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: Compositions and methods for enhancing or creating plant disease resistance to plant pests are provided. Transforming a plant with a novel rice Pi2-like disease resistance gene of the invention enhances disease resistance of the plant. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed having enhanced disease resistance are also provided.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel isolated sucrose synthase nucleic acid and its encoded protein. The present invention also provides methods and compositions relating to altering sucrose synthase levels in plants, and in particular, in plant stalks and/or plant seeds. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and transgenic seeds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and method for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to contain a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to the stress-responsive promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant from the transformed plant cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a gene product by expressing a gene encoding said gene product in angiosperm host cells, which method comprises: a) constructing a vector expressible in angiosperm host cells, said vector comprising a promoter region derived from an amylase gene selected from SBAmyA, SBAmyB, SBAmyC genes or SBAmyD of the sugar beet and a gene encoding a desired gene product; b) transforming a compatible angiosperm host cell with said vector; c) cultivating the resulting transformant host cell to a sugar-depleted or sugar-free condition to promote the expression of said gene under the control of such promoter region; and d) recovering the product of the expressed gene. The sugar beet gene when incorporated into a dicot seed or plant has improved biological properties. The gene sequences and the products thereof are claimed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nematode-regulated promoter sequences and their use in creating or enhancing nematode-resistance in plants. Nucleic acid molecules comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to a nematode-regulated promoter and vectors, plant cells, plants, and transformed seeds containing such constructs are provided. Methods for the creation and use of such promoters in repressing or inducing expression of a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant, as well as methods for creating or enhancing nematode-resistance in plants by such repression or induction of heterologous nucleotide sequences by nematode-regulated promoters are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention discloses genetically modified plants, such as potato plants. The plants are more resistant to a pathogen of interest following transformation of plant cells with a chimeric gene comprising a chitinase gene and ?-1,3-glucanase gene. The invention also provides a method of enhancing the resistance of plants to pathogens by introducing a Brassica chitinase gene encoding two or more chitin-binding domains and ?-1,3-glucanase gene and expressing the chitinase gene and ?-1,3-glucanase gene.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids.

Abstract: Methods and nucleotide sequences encoding maize lipoxygenase proteins for modulating defense response are provided. The nucleotide sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating plant defense response. Transformed plants, plant cells and seed are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nucleic acid construct comprising a cyst and root knot nematode responsive promoter, preferably the Nicotiana Ntcel7 promoter or promoters that hybridize thereto, operatively associated with a heterologous nucleic acid segment that encodes a product disruptive of nematode attack. Plants and plant cells using the same and methods of use thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: A mutant gene coding for pectate lyase and homologs thereof is provided, which when incorporated in transgenic plants effect an increased level disease resistance in such plants. Also is provided the polypeptide sequence for the pectate lyase of the present invention. Methods of obtaining the mutant gene, producing transgenic plants which include the nucleotide sequence for the mutant gene and producing improved disease resistance in a crop of such transgenic plants are also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant defensins. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant defensin, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of plant defensins in a transformed host cell.

Abstract: The CP gene of CMV strain V34 (CMV-V34) is provided.

Abstract: This invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and methods of modifying, producing, and using the same.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for the complete detoxification of fumonisin and fumonisin degradation products are provided. Particularly, nucleotide sequences corresponding to the detoxification enzymes are provided. The sequences find use in preparing expression cassettes for the transformation of a broad variety of host cells and organisms.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated polynucleotides encoding MRE11 binding polypeptides, recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said polynucleotides.

Abstract: The present invention provides nucleotide sequences encoding zearalenone detoxification polypeptides, and methods for mycotoxin detoxification using the sequences. One method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell, a nucleotide sequence of the present invention operably linked to a heterologous promoter and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.

Abstract: Expression of laccase in plants at commercial levels of production is provided. The laccase gene is preferably operably linked with promoter sequences preferentially directing expression of laccase to the seed of the plant, and may additionally include sequences directing expression to the plant cell wall. Methods of improving the process of introducing DNA into plants via Agrobacterium are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a vascular tissue-preferred promoter for the gene encoding prunasin hydrolase and sequences isolated therefrom. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the vascular tissue-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.

