A new and distinct Buddleia cultivar named ‘SMNBDO’ is disclosed, characterized by compact, dense habit less than 3 feet tall with thick, chunky stems with short internodes; heavy, wide, coriaceous, textured leaves; large and wide panicles of lilac-pink flowers; and cold hardiness. The new variety is a Buddleia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

A method of modifying the amount of at least one biochemical component in a plant comprising expressing Qua-Quine Starch (QQS) in the plant, the wild-type of which does not express QQS; a transgenic plant, or part thereof, which comprises and expresses QQS as a transgene and in which the amount of at least one biochemical component is modified; a tissue culture of regenerable cells of the transgenic plant; a vector comprising a nucleotide sequence, which encodes the coding sequence of QQS, operably linked to a non-native promoter, which promotes expression of the nucleotide sequence in a plant, which is other than Arabidopsis; and a method of producing a food or industrial product from a plant.

A new and distinct Buddleia cultivar named ‘SMNBDBT’ is disclosed, characterized by a compact plant habit that is dense, round and outwardly spreading. Plants have an overall height of less than two feet. Stems are thick and chunky with short internodes, leaves are coriaceous. Plants are cold-hardy and produce abundant panicles of purple flowers. The new variety is a Buddleia, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

A new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus plant named ‘Couriphy01’, characterized by its whitish-pink colored flowers, dark green-colored mature foliage that turns dark burgundy in full sun, and moderately vigorous, upright-rounded growth habit, is disclosed.

An isolated sucrose synthase peptide. Also, a method of preparing ADPglucose by incubating the isolated sucrose synthase peptide with ADP in suitable conditions and then isolating and purifying the ADPG produced. Also, an assay kit for the spectrophotometric, fluorimetric or amperometric determination of sucrose, which kit includes the isolated sucrose synthase peptide. Also, a method of producing a transgenic plant that overexpresses sucrose synthase by inserting a genetic construct containing a DNA fragment that encodes the sucrose synthase peptide into a vector and transferring to a plant genome, and a transgenic plant obtained thereby.

The new and distinct crape myrtle plant named Lagerstroemia ‘Like a Latte’ has a short broad-rounded habit, is ground hardy to at least USDA zone 6, has glossy reddish mahogany foliage that develops to a dark olive green color. The flowers are fragrant, large, self-cleaning white colored on current season growth.

A novel maize variety designated PH2TP5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2TP5 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2TP5 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2TP5 or a locus conversion of PH2TP5 with another maize variety.

The disclosure relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoter of a soybean U6 polymerase III gene and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, mutated plants, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.

The disclosure relates to gene expression regulatory sequences from soybean, specifically to the promoter of a soybean U6 polymerase III gene and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, mutated plants, transgenic plants and seeds containing the recombinant construct with the promoter, and methods for preparing and using the same.

A new and cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla was created by open pollination followed by selection. A compact rounded growth habit is displayed. Attractive deep rose blossoms are formed in abundance that contrast nicely with textured dark green foliage. Resistance to powdery mildew has been displayed during observations to date. Superior winter hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone No. 5 has been experienced.