Inbred corn line, designated LK4, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LK4, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line LK4 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line LK4 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line LK4 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line LK4.

Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity and having insensitivity to an HPPD inhibitor are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the HPPD sequences. Various methods of employing the HPPD sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing an HPPD inhibitor 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. Methods are also provided to identify additional HPPD variants. Further provided are various methods and compositions that allow the various HPPD polypeptides and variant and fragments thereof to be expressed in a chloroplast or transported to a chloroplast.

Apparatuses and methods including conductive vias of a printed circuit board are described. An example apparatus includes a first layer including a first conductive plate; a component on the first layer, a second layer including a second conductive plate that may be coupled to an external power source; a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, the third layer including a third conductive plate; a first via coupling the first conductive plate to the second conductive plate; and a second via coupled to the first conductive plate. The first conductive plate includes a first portion coupled to the first via and the first conductive plate further includes a second portion coupled to the second via between the first portion and the component. The second via is coupled to either the second conductive plate or the third conductive plate.

A soybean cultivar designated R09-430 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar R09-430, to the plants of soybean cultivar R09-430, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar R09-430, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar R09-430. 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 R09-430. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar R09-430, 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 R09-430 with another soybean cultivar.

Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) activity and having insensitivity to an HPPD inhibitor are provided. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the HPPD sequences. Various methods of employing the HPPD sequences are provided. Such methods include, for example, methods for producing an HPPD inhibitor 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. Methods are also provided to identify additional HPPD variants. Further provided are various methods and compositions that allow the various HPPD polypeptides and variant and fragments thereof to be expressed in a chloroplast or transported to a chloroplast.

Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having ALS activity and tolerance to at least one ALS inhibitor are provided. In specific embodiments, the sequence has an increased preference for 2-ketobutyrate, when compared to an appropriate control, such as for example, HRA, and/or a preference for 2-ketobutyrate similar to a native ALS. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the ALS inhibitor tolerant sequences. Various methods of employing the ALS inhibitor tolerant sequences are provided. Such methods include methods for producing an ALS inhibitor 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 present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant polyploid plants, such as B. napus or B. juncea plants, progeny and parts thereof comprising mutations in all acetolactase genes.

A wheat variety designated SNR-0068, the plants and seeds and plant parts of wheat variety SNR-0068, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety SNR-0068 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety SNR-0068 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety SNR-0068. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety SNR-0068 and wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.

A wheat variety designated SNR-0003, the plants and seeds and plant parts of wheat variety SNR-0003, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety SNR-0003 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety SNR-0003 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety SNR-0003. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety SNR-0003 and wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.

A wheat variety designated SNR-0068, the plants and seeds and plant parts of wheat variety SNR-0068, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety SNR-0068 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety SNR-0068 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety SNR-0068. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety SNR-0068 and wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.