Abstract: A novel potato cultivar of the genus and species Solanum tuberosum, designated FL1867, is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato variety FL1867, to the plants of potato variety FL1867, to the seeds of potato variety and to methods for producing hybrid potato variety. The invention further relates to potato variety tubers, seeds and plants produced by crossing the potato variety FL1867 with another potato plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation and identification of a nucleic acid molecule which regulates fruit size and/or cell division in plants and the protein encoded by such a nucleic acid molecule. The invention also relates to an expression vector containing the encoding nucleic acid and methods whereby fruit size is reduced and/or increased and cell division is regulated by transformation of plants with the disclosed nucleic acid molecule. Host cells as well as transgenic plants and plant seeds containing the nucleic acid molecule of the present invention are also discussed.

Abstract: Transgenic plants with increased resistance to geminivirus infection, and nucleic acid constructs useful in producing such plants, are described. The transgenic plants express a mutant AL3/C3 geminivirus protein, which increases resistance to infection by at least one geminivirus, compared to a non-transformed control plant.

Abstract: A novel potato cultivar of the genus and species Solanum tuberomasum, designated FL1879, is disclosed. The invention relates to the tubers of potato variety FL1879, to the plants of potato variety FL1879, to the seeds of potato variety and to methods for producing hybrid potato variety. The invention further relates to potato variety tubers, seeds and plants produced by crossing the potato variety FL1879 with another potato plant, and to Single Gene Converted plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides plant retroelements useful as molecular tools. In one embodiment, the present invention provides nucleic acids encoding gag, pol and/or env genes of plant retroelements. The elements can be used, among other uses, as building blocks of other constructs, tools to find other nucleic acid sequences and tools to transfer nucleic acid into cells.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated RuvB nucleic acids and their encoded protiens. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering RuvB levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants.

Abstract: The invention provides novel transgenic plants which express trehalose biosynthetic genes, e.g., under control of an inducible promoter, which are developmentally normal, together with methods for improving stress tolerance in said plants, methods of improving food quality, and other methods of making and using the plants of the invention. The invention also provides nucleotide sequences encoded novel trehalose biosynthetic enzymes.

Abstract: A transgenic plant transformed by a Transcription Factor Stress-Related Protein (TFSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated TFSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding TFSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter.

Abstract: Compositions and methods to aid in protecting plants from invading pathogenic organisms are provided. The compositions of the invention comprise anti-pathogenic nucleotide sequences, including their promoters, and polypeptides encoded by the anti-pathogenic nucleic acid sequences. The compositions find use in methods for reducing or eliminating damage to plants caused by plant pathogens. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seed are also provided having enhanced disease resistance.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing the resistance of plants to pests and for altering the level of biotin in plants are provided. Nucleotide sequences isolated from soybean, rice, maize, and wheat are provided. The nucleotide sequences encode orthologs of sunflower SCIP-1. Also provided are the SCIP-1 proteins encoded by such nucleotide sequences. The methods involve transforming plants with the SCIP-1 nucleotide sequences to enhance the plant's resistance to plant pests or to alter the level of biotin in the plant. Transformed plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds are also provided.

Abstract: Solanum viarum is an alkaloid producing plant of the family Solanaceae with varied therapeutic uses. In order to grow the plant in large areas; one needs to have an efficient system of vegetative multiplication, which ensures its genetic uniformity, and true to the type nature. In nature largely seeds propagate plant, which could be result of cross-pollination which may result in genetic drift. The present invention provides an efficient micropropagation system, with high level of multiplication at relatively low cost of production. The multiplication ratio was as high as 1:6 and almost 95% the plants were viable and successfully cultivated in field. The present invention provides an ideal way of mass cultivation of the selected elite plant material.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of plant diseases, in particular to oomycete infections such as late blight, a disease of major importance to production of Solanaceae such as potato and tomato cultivars. The invention provides a method for providing a plant or its progeny with resistance against an oomycete infection comprising providing said plant or part thereof with a gene or functional fragment thereof comprising a nucleic acid, said nucleic acid encoding a gene product that is capable of providing a member of the Solanaceae with resistance against an oomycete fungus.

