Methods and systems are provided for generating and utilizing a bacterial composition that comprises at least one genetically engineered bacterial strain that fixes atmospheric nitrogen in an agricultural system that has been fertilized with more than 20 lbs of Nitrogen per acre.

Fukumurasaki is a new variety of sweet potato plant bred by crossbreeding variety Kyukei255 and Purple Sweet Lord. The plant may be used, e.g., for cultivation of root tubers for consumption. The steamed flesh of Fukumurasaki has a purple color, high sugar content, medium to viscous flesh quality, and excellent taste.

Fukumurasaki is a new variety of sweet potato plant bred by crossbreeding variety Kyukei255 and Purple Sweet Lord. The plant may be used, e.g., for cultivation of root tubers for consumption. The steamed flesh of Fukumurasaki has a purple color, high sugar content, medium to viscous flesh quality, and excellent taste.

A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.

The present invention relates to an ALS inhibitor herbicide tolerant Beta vulgaris plant and parts thereof comprising a mutation of an endogenous acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene, wherein the ALS gene encodes an ALS polypeptide containing an amino acid different from tryptophan at a position 569 of the ALS polypeptide.

Provided is a method of producing a cured tobacco material having an enhanced threonine content. The present invention provides a method of producing a cured tobacco material having an enhanced threonine content, wherein the cured tobacco material is produced from a modified tobacco plant which has been modified such that expression or activity of an endogenous threonine aldolase is reduced or from a part of the modified tobacco plant.

The present invention relates to a Apium graveolens L. dulce seed designated 49-08 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Apium graveolens L. dulce plant produced by growing the 49-08 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the celery cultivar, represented by celