The present disclosure provides Cucumis melo inbred line CHA-ZA15-0014AN. The present disclosure also provides methods to select, produce, and grow these plants, parts of such plants, and products made from those parts. The disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrid and inbred lines.

The present disclosure provides Cucumis melo inbred line CHA-ZA15-0014AN. The present disclosure also provides methods to select, produce, and grow these plants, parts of such plants, and products made from those parts. The disclosure also includes progeny of the provided plants including hybrid and inbred lines.

The present invention relates to a method for the introduction and selection of a specific heritable mutation in a plant comprising transfecting plant cells with exogenous DNA, wherein said exogenous DNA encodes an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease, guide RNA suitable for directing the RNA-guided DNA endonuclease to induce said specific heritable mutation and a selection marker; regenerating plants from transfected cells to provide a plurality of T0 plants crossing the T0 plants with isogenic plants not comprising said exogenous DNA to provide a plurality of progeny plants; and selecting one or more plants having the heritable mutation from the progeny plants.

Exemplary systems and methods are disclosed for allocating resources in a breeding pipeline to multiple origins. One exemplary method includes accessing a data structure including data representative of multiple origins, in which the data includes, for each of the multiple origins, a trait performance expression or genotypic component information. The exemplary method further includes determining a resource allocation, which allocates n resources among the multiple origins based on a probability associated with the trait performance expressions and/or the genotypic components for the origins, and then allocating the n resources in the breeding pipeline for the multiple origins, based on the determined resource allocation.

Exemplary systems and methods are disclosed for allocating resources in a breeding pipeline to multiple origins. One exemplary method includes accessing a data structure including data representative of multiple origins, in which the data includes, for each of the multiple origins, a trait performance expression or genotypic component information. The exemplary method further includes determining a resource allocation, which allocates n resources among the multiple origins based on a probability associated with the trait performance expressions and/or the genotypic components for the origins, and then allocating the n resources in the breeding pipeline for the multiple origins, based on the determined resource allocation.

The present invention provides methods of marker-assisted selection for high oleic/low linolenic traits in canola and in other oil seed crop species, as well as isolated nucleic acids for use as molecular markers in such methods. In particular, molecular markers and Brassica nucleic acid corresponding to fad2 and fad3 gene mutations are disclosed. The markers of the present invention are highly useful for the direct selection of desirable fad2 and fad3 alleles during marker-assisted trait introgression and breeding. In one aspect of the embodiment, two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers are provided that correspond to the alleles. Thus, the present invention advantageously permits one of skill in the art to breed for the molecular markers described herein, or derivatives thereof, rather than breeding for a high oleic/low linolenic phenotype.

The disclosure provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a 7-epizingiberene synthase, a chimeric gene comprising said nucleic acid molecule, vectors comprising the same, as well as isolated 7-epizingiberene synthase proteins themselves. In addition, transgenic plants and plant cells comprising a gene encoding a 7-epizingiberene synthase, optionally integrated in its genome, and methods for making such plants and cells, are provided. Especially Solanaceae plants and plant parts (seeds, fruit, leaves, etc.) with enhanced insect pest resistance are provided.

The present invention provides an interspecific Helianthus plant comprising a genetic determinant responsible for an indeterminate phenotype. Methods of making said plant are also provided.

The present invention relates to the field of plant breeding. More specifically, the present invention includes a method of using haploid plants for genetic mapping of traits of interest such as disease resistance. Further, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) that are associated with resistance to Goss' Wilt, a bacterial disease associated with Clavibacter michiganense spp.

The present invention provides a process for producing a food ingredient or beverage ingredient. The present invention also provides a process for producing food product or beverage product. The present invention also provides a process for providing starch, amylose, amylopectin, β-glucan, fructan, non-starch polysaccharide, dietary fiber or resistant starch to improve one or more indicators of health in a mammal.