Abstract: The present invention provides a method of micropropagating a monocotyledonous plant comprising: (a) cultivating an explant of tissue from a monocotyledonous plant shoot tip on a primary medium, wherein the explant has been pretreated with a cold temperature and the primary medium comprises auxin or auxin and cytokinin, to produce a totipotent embryogenic cell culture; (b) treating the totipotent embryonic cell culture with a cold temperature; (c) maintaining the totipotent embryogenic cell culture by cultivation on a secondary medium, whereby a totipotent embryogenic cell culture of a monocotyledonous plant is produced and maintained; and (d) transferring the embryogenic cell culture of step (c) to a tertiary medium to continue multiplication and to produce a plantlet with roots and shoots, thereby micropropagating a monocotyledonous plant. The micropropagation techniques described herein provide plants for such purposes as development of elite plant lines, phytoremediation and biomass production.

Abstract: A method of separating an embryo suspension mass is provided. The method includes supplying an embryo suspension mass culture having a plurality of first particles of a first size and a plurality of second particles of a second size different at least in part from the first size of the first particles. The method also includes suspending the embryo suspension mass culture in a fluid to create a mixture and forcing the mixture through a filter while maintaining the mixture in the fluid to separate the first particles from the second particles.

Abstract: A new and distinct Cynara cardunculus L. cultivar of artichoke plant named ‘PS-MSC0204’, characterized by its fleshiness of bracts; fleshiness of hearts; uniformity of head shapes; and male sterility which is demonstrated by the absence of pollen on all florets during anthesis.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘FLORIAGATE’ is characterized inter alia by pronounced spray habit, perennial and profuse bloom, and green foliage. Dianthus ‘FLORIAGATE’ is suitable for use as a flowering plant in pots, containers, window boxes and the garden, but is primarily suited for the production of cut flowers. Dianthus ‘FLORIAGATE’ is not hardy and is grown in a glasshouse. These traits set ‘FLORIAGATE’ apart from all other existing varieties, lines, strains or sports of Dianthus. In particular, Dianthus ‘FLORIAGATE’ has bright purple/violet flowers.

Abstract: A new Dahlia plant named ‘Golia Dbbro’ particularly distinguished by the large orange-red bi-colored ‘collerette’ type flowers, full and compact plant habit with excellent branching, medium dark foliage, and good floriferiousness.

Abstract: A new miniature rose plant which has abundant, red colored flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year round production in commercial glass houses as a flowering pot plant. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Dianthus gratianopolitanus, ‘Bedazzled’, characterized by its blue-grey foliage, its tight, compact habit throughout year, its flowers that are light pink in color with a distinct burgundy eye that bloom sporadically throughout the year with 2 heavy flushes of bloom for 4 weeks in spring and 4 weeks in fall in Georgia.

Abstract: A new and distinct kiwifruit variety is described. The variety results from selection among a population of seedlings derived from a controlled pollination crossing the kiwifruit varieties known as ‘Hort16A’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,066) and an unreleased selection CK39_16 (not patented). The new variety is a male plant which flowers in a period well-synchronized for pollination of the female variety ‘Hort16A’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,066). The new variety is characterized by the timing of flowering, distinctive red/brown hairs evident on young shoots and the underside of young leaves. The new variety appears suitable for use as a pollinizer in commercial kiwifruit production and has been named ‘Bruce’.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘Arismajesty’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; uniform, outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; large purple-colored flowers; semi-double flower form; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good flower substance for about four weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Duemplavbu’, characterized by its semi-upright, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and large purple violet-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage in mounded umbels.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Duempburcha’, characterized by its semi-upright, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and large red purple-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage in mounded umbels.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Duemphopich’, characterized by its semi-upright, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and large dark pink-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage in mounded umbels.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Viola plant named ‘Sunviocoba’, characterized by its semi-upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and dark violet-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetikard’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are dark purple in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetiroypu’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are red purple and purple violet in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetisopi’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are light purple in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Duealneon09’, characterized by its compact, upright and outwardly spreading to trailing and decumbent plant habit; freely branching growth habit; numerous large bright red purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Duempwi09’, characterized by its semi-upright, compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and large white-colored flowers that are held above and beyond the foliage in mounded umbels.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Duetisunray’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are yellow in color.

Abstract: A Lavandula cultivar particularly distinguished by a compact and rounded plant habit, a globular plant shape with low to moderate vigor, violet-blue flowers with a continuous and rich flowering habit, and a flowering habit that when the first flowers are trimmed, the plant will flower again, is disclosed.