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.

The present disclosure provides DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for expressing proteins in plants to promote formation of nodule-like structures in the presence of Rhizobia. The present disclosure also provides DNA molecules and constructs, including their nucleotide sequences, useful for expressing proteins in plants to increase drought resistance. The present disclosure also provides plants and plant cells transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and commodity products comprising the DNA molecules, along with methods of their use.

The present invention is directed to a transgenic soybean plant having increased seed protein content and/or increased seed oil content comprising a polynucleotide encoding a β-ConGlycinin soybean seed storage promoter that functions in the soybean plant operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a soybean seed storage polypeptide having β-ConGlycinin activity. The invention is further directed to a method of increasing seed protein content and/or increasing seed oil content of a soybean plant comprising transforming the soybean plant with a polynucleotide encoding a β-ConGlycinin soybean seed storage promoter that functions in the soybean plant operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a soybean seed storage polypeptide having β-ConGlycinin activity.

Provided are isolated polypeptides which are at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs: 529, 475-528, 530-770, 6179-9796, 9798-10421, isolated polynucleotides which are at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 314, 1-313, 315-474, 771-6178, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance, yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.

This invention relates to a plant E3 ubiquitin ligase (termed DA2) which acts synergistically with DA1 to control seed and organ size. Methods of increasing plant yield are provided that comprise reducing the expression or activity of DA2 in a plant that is deficient in DA1 expression or activity. Plants with increased yield and methods of producing such plants are also provided.

Provided are compositions and methods for expressing a transgene in plant cells and/or plant tissues using regulatory elements, including the promoters, 5′UTR, 3′ UTRs, and/or terminators isolated from Glycine max chlorophyll binding Ab genes.

This disclosure provides recombinant DNA constructs and transgenic plants having enhanced traits such as increased yield, increased nitrogen use efficiency and enhanced drought tolerance; propagules, progeny and field crops of such transgenic plants; and methods of making and using such transgenic plants. This disclosure also provides methods of producing seed from such transgenic plants, growing such seed and selecting progeny plants with enhanced traits. Also disclosed are transgenic plants with altered phenotypes which are useful for screening and selecting transgenic events for the desired enhanced trait.

The present invention includes a seed, a plant, a protoplast, a hybrid and methods of making the same of a cotton cultivar recombinantly modified overexpresses at least one of AtRAV1, AtRAV2 to confer longer fibers to transgenic cotton plants under drought conditions without an effect on yield.

Provided relates to conferring desirable agronomic traits in Cucumber plants. Further, provided is a modified Cucumber plant exhibiting at least one improved domestication trait. The modified Cucumber plant includes at least one genetic modification conferring reduced expression of at least one Cucumber SELF PRUNING (SP) (CuSP) gene. Also, further provided are methods for producing the aforementioned modified Cucumber plant and uses thereof.

A transgenic rice plant containing in its genome a recombinant DNA construct that includes a first nucleic acid having a sequence of a first Golden 2-like transcription factor (GLK) gene operably linked to its natural promoter and 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR), and a second nucleic acid having a sequence of a second GLK gene operably linked to its natural promoter and 5′UTR, the second GLK gene being distinct from the first GLK gene. The first GLK gene and the second GLK gene are both from a C4 plant and the transgenic rice plant exhibits a 65-106% increase in shoot biomass and a 50-95% increase in grain yield, as compared to an untransformed wild-type rice plant. Also provided is a method for producing the transgenic rice plant and a recombinant DNA construct that can be used in the method.