A new poinsettia plant particularly distinguished by having a medium vigor, orbicular leaf shape and an orbicular bract shape, is disclosed.

A new and distinct variety of commercial strawberry plant (Fragaria x ananassa Duchense) named NCS 10-038 substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its very high yields, mid-season (peak harvest weeks 15-18) fruit ripening with the fruit having a medium size, good flavor, conical to wedge shape, and being of a good quality with very good flesh firmness and good skin toughness. NCS 10-038 has fair to good firmness and is suitable for pick your own and local sales.

A new and distinctive variety of a Malus x domestica apple tree named NY73, particularly characterized by its attractive fruit appearance, unique pink blush, overall superior horticultural performance and consistency, including excellent fruit quality at harvest by having firm, crisp, juicy, and flavorful fruit with great potential for marketing as both a fresh apple and in u-pick, retail, and wholesale operations is disclosed.

A new and distinct Fragaria x ananassa plant named Falco which is characterized by the combination of mid-season short-day fruiting, a high yield of fruit, very large bright red and glossy fruit, firm fruit, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.

A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named Balchadotin, characterized by its medium cream and yellow colored flowers having a mottled red-purple colored overlay that becomes less pronounced with age, medium green-colored foliage, and vigorous, mounded-trailing growth habit, is disclosed.

A new and distinct variety of garlic plant, Allium sativum L., named NEVADA 19, particularly characterized by suitability for growing under climatic conditions such as prevailing in Nevada and California, regular bulb structure, good storage quality, white cover scale color, good clove peeling ability; and mid-season bulb harvest time.

A new and distinct variety of garlic plant, Allium sativum L., named NEVADA 19, particularly characterized by suitability for growing under climatic conditions such as prevailing in Nevada and California, regular bulb structure, good storage quality, white cover scale color, good clove peeling ability; and mid-season bulb harvest time.

The invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant comprising in its genome, on chromosome 1, introgressed sequences from Solanum habrochaites, wherein said introgressed sequences confer to the plant an improved phenotype corresponding to both an increased yield and an increased amount of soluble sugars allocated to fruits (Brix*Yield), with respect to a corresponding plant devoid of said sequences, and wherein said introgressed sequences are chosen from those present in the genome of a plant of the seeds ToPATYIELD NCIMB accession number 42567. The introgressed sequences are preferably characterized by defined alleles of different SNPs. on chromosome 1, inter alia allele T of SNP IL2_3605 (SEQ ID No. 9) and/or allele A of IL2_6411 (SEQ ID No. 12). The invention is also directed to parts of these plants with improved phenotype, as well as progeny, to the use of these plants for introgressing the improved phenotype in another genetic background, as well as to different methods for obtaining tomato plants or seeds with increased yield and brix*yield.

The present invention relates to cultivated cucumber plants comprising a yield QTL on chromosome 3 of their genome, and to methods for generating such plants, and their use.

The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein GS. The invention provides genomic sequence for the GS gene. GS is responsible for controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency in plants. Glutamine synthase sequences are provided for improving grain yield and plant growth. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells and transgenic plants.