Abstract: This invention relates to seedlings which demonstrate improved phenotypic characteristics when grown at low light levels. More specifically, the present invention relates to producing plants which contain a nucleic acid sequence coding for the N282 protein as well as the wildtype COP1 gene.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated Mre11 nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering Mre11 levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.

Abstract: The present invention discloses the production of transgenic plants that exhibit a systemic acquired resistance (SAR) response even in the absence of an infecting pathogen. The transgenic plants are produced by a method comprising obtaining a plant having a first nucleic acid molecule encoding one or more protein products of the N gene sufficient to confer resistance to a phytopathogen and introducing into the genome of said plant a second nucleic acid molecule encoding the TIR domain of the N gene, wherein co-expression of the first and second nucleic acid molecules is sufficient to produce a systemic acquired resistance response in the plant in the absence of an infecting pathogen. The invention encompasses such plants, methods and biological molecules useful for producing the plants, and methods for increasing the disease resistance of plants.

Abstract: The invention provides isolated Rar1 nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering Rar1 concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants.

Abstract: Transgenic plants capable of metabolizing drugs are constructed by introducing a drug-metabolizing P450 molecular species into plants. These plants are capable of detoxifying and metabolizing foreign compounds such as environmental loads and extrinsic endocrine disruptors including drugs, poisons, and agrochemicals. Thus, they are highly useful when applied to field crops, etc. Also, a method for selecting the drug-metabolizing P450 molecular species is provided.

Abstract: The invention features a method for increasing stress resistance or tolerance in a plant, the method including the steps of: (a) introducing into plant cells a transgene including DNA encoding a kinase domain of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) operably linked to a promoter functional in plant cells to yield transformed plant cells; and (b) regenerating a transgenic plant from the transformed cells, wherein the kinase domain of said MAPKKK is expressed in the cells of the transgenic plant, thereby increasing the level of stress resistance or tolerance in the transgenic plant. The invention further features plants including a recombinant transgene capable of expressing a kinase domain of a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) or a kinase domain thereof, wherein the transgene is expressed in said plant under the control of a promoter that is functional in a plant cell.

Abstract: The invention provides tomato polynucleotides which, when transformed into a plant, confer on the plant resistance to Verticillium species. The polynucleotides of the invention are useful for producing transgenic plants that are resistant to Verticillium species.

Abstract: The invention relates to a chemically-inducible plant gene expression cassette and to plant cells transformed therewith. The expression cassette is suitable for use in any dicotyledonous or monocotyledonous plant. It comprises a first promoter operatively linked to a regulator sequence which encodes a regulator protein, and an inducible promoter operatively linked to a target gene, the inducible promoter being activated by the regulator protein in the presence of an effective exogenous inducer whereby application of the inducer causes expression of the target gene. The regulator sequence may be derived from the alcR gene, and the inducible promoter may be derived from the alcA gene promoter (both obtainable from Aspergillus nidulans). A chimeric promoter comprising an upstream regulatory region and a heterologous downstream transcription initiation region is also disclosed. The regulatory sequence may be derived from the alcA gene promoter.

Abstract: A tobacco epi-5-aristolochene synthase transcriptional regulatory element functional in plants, plant tissue and in plant cells for pathogen inducible gene expression and a method for increasing the transcriptional expression of downstream genetic information in plants, plant tissue and plant cells are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a DNA construct comprising a root knot nematode responsive promoter, preferably the Arabidopsis cel1 promoter or promoters that hybridize thereto, operatively associated with a heterologous DNA segment that encodes a product disruptive of nematode attack. Plants and plant cells using the same and methods of use thereof are also disclosed.

