The present invention relates to nucleic acid constructs or sets of nucleic acid constructs, which confer resistance to two or more viruses to plants of the genus Beta. The nucleic acid constructs comprise or encode sense and/or antisense sequences targeting a genomic sequence of at least two relevant viruses, which infect Beta plants. The present invention also provides transgenic Beta plants, which are resistant to at least two viruses as well as a method of conferring resistance to a Beta plant to at least two viruses, which comprises the step of transforming a Beta plant cell with a nucleic acid construct or a set of nucleic acid constructs according to the invention.

Compositions and methods and for enhancing the resistance of plants to plant diseases caused by potyviruses are provided. The compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules encoding resistance (R) gene products and variants thereof and plants, seeds, and plant cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The methods for enhancing the resistance of a plant to plant disease caused by a potyvirus comprise introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an R gene product into a plant cell. Additionally provided are methods for using the plants in agriculture to limit plant disease.

The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated JII6578, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line JII6578 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line JII6578, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line JII6578, and plants produced according to these methods.

Disclosed are hypersensitive-response eliciting peptides and non-hypersensitive response eliciting peptides that induce active plant responses, and that exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.

A replication inhibitor, which is an agent for inhibiting replication of a geminivirus, and comprises a zinc finger protein that can specifically bind to at least full length of stem loop region DNA of the geminivirus, or a part thereof, and can inhibit formation of a stem loop structure.

The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BY1213086 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BY1213086 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using BY1213086 in a breeding program.

The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CC1210314 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CC1210314 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CC1210314 in a breeding program.

The present invention is in the field of soybean variety AR1102956 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety AR1102956 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using AR1102956 in a breeding program.

The present invention is in the field of soybean variety AR1210538 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety AR1210538 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using AR1210538 in a breeding program.

The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BY1312015 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BY1312015 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using BY1312015 in a breeding program.