Provided herein are genetically-altered Solanaceae plants, compositions related to the Solanaceae plants, and methods of making the Solanaceae plants.

Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.

The invention relates to novel maize plants, seeds and compositions, as well as improvements to maize plant breeding and methods for creating modifications in maize plant genomes.

Provided are isolated polypeptides which are at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs: 202-219, 221-292, 295-327, 4064-4175, 4177-4210, 4212-4580, 4582-4603, 4605-4749, 4751-4778, 4780-5223, 5225-5493, 5522-5807, 5812, 5815-5816, 5828-6679, 6689-6690, 6708-6785, 6792-6892 or 6893, isolated polynucleotides which are at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-91, 94-201, 328-2317, 2320-2321, 2323, 2326-3835, 3838-3840, 3842-3843, 3848, 3850-3852, 3854, 3856-3953, 3955-4061 or 4062, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing yield, abiotic stress tolerance, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.

The present invention relates to methods for enhancing at least one growth parameter of a leguminous plant via co-inoculation of a leguminous plant with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism. In further aspects, the present invention also relates to leguminous plants co-inoculated with at least one rhizobial microorganism together with at least one actinobacterial microorganism, as well as specific actinobacterial strains and inoculant compositions which are useful in accordance with the present invention.

The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from cotton seeds. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, transformation, and selection or identification of transformed plants are disclosed, as are transformable meristem tissues and plants produced by such methods, and apparati for tissue preparation.

Provided herein are method of increasing the proportion of edible biomass in a plant by genetic modification of gene that encodes a poly (adenosine 5′-diphosphate (ADP)-Ribose) Polymerase (PARP) enzyme and plants generated using such methods.

This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying Short Internodes (SHI) transcription factors that regulate floret fertility, seed number, and/or seed weight in plants.

Methods and materials for increasing somatic and germline genome editing are provided herein. For example, provided herein are methods and materials for using augmented sgRNAs to increase somatic and germline genome editing.

The invention relates to methods for improving abiotic stress tolerance (and/or yield) in plants, including enhanced drought tolerance. It discloses nucleic acid constructs comprising the isolated polynucleotides, transgenic plants expressing the same, and methods of using the same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance (and/or yield).