Abstract: The current invention provides the maize A3 promoter and actin 2 intron. Compositions comprising these sequences are described, as well as transformation constructs derived therefrom. Further provided are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants comprising the use of these sequences. The methods of the invention include the direct creation of transgenic plants with the A3 promoter directly by genetic transformation, as well as by plant breeding methods. The sequences of the invention represent a valuable new tool for the creation of transgenic plants, preferably having one or more added beneficial characteristics.

Abstract: A method useful for stable expression of an exogenous gene, introduced into a plant, is provided. By introducing an exogenous gene and 5′ upstream sequence of tobacco dehydogenase concurrently, stable expression of the exogenous gene introduced into a plant can be achieved.

Abstract: This application discloses the tissue-specific transcription regulatory sequences from the soybean Msg, gene, which is highly expressed in tissues which are potential sites of entry of plant pathogens or attack by plant pests, including the developing soybean pods. The Msg gene shows significant homology to a family of fruit and flower specific genes, designated the major latex protein (MLP) homologs, so far reported in only a few species and whose functions are unknown. The Msg transcription regulatory sequences are fully active in Arabidopsis only in plants transformed with the 2.26 kb fragment promoter, expressing an associated coding sequence in nectaries, nodes, short style and in guard cells of the silique, pedicel and stem but not in mature leaves. Methods for tissue specific sequence expression are provided in the present application.

Abstract: The invention concerns the use of recombinant nucleotides sequences containing cDNA coding for a preduodenal lipase, or any sequence derived from this cDNA, for transforming plant cells in order to obtain recombinant preduodenal lipase or polypeptide derivatives. The invention also concerns the use of genetically modified plants or parts thereof, or extracts of these plants or the use of recombinant preduodenal lipase or résultant polypeptide derivatives in the field of foodstuffs, or for producing medicaments, or in industry.

Abstract: Nucleotide sequences encoding enzymes that alter the carbohydrate concentration and composition in plants are described. The sequences encode branching enzymes which alter the amylose/amylopectin ratio in the starch of plants.

Abstract: A 5-methyltryptophan resistant Nicotiana anthranilate synthase genes are disclosed, in particular the ASA2 gene of Nicotiana tabacum. Constructs containing the genes are also disclosed. This genes are useful for transforming plant cells and producing transformed plants and progenies which, compared to untransformed plant cells and plants, are more resistant to tryptophan analogs and/or produce increased levels of tryptophan. The transformed seeds are also disclosed. The genes are also useful as selectable markers. The amino acid sequence of ASA2, purified ASA2, and recombinant ASA2 are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method is provided for transforming solanaceous plants to express DNA sequences interest from the plant cell plastid. The improved method allows the transformation of solanaceous plant tissue which is not obtained from tobacco with DNA constructs. Such DNA constructs comprise, in the 5′ to 3′ direction of transcription, a promoter region functional in a plant plastid and a DNA sequence of interest. The method can be utilized in the transformation of solanaceous plants, such as potato and petunia. The invention further provides constructs and methods for the expression of green fluorescent protein from the plant cell plastid.

Abstract: Plant growth and plant growth habit can be controlled without the application of exogenous plant hormones or hormone mimetics using the nucleic acid sequences and methods provided. UDP-Glucose: Indol-3-ylacetyl-glucosyl transferase (IAGlu Transferase) amino acid sequence and nucleic acid coding sequences for this enzyme, specifically exemplified for Zea mays, are provided. Nucleic acid constructs directing the expression of IAGlu Transferase and the expression of antisense RNA specific therefor allows the control of growth habit and plant size in transgenic plants containing such nucleic acid constructs.

Abstract: A gene encoding DNA which is selected from a) or b): a) DNA having a nucleotide sequence from the 90th position to the 728th position of a nucleotide sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 1 of Sequence Listing; or b) DNA which hybridizes to DNA of a) under stringent conditions, and encodes a transcription factor capable of altering characters of a plant.