The invention relates to a method to improve breeding in dioecious plants, preferably Asparagus plants, comprising providing a plant in which the functional expression of the dominant suppressor of gynoecium development is disrupted or reduced and introducing said plant in inbreeding, backcross breeding, recurrent backcross breeding or double haploid breeding techniques. Preferably said dominant suppressor of gynoecium development is a gene comprising a DUF247 domain. Also provided are dioeciuos plants in which the expression of this gene is disrupted or reduced.

The invention relates to a method to improve breeding in dioecious plants, preferably Asparagus plants, comprising providing a plant in which the functional expression of the dominant suppressor of gynoecium development is disrupted or reduced and introducing said plant in inbreeding, backcross breeding, recurrent backcross breeding or double haploid breeding techniques. Preferably said dominant suppressor of gynoecium development is a gene comprising a DUF247 domain. Also provided are dioeciuos plants in which the expression of this gene is disrupted or reduced.

Provided herein is shallot variety ‘Innovator,’ including seeds thereof and methods of using the variety to generate additional shallot varieties. The variety is characterized by its color, size, shape, and resistance to P. destructor.

Provided herein is shallot variety ‘Innovator,’ including seeds thereof and methods of using the variety to generate additional shallot varieties. The variety is characterized by its color, size, shape, and resistance to P. destructor.

A new cultivar of Quercus, ‘Woodside Splendor’, that is characterized by its relatively narrow plant habit and its autumn foliage coloration that is deep red in color and appears early in the season and is retained for a long period of time.

Mint selection 13-A36-13, denominated ‘Klondike’ peppermint is a new Mentha sp. cultivar that produces a unique essential oil, improved yield of essential oil, and increased resistance to mint rust and wilt.

Provided herein are materials and methods for producing diploid, fertile, uniform, and vigorous hybrid potato. Also provided are methods of using advanced breeding methods, such as genome design, to generate potato inbred lines with high homozygosity which enables the exploitation of heterosis in this tuber crop and transforms potato breeding from a slow, non-accumulative mode into a fast-iterative one.

The present disclosure relates to methods and constructs for producing heterologous peptides and proteins in plants in a safe and controlled manner. One aspect of the present invention provides a method of producing heterologous protein in a transformed potato plant using an expression cassette comprising a gene coding for a protein or peptide of interest and a marker gene, a nucleotide sequence capable of suppressing patatin expression, along with a nucleotide sequence capable of suppressing CD4B expression, and/or a nucleotide sequence capable of overexpressing P19. Another aspect of the invention provides a method of producing a heterologous protein in a transformed potato plant using an expression cassette comprising a gene coding for a protein or peptide of interest, a marker gene, a transit peptide sequence, and a nucleotide sequence capable of suppressing ADP glucose pyrophosphorylase expression.

The invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO:10, and sequences having at least 70% sequence identity with said amino acid sequence and conferring self-compatibility to a potato plant. The invention further relates to a transformed plant that comprises the nucleic acid sequence, and parts thereof. The invention further related to methods for the selection and methods for the production of a plant comprising the nucleic acid sequence, and to a plant that is obtainable by these methods. Said plant may further comprise at least one allele of each of a Phytophtera infestance resistance gene selected from S. avilesii 478-2 Rpi*-avl1, S. tarinjense 852-5 Rpi-tar1, S. chacoense 543-5 Rpi-chc1, and S. venturii 283-1 Rpi-vnt1. The invention further relates to a food product that is prepared from a part of a plant part of the invention.

The invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO:10, and sequences having at least 70% sequence identity with said amino acid sequence and conferring self-compatibility to a potato plant. The invention further relates to a transformed plant that comprises the nucleic acid sequence, and parts thereof. The invention further related to methods for the selection and methods for the production of a plant comprising the nucleic acid sequence, and to a plant that is obtainable by these methods. Said plant may further comprise at least one allele of each of a Phytophtera infestance resistance gene selected from S. avilesii 478-2 Rpi*-avl1, S. tarinjense 852-5 Rpi-tar1, S. chacoense 543-5 Rpi-chc1, and S. venturii 283-1 Rpi-vnt1. The invention further relates to a food product that is prepared from a part of a plant part of the invention.