The invention relates to methods for stably integrating a desired polynucleotide into a plant genome, comprising transforming plant material with a first vector comprising nucleotide sequences encoding TAL proteins designed to recognize a target sequence; transforming the plant material with a second vector comprising (i) a marker gene that is not operably linked to a promoter (“promoter-free marker cassette”) and which comprises a sequence homologous to the target sequence; and (ii) a desired polynucleotide; and identifying transformed plant material in which the desired polynucleotide is stably integrated.

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV209625. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV209625, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV209625 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV209625 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV209625.

According to the invention, there is provided a novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated CVX-16. ‘CVX-16’ is described as a vigorous romaine cultivar recommended for the main lettuce growing regions of California and Arizona. It has larger frame size and heavier weight, short core length, savoyed and glossy leaf color, no fringe burn on mature leaves and also yellower heart leaf color with a solid midrib. The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cos or romaine lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) variety designated CVX-16. This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar CVX-16, to the plants of lettuce cultivar CVX-16, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar CVX-16, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar CVX-16 with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.

Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for parallel or sequential transgene stacking in plants to produce plants with selected phenotypes.

Present invention relates to the use of the ALS inhibitor herbicides for controlling unwanted vegetation in ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plants, more especially, present invention relates to the use of ALS inhibitor herbicides for control of unwanted vegetation in Beta vulgaris, preferably in sugar beet growing areas in which the Beta vulgaris, preferably sugar beet comprise a mutation in codon 1705-1707 of an endogenous ALS gene encoding an ALS protein containing an amino acid that is different from tryptophan at position 569, preferably the tryptophan is substituted by leucine.

New soybean varieties designated ‘20889979’, ‘20890092’, ‘20891555’, ‘20421283’, ‘20422811’, ‘20422853’, ‘20500618’, ‘20935808’, ‘20889980’, ‘21811273’, ‘20935677’, ‘20948984’, ‘20890280’, ‘20891560’, ‘20014596’, ‘20421984’, ‘20422122’, ‘20012076’, ‘20422792’, ‘20422061’, ‘20500614’, ‘20506064’, ‘3368998’, ‘3687445’, ‘3473908’, ‘3473789’, ‘3473792’, ‘3500215’, ‘20150190’, ‘20934870’, ‘2999860’, ‘10020519209’, ‘3475395’, ‘3475401’, ‘20934261’, ‘20934610’, ‘21041744’, ‘21041756’, ‘21041746’, ‘21041759’, ‘21041750’, ‘20372758’, and ‘20372771’, are described. ‘20889979’, ‘20890092’, ‘20891555’, ‘20421283’, ‘20422811’, ‘20422853’, ‘20500618’, ‘20935808’, ‘20889980’, ‘21811273’, ‘20935677’, ‘20948984’, ‘20890280’, ‘20891560’, ‘20014596’, ‘20421984’, ‘20422122’, ‘20012076’, ‘20422792’, ‘20422061’, ‘20500614’, ‘20506064’, ‘3368998’, ‘3687445’, ‘3473908’, ‘3473789’, ‘3473792’, ‘3500215’, ‘20150190’, ‘20934870’, ‘2999860’, ‘10020519209’, ‘3475395’, ‘3475401’, ‘20934261’, ‘20934610’, ‘21041744’, ‘21041756’, ‘21041746’, ‘21041759’, ‘21041750’, ‘20372758’, and ‘20372771’, are soybean varieties exhibiting stability and uniformity.

The present invention belongs to the field of plant genetic engineering. Specifically, the invention relates to a method for creating novel herbicide resistant plants by base editing techniques and a method for screening endogenous gene mutation sites capable of conferring herbicide resistance in plants. The invention also relates to the use of the identified endogenous gene mutantation sites in crop breeding.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for reducing or suppressing target gene expression by genome editing of native miRNAs

Disclosed are methods for treating rice, including: providing a rice crop plant and at least one AHAS-inhibiting herbicide; applying an effective amount of the AHAS-inhibiting herbicide to the rice crop plant, post-emergence, to form a treated rice crop plant; and growing the treated rice crop plant. The applied AHAS-inhibiting herbicide may include 2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidiazolin-2-yl)-nicotinic acid, 2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid, 5-ethyl-2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-nicotinic acid, 2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-5-(methoxymethyl)-nicotinic acid, or 2-(4-isopropyl-4-methyl-5-oxo-2-imidazolin-2-yl)-5-methylnicotinic acid, a derivative thereof, or a mixture thereof.

The present invention is directed to barley plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these barley plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these barley plants.