The Method of Producing Sterile Cannabis sativa L. Cultivars includes applying a novel colchicine treatment to axillary meristems of diploid cannabis plants to produce sterile cannabis growth. The colchicine may be a range of concentrations applied over a 24 hour period to produce the sterile cannabis growth. The sterile cannabis plant will not reproduce sexually but may be replicated via other methods that are used to replicate plants.

The Method of Producing Sterile Cannabis sativa L. Cultivars includes applying a novel colchicine treatment to axillary meristems of diploid cannabis plants to produce sterile cannabis growth. The colchicine may be a range of concentrations applied over a 24 hour period to produce the sterile cannabis growth. The sterile cannabis plant will not reproduce sexually but may be replicated via other methods that are used to replicate plants.

A jasmonic acid endogeny promoting agent and a method for promoting jasmonic acid endogeny using the same, the agent including a compound shown in formula (1) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. In formula (1), R1 and R2 independently represent a monovalent organic group, cyano group, halogen atom or the like, and R1, of which there are n instances, contains at least a cyano group or halogen atom, n represents an integer between 1 and 5, and m represents an integer between 0 and 5

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A jasmonic acid endogeny promoting agent and a method for promoting jasmonic acid endogeny using the same, the agent including a compound shown in formula (1) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. In formula (1), R1 and R2 independently represent a monovalent organic group, cyano group, halogen atom or the like, and R1, of which there are n instances, contains at least a cyano group or halogen atom, n represents an integer between 1 and 5, and m represents an integer between 0 and 5

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Compositions for chemical and/or genetic modification of chloroplasts of plants include a functionalized nanoparticle composition linked to a chloroplast-targeting peptide and a functionalized single walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) composition complexed with a nucleic acid cassette encoding a plastid-specific ribosomal RNA operon (prrn). Methods for chemically and/or genetically modifying chloroplasts of plants include administering these chloroplast-targeted compositions to the leaves of live plants.

The disclosure relates to a method for the generation of plants, such as Euphorbia pulcherrima, having a dysfunctional glutathione S-transferase (GST), and the seeds, plant parts or plant cells derived therefrom. The disclosure further relates to a molecular marker capable of identifying a dysfunctional GST gene, to isolated DNA encoding such a dysfunctional GST gene and to the use of such DNA for the preparation of a molecular marker and for use in methods of targeted mutagenesis to inactivate the GST gene to generate plants with a white foliage phenotype.

The disclosure relates to a method for the generation of plants, such as Euphorbia pulcherrima, having a dysfunctional glutathione S-transferase (GST), and the seeds, plant parts or plant cells derived therefrom. The disclosure further relates to a molecular marker capable of identifying a dysfunctional GST gene, to isolated DNA encoding such a dysfunctional GST gene and to the use of such DNA for the preparation of a molecular marker and for use in methods of targeted mutagenesis to inactivate the GST gene to generate plants with a white foliage phenotype.

The present disclosure provides bacterial strains modified for secretion of a plant defense elicitor peptide. More particularly, the bacterial strain comprises an exogenous sequence encoding the plant defense elicitor peptide. Vectors and methods utilizing the described bacterial strains are also provided.

The present invention is directed to a method of increasing almond nutmeat yield comprising applying aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) or a salt thereof at an effective rate to an almond tree following full bloom.

The subject invention provides compositions and methods of using the same for improving plants' defense by employing naturally-derived chemicals. In a specific embodiment, the composition is from Parthenium argentatum Gray, also known as the guayule plant. Preferred compositions can up-or downregulate growth genes responsible for the targeted plants' defense mechanisms in order to create physical and/or chemical barriers, and produce detouring exudates, antagonistic compounds, or fumigating compounds that prevent and treat damages from pests in agronomic or non-agronomic plants.