Abstract: Disclosed herein are seed and plants of the maize hybrid variety designated ICH13881, as well as cells and cell cultures derived therefrom. Further disclosed are methods for producing seed, commodity products, and derived progeny plants from the maize hybrid variety designated ICH13881.

Abstract: This invention provides means for altering the harvest index of crop plants by modulating the expression of transgenic genes using dimerization domain and component stacks, thereby modulating plant architecture. The transgene/dimerization domain stacks are provided in a single transformation vector unit and are used to modulate plant growth, yield, and harvest index in plants.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for producing a crop having a predetermined level of at least one primary trait of interest are provided. The compositions comprise seeds and plants exhibiting a primary trait of interest. Primary traits include traits that improve or otherwise facilitate the conversion of harvested plant material into a commercially useful product. The predetermined level of the primary trait is obtained by blending harvested plant material from at least two varieties of plants, wherein at least one of the varieties exhibits the primary trait. The blend can be customized for use in a variety of commercially important industrial or agricultural downstream uses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cytoplasmic male sterile leek (Allium ampeloprasum) plants comprising cytoplasmic encoded male sterility originating from garlic plant (Allium sativum L.) with deposit number NCIMB 41563. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for providing hereof. And the invention relates to use of the provided plant and of garlic for providing cytoplasmic encoded male sterility.

Abstract: Provided are a plant capable of bearing seedless fruits stably over several generations, a seedless fruit generated from this plant, a method of producing a variety capable of readily and reliably bearing seedless fruits, a variety produced by this production method, and a seedless fruit generated from the thus produced variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13C790 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C790 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C790 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C790, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C790. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C790.

Abstract: Plants of the Cucurbitaceae family and seeds of such plants with an androecious phenotype, whereas this sexual type is not natural in the plants, and the use of the plants and of the plant seeds of the invention. Moreover, the nucleic acid sequence responsible for androecy in the plants of the invention and on the polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid sequence. Finally, methods of identifying the plants and the seeds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to DYAD genes, mutants thereof, and use of them for making plants that retain heterozygosity of the female parent plant. The invention also encompasses plants, plant tissues, and seeds of plants that have a dyad phenotype and so retain heterozygosity of the female parent, either constitutively or conditionally. The invention is useful for propagating desired hybrid phenotypes in a manner of an apomictic plant and for increasing the ploidy of a plant genotype, which may result in plants having increased biomass.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X95C376 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X95C376 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95C376 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95C376, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95C376. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95C376.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for identifying transgenic seed that contain a transgene of interest, but lack a marker gene. Use of an identification sequence that results in a detectable phenotype increases the efficiency of screening for seed and plants in which transgene sequences not linked to a gene of interest have segregated from the sequence encoding a gene of interest.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18C117 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18C117 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18C117 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18C117, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18C117. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18C117.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X05C037 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05C037 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05C037 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05C037, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05C037. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05C037.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13C736 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C736 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C736 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C736, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C736. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C736.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03C269 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X03C269 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03C269 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03C269, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03C269. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03C269.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C913 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C913 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C913 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C913, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C913. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C913.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13C726 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C726 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C726 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C726, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C726. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C726.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1DF8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1DF8 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1DF8 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1DF8 or a locus conversion of PH1DF8 with another maize variety.

Abstract: An improved Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar having a fruit characterized by a relatively thin skin in comparison to other Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivars, such that mechanized peeling of fruit results in an average recovery, excluding skin, seed, and placenta, that is at least 5% higher in comparison to the peeling of an existing Anaheim-type chile pepper cultivar. The improved cultivar further is characterized by a mature seed content of less than 20 pounds per 1000 pounds of fruit and by fruit that is readily de-stemmed by mechanized de-stemming.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X00C185 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X00C185 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00C185 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00C185, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00C185. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00C185.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03C238 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X03C238 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03C238 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03C238, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03C238. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03C238.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X90C502 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X90C502 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90C502 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90C502, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90C502. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90C502.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH18F6 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18F6 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18F6 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18F6 or a locus conversion of PH18F6 with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C983 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C983 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C983 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C983, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C983. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C983.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X7F728 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety X7F728 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X7F728 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X7F728, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X7F728. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X7F728.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C967 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C967 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C967 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C967, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C967. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C967.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated 38V31 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing maize variety 38V31 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 38V31 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety 38V31, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 38V31. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 38V31.

