The present invention relates to novel tomato plants producing fruits displaying a modified sugar content, particularly displaying an increased sucrose content. The present invention also relates to seeds and parts of said plants, for example fruits. The present invention further relates to methods of making and using such seeds and plants. The present invention also relates to a novel sucrose modifier SucMod allele, which, when combined with a sucrose accumulation T/Vallele derived from a green-fruited wild tomato accession, significantly alters the proportion of sugar stored in the fruit, confers increased fruit sucrose content at the expense of hexose sugars and results in a fruit with a distinctive flavour.

The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.

A method for producing grain with improved feed traits is presented, whereby the feed trait is introduced directly into the grain through pollen applied from a donor source produced separate from the farmer's field, applied to the farmers field at the proper time, thereby eliminating multiple steps of trait introgression currently in practice for such grain production.

A method for producing grain with improved fuel traits is presented, whereby the fuel trait is introduced directly into the grain through pollen applied from a donor source produced separate from the farmer's field, applied to the farmers field at the proper time, thereby eliminating multiple steps of trait introgression currently in practice for such grain production.

Transgenic INOT1824 maize plants comprising an amy797E expression cassette linked to a secondary nopaline synthase terminator element which lack a promoter and a coding region but retain the terminator of a selectable marker gene and/or which comprise modifications such as cognate guide RNA recognition sites that provide for facile excision of the INOT1824 transgenic locus from the maize plant genome are provided. Genomic DNA of INOT1824 transgenic plants, detection of INOT1824 plants and products thereof, methods of making INOT1824 plants, and use of INOT1824 plants to facilitate breeding are disclosed.

The disclosure relates to the field of molecular marker-assisted breeding of maize, and specifically an application of a Zm00001d012005 gene in regulating starch content of maize kernels. Specifically, an application of a gene related to starch content of maize kernels in molecular marker-assisted breeding of maize is provided in the disclosure. A sequence of the Zm00001d012005 gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. In the disclosure, genome-wide association study (GWAS) analysis and genetic linkage analysis are utilized to co-localize SNP_166371888 which is on chromosome 8 and significantly associated with kernel starch content, and a functional gene Zm00001d012005 that regulates the kernel starch content is further identified. The gene Zm00001d012005 can explain 10.19% of phenotypic variation in the kernel starch content.

A method of enhancing grain yield of a Gramineae plant is provided. The method comprises: (a) crossing a recipient plant with a donor plant comprising a sequence variation in a TPR allele, said sequence variation imparting enhanced grain yield; and (b) selecting a progeny plant of said crossing comprising said sequence variation by identifying said variation, said progeny plant being characterized by an improved grain yield relative to said recipient plant. Also provided are plants and processed products resultant of the method.