potato Zebra Chip disease, and other bacterial diseases such as those caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens (also known as Rhizobium radiobacter) and Pseudomonas syringae) in plants (e.g., citrus plants or potato plants). SAMPs disclosed herein may be heat stable, as well as stable in plant extracts and/or in plant lysates (e.g., citrus lysates).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 45-IC1607 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 45-IC1607 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 45-IC1607 RZ.

Abstract: New lettuce varieties designated ‘Paonia’ and ‘Newcastle’ are described. ‘Paonia’ and ‘Newcastle’ are lettuce varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety NUN 08230 LTL is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof. NUN 08230 LTL is a mini romaine lettuce variety comprising resistance to Downy Mildew (Bremia lactucae) Isolates Bl:16-27, 29, 32, 34, and 36EU, Nasonovia ribisnigri Biotype Nr:0, and Lettuce Necrotic Spot Virus (LNSV).

Abstract: Provided herein is a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, more specifically a lettuce plant that has a mutated gene that confers broad spectrum resistance to oomycetes in lettuce. Also provided herein are a resistance gene and a method for obtaining a lettuce plant that is resistant to downy mildew, wherein the method includes the step of mutating a gene.

Abstract: A wheat variety designated 6PCMK57B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 6PCMK57B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 6PCMK57B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 6PCMK57B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety 6PCMK57B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 6PCMK57B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel lettuce cultivar Menaggio and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce plants of the invention with themselves or another lettuce plant. The invention also provides lettuce plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-ML1112 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-ML1112 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-ML1112 RZ.

Abstract: Disclosed are modified plants and methods for producing modified plants having a modified 5?-untranslated region of small auxin upregulated protein flooding tolerance (SAUR_FT) gene. Modified plants disclosed herein have at least one of an increased root system architecture, an increased waterlogging tolerance, an increased drought tolerance, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-IN5314 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-IN5314 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-IN5314 RZ.