Abstract: The present invention concerns hybrid Lactuca sativa seeds which have a male sterile genotype and which are heterozygous for at least one distinct gene which provides plants derived from said seeds with a distinct phenotype. The invention also concerns a method for producing hybrid Lactuca sativa seeds, comprising a step for culture, in an enclosed medium, of phenotypically male sterile plants and phenotypically male fertile plants, a step for pollinization by diptera introduced into the closed medium upon flowering of the plants, and a step for harvesting the seeds produced by the male sterile plants.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB16R11 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB16R11, cells from soybean variety XB16R11, plants of soybean XB16R11, and plant parts of soybean variety XB16R11. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB16R11 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB16R11, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB16R11, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB16R11. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB16R11 are further provided.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to seedless pepper (SLP); and more specifically, it pertains to male sterile pepper plants having unique characteristics including the capability of growing edible seedless fruits, wherein the “seedless” trait is controlled by a genetic determinant independent of exogenous factors.

Abstract: A chives hybrid designated Jeilo is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of chives hybrid Jeilo, to the plants of chives hybrid Jeilo, and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the chives hybrid Jeilo with itself or another chives plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a chives 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 chives lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the chives hybrid Jeilo.

Abstract: A chives cultivar, designated Biggy, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of chives cultivar Biggy, to the plants of chives cultivar Biggy and to methods for producing a chives plant by crossing the cultivar Biggy with itself or another chives cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a chives plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic chives plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to chives cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from chives cultivar Biggy, to methods for producing other chives cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from chives cultivar Biggy and to the chives plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid chives seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Biggy with another chives cultivar.

Abstract: The present invention presents a method for obtaining female inbred lines from Asteracea hybrids, using the species Helianthus annuus as a model The method of the invention is based on the modification of lines with the fertility restorer gene (Rf), obtained from self-pollination of hybrids, in lines presenting normal cytoplasm and not containing the Rf gene. Further, derived male sterile lines were developed. Through the use of this methodology it was possible to obtain female lines from commercial hybrids of sunflower.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to control the spread of recombinant DNA molecules between sexually compatible plants of differing genetic composition. The invention describes the production of transgenic plants that comprise recombinant traits of interest or concern linked to repressible lethal genes. The lethal genes are blocked by the action of repressor molecules produced by the expression of repressor genes located at a different genetic locus. The lethal phenotype is only expressed after the segregation of the repressible lethal gene construct and the repressor gene following meiosis. The present invention may be employed for both open-pollinated and hybrid seed production systems and may be used to maintain genetic purity by blocking unintended introgression of genes from plants devoid of the specific repressor gene.

Abstract: Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided are methods for maintaining a homozygous recessive condition and for repressing transmission of transgenes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods to control the spread of recombinant DNA molecules between sexually compatible plants of differing genetic composition. The invention describes the production of transgenic plants that comprise recombinant traits of interest or concern linked to repressible lethal genes. The lethal genes are blocked by the action of repressor molecules produced by the expression of repressor genes located at a different genetic locus. The lethal phenotype is only expressed after the segregation of the repressible lethal gene construct and the repressor gene following meiosis. The present invention may be employed for both open-pollinated and hybrid seed production systems and may be used to maintain genetic purity by blocking unintended introgression of genes from plants devoid of the specific repressor gene.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, recombinant DNA molecules, recombinant host cells containing the DNA molecules, and transgenic plant cells, plant tissue and plants which contain and express at least one antisense or interference RNA specific for a thiamine biosynthetic coding sequence or a thiamine binding protein or a thiamine-degrading protein, wherein the RNA or thiamine binding protein is expressed under the regulatory control of a transcription regulatory sequence which directs expression in male and/or female reproductive tissue. These transgenic plants are conditionally sterile; i.e., they are fertile only in the presence of exogenous thiamine. Such plants are especially appropriate for use in the seed industry or in the environment, for example, for use in revegetation of contaminated soils or phytoremediation, especially when those transgenic plants also contain and express one or more chimeric genes which confer resistance to contaminants.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for detecting genetic instability for apomixis in angiospermous plant, and for enhancing, genetically stabilizing, and controlling apomixis expression in such plants. Enhanced expression, stabilization, and control are achieved by converting a facultative apomict to obligate apomixis. Enhanced expression of apomixis is further achieved by increasing frequencies of unreduced egg formation and/or parthenogenesis. Genetic stabilization of apomixis is alternatively achieved by conferring mechanisms to a facultative apomict that, during facultative sexual seed formation, prevent the segregational loss of unique alleles at multiple loci, which cause apomixis, such that progeny produced sexually from the facultative apomict inherit the unique allelic combinations required to maintain apomixis. The disclosed methods are used in various combinations to produce apomictic plants that possess improved yield, quality, and/or seed production characteristics.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the seed-to-seed perpetuation of hybrid vigor and other traits through apomixis (asexual seed formation) in flowering plants (angiosperms). More particularly, to predictable methods for producing, from sexual or facultatively-apomictic plants, progeny plants that express an increased percentage of apomictic seed set or one or more elements of apomixis.

Abstract: Methods for pollinating lettuce and producing hybrid lettuce seed are described. The methods include the steps of providing lettuce plants and releasing Megachile rotundata bees or attracting pollinators. Hybrid lettuce seeds and plants produced using methods of this invention and male sterile lettuce lines used in this invention are also described.

Abstract: Genes can be introduced into plants that confer desirable traits such as, drought and stress tolerance, insect and pest resistance, as well as environmental qualities such as phyto-remediation. However, possibility for transgene escape to wild and non-transformed species raises commercial and ecological concerns. Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for generating sterile plants for the prevention of transgene escape.

Abstract: An improved double Recoverable Block of Function (RBF) system for transgene containment with enhanced reliability is disclosed. The system includes two blocking constructs (BCs) at the opposite sides of a transgene of interest (TGI). The system comprises means for recovery of the function blocked by expression of the blocking genes of the BCs. The invention is also related to a kit comprising a cloning vector having the BCs and TGI or alternatively a place for TGI to be inserted in. Segregating (two-insert) and inducible (one-insert) types of double RBF are disclosed. The two BCs are either similar or different in their DNA and RNA structures. The two BCs may encode same protein but promoters driving the blocking genes are different and/or the coding sequence of the blocking genes is modified by codon preference change. A system comprising two BCs having different blocking genes is also disclosed.

Abstract: A novel bentgrass cultivar, designated ‘Alpha’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of bentgrass cultivar ‘Alpha’, to the plants of bentgrass ‘Alpha’ and to methods for producing a bentgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Alpha’ with itself or another bentgrass variety. The invention further relates to hybrid bentgrass seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Alpha’ with another bentgrass cultivar.

Abstract: A novel bentgrass cultivar, designated ‘T-1’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of bentgrass cultivar ‘T-1’, to the plants of bentgrass ‘T-1’ and to methods for producing a bentgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘T-1’ with itself or another bentgrass variety. The invention further relates to hybrid bentgrass seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘T-1’ with another bentgrass cultivar.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a plant breeding and testing method that utilizes a pollen mixture derived from many male parents in conjunction with field trials and molecular pedigree analysis to evaluate breeding values and make progeny selections for the next generation of breeding. More specifically the plant breeding method involves mixing pollen obtained from a breeding group composed of a plurality of parental plants to obtain a pollen polymix. The polymix is used to pollinate female reproductive structures from parental plants in the breeding group to obtain a plurality of progeny seed lots. Each progeny seed lot has seeds obtained from a different cross between the pollen polymix and a different parental plant. Resultant progeny plants from each seed lot are evaluated using objective criteria to obtain a phenotype score. The pedigree of at least some of the progeny plants, usually those with a desirable phenotype score, is determined using molecular parental analysis.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I116412. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I116412, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I116412 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I116412 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I116412, and also to the genetic marker profiles of corn variety I116412.

Abstract: The present invention provides a molecular mechanism for gene containment in sexually reproducing transgenic plants. The mechanism is achieved with a molecular construct comprising a blocking construct (BC) that is inserted fully or partially into an intron of a transgene of interest (TGI). The TGI encodes desired gene products, such as heterologous or homologous proteins, peptides or other useful products. The expression of the BC leads to block of at least one molecular or physiological function that is essential for development or reproduction of the transgenic plant. Thereby the BC expression leads to death or incapacity of sexual reproduction of the plant. Moreover, the mechanism comprises an externally applicable recovering tool to recover the functions blocked by the BC. The recovering tool may be a recovering construct (RC).

Abstract: A novel promoter is provided which has an expression activity specific to any pistil tissue. The promoter has any one of the DNA sequence from position 1 to 2595 of SEQ ID NO. 1, the DNA sequence from position 1 to 2322 of SEQ ID NO. 2, and the DNA sequence from position 1 to 2012 of SEQ ID NO. 3, and a part thereof. A method for producing a plant having a modified trait by introducing a heterogenous gene operatively linked to the promoter into a plant, and a plant having a modified trait produced by the method are further provided.

Abstract: Broadly this invention provides for an inbred corn line G4803. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G4803 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G4803 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G4803 with at least one other corn line.

Abstract: Various tools, strategies and techniques are provided for evaluating the condition of one or more commodities in one or more regions of interest. Collection of image data associated with the commodities can be facilitated through use of an aircraft traveling a predetermined travel route over the regions of interest. The collected image data may be analyzed to evaluate the condition of the commodities, forecast commodity production, and/or to perform other tasks.

Abstract: Various tools, strategies and techniques are provided for evaluating the condition of one or more commodities in one or more regions of interest. Collection of image data associated with the commodities can be facilitated through use of an aircraft traveling a predetermined travel route over the regions of interest. The collected image data may be analyzed to evaluate the condition of the commodities, forecast commodity production, and/or to perform other tasks.