Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that have oil with reduced levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and/or increased levels of oleic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in fatty acid biosynthesis (e.g., fatty acid desaturase 2 (FAD2) and reduced oleate desaturation 1 (ROD1)), as well as methods and materials for making and using such oilseed plants are provided.

Abstract: This document provides materials and methods for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that having low levels of erucic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in erucic acid metabolism (e.g., fatty acid elongase 1 (FAE1)), as well as materials and methods for making and using oilseed plants having low levels of erucic acid are provided.

Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that have oil with reduced levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and/or increased levels of oleic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in fatty acid biosynthesis (e.g., fatty acid desaturase 2 (FAD2) and reduced oleate desaturation 1 (ROD1)), as well as methods and materials for making and using such oilseed plants are provided.

Abstract: This document provides materials and methods for generating oilseed (e.g., pennycress) plants that having low levels of erucic acid. For example, oilseed plants having reduced expression levels of one or more polypeptides involved in erucic acid metabolism (e.g., fatty acid elongase 1 (FAE1)), as well as materials and methods for making and using oilseed plants having low levels of erucic acid are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for preparing herbicide tolerant corn plants. Also provided are herbicide tolerant corn plants, as well as seeds and progeny derived from these plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides the complete cDNA sequence of maize acetyl CoA carboxylase and methods for altering the oil content of plants by introducing and expressing a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in plant cells. The method of altering the oil content in a plant includes the steps of introducing an expression cassette into plant cells and expressing the acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in an amount effective to alter the oil content of the cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isolated and purified strain of Sphaeropsis sp. It further provides a mycoherbicidal composition that is effective in controlling purple loosestrife, and methods for controlling purple loosestrife.

Abstract: The present invention provides a complete cDNA sequence and partial DNA sequences encoding maize acetyl CoA carboxylase and methods for altering the oil content of plants by introducing and expressing a maize acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in plant cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides the complete cDNA sequence of maize acetyl CoA carboxylase and a method introducing and expressing a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in plant cells. The method includes the steps of introducing an expression cassette encoding a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase or an antisense DNA sequence complementary to the sequence for a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene operably linked to a promoter functional in plant cells, into the cells of a plant tissue and expressing the plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene. The expression cassette can also be introduced into other host cells to increase yield of a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase crystallized enzyme.

Abstract: The present invention provides the complete cDNA sequence of maize acetyl CoA carboxylase and methods for conferring herbicide tolerance and/or altering the oil content of plants by introducing and expressing a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in plant cells. The method of imparting herbicide tolerance to a plant includes the steps of introducing an expression cassette encoding a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase or an antisense DNA sequence complementary to the sequence for a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene operably linked to a promoter functional in plant cells, into the cells of a plant tissue and expressing the plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in an amount effective to render the acetyl CoA carboxylase and/or plant cell substantially tolerant to the herbicides. The method of altering the oil content in a plant includes the steps of introducing an expression cassette into plant cells and expressing the acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in an amount effective to alter the oil content of the cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides an expression cassette encoding a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene and methods for conferring herbicide tolerance and/or altering the oil content of plants by introducing and expressing a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in plant cells. An expression cassette of the invention can comprise a gene coding a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase or a functional mutant thereof or an antisense DNA sequence complementary to the sequence for a plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene combined with a promoter functional in a plant cell. The method of imparting herbicide tolerance to a plant includes the steps of introducing the expression cassette into the cells of a plant tissue and expressing the plant acetyl CoA carboxylase gene in an amount effective to render the acetyl CoA carboxylase and/or plant cell substantially tolerant to the herbicides.

Abstract: Maize plants are grown in a planting area that are tolerant of inhibition by a cyclohexanedione herbicide, an aryloxyphenoxypropanoic acid herbicide, or mixtures thereof, at levels which normally inhibit growth and development, wherein said tolerance is conferred by an altered acetylcoenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) tolerant of inhibition by the herbicide at levels which normally inhibit the activity of an unaltered ACCase. Additionally, an effective quantity of the named herbicide is applied so that the weeds (e.g., grass) are killed and the maize plants are uninjured. A representative cyclohexandione herbicide is sethoxydim and a representative aryloxyphenoxypropanoic acid herbicide is haloxyfop. Competition for the maize crop posed by weeds effectively is eliminated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a maize plant wherein the growth and development of said plant is tolerant of inhibition by a cyclohexanedione herbicide, an aryloxyphenoxypropanoic acid herbicide, or mixtures thereof, at levels which normally inhibit the growth and development of maize, wherein said tolerance is conferred by an altered acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) tolerant of inhibition by said herbicide at levels which normally inhibit the activity of an unaltered ACCase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a maize plant wherein the growth and development of said plant is tolerant of inhibition by a cyclohexanedione herbicide, an aryloxyphenoxypropanoic acid herbicide, or mixtures thereof, at levels which normally inhibit the growth and development of maize, wherein said tolerance is conferred by an altered acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) tolerant of inhibition by said herbicide at levels which normally inhibit the activity of an unaltered ACCase.