An insect-resistant herbicide-tolerant corn transformation event, and a related creation method, a detection method, and application thereof are provided herein. Using the corn inbred line Xiang 249 as a receptor, by means of agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation, obtaining a corn plant with an exogenous gene insert inserted at a specific genomic locus, the exogenous gene insert comprising the following three genes: an insect-resistant gene, a glufosinate resistant gene, and a glyphosate resistant gene. In the obtained transformation event, the inserted exogenous genes are positioned at a non-functional locus of the corn genome, and do not affect the expression of the other genes of the receptor plant, such that the transgenic corn plant maintains good agronomic traits whilst acquiring insect resistance and herbicide tolerance.

Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having EPSP (5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate) synthase (EPSPS) activity are provided. In specific embodiments, the sequence has an improved property, such as, but not limited to, improved catalytic capacity in the presence of the inhibitor, glyphosate. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the EPSPS sequences. Various methods of employing the EPSPS sequences are provided. Such methods include methods for producing a glyphosate tolerant plant, plant cell, explant or seed and methods of controlling weeds in a field containing a crop employing the plants and/or seeds disclosed herein.

The invention relates to novel methods and compositions for conferring tolerance to glyphosate to plants. The invention also provides glyphosate -tolerant plants, seeds, tissue, cells, and plant parts comprising modified EPSP synthases and recombinant DNA molecules encoding modified EPSP synthases, as well as methods of producing the same and the use thereof.

The invention relates to novel methods and compositions for conferring tolerance to glyphosate to plants. The invention also provides glyphosate-tolerant plants, seeds, tissue, cells, and plant parts comprising modified EPSP synthases and recombinant DNA molecules encoding modified EPSP synthases, as well as methods of producing the same and the use thereof.

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077891. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077891. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077891 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077891 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

The present invention provides a corn plant designated MON88017 and DNA compositions contained therein. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the corn plant MON88017 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.

A soybean cultivar designated 04040309 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 04040309, to the plants of soybean cultivar 04040309, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 04040309, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 04040309. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04040309. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 04040309, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 04040309 with another soybean cultivar.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for the identification and selection of soybean plants that comprise a genotype associated with dicamba tolerance. In addition, methods are provided for screening germplasm entries for the performance and expression of this trait.

The present invention provides for soybean plant and seed comprising transformation event MON89788 and DNA molecules unique to these events. The invention also provides methods for detecting the presence of these DNA molecules in a sample.

The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from seeds, and storage of such material prior to subsequent use in plant tissue culture and genetic transformation. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, and transformation are disclosed, as is transformable meristem tissue produced by such methods, and apparati for tissue preparation.