According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH694028. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH694028, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH694028 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH694028.

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH467147. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH467147, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH467147 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH467147.

A method for the transformation of sugar beet protoplasts includes obtaining protoplasts from stomatal guard cells isolated from a sugar beet plant. The protoplasts are transformed with a nucleic acid construct including a nucleotide sequence of interest and a selection marker sequence. One or more ALS inhibitors at a concentration that is lethal to the in vitro culture of the protoplasts are applied to an in vitro culture of the protoplasts. Sugar beet plants are regenerated from the surviving protoplasts having integrated the nucleic acid construct including the sequence of interest and the selection marker sequence. The selection marker sequence is the mutated BvALS113 sequence carrying in its sequence a mutation at amino acid 113 position from Alanine to Tyrosine.

Novel insecticidal proteins isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis that are active against lepidopteran insect pests are disclosed. The DNA encoding the insecticidal proteins can be used to transform various prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms to express the insecticidal proteins. These recombinant organisms can be used to control lepidopteran insects in various environments.

This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a Zea mays GRMZM2G047720 promoter. Some embodiments relate to a Zea mays GRMZM2G047720 promoter that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a Zea mays GRMZM2G047720 3′UTR that functions in plants to terminate transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.

A wheat variety designated XW14B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety XW14B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety XW14B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety XW14B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety XW14B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety XW14B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH294149. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH294149, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH294149 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH294149.

A novel maize variety designated PH256Z and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH256Z with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH256Z through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH256Z or a locus conversion of PH256Z with another maize variety.

A novel maize variety designated X13H829W and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13H829W with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H829W through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H829W, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H829W. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H829W.

The invention relates to synthetic plant miRNA precursor molecules that are resistant to processing in plants but functional in plant pests. The invention further relates to methods for using the synthetic plant miRNA precursor molecules to protect plants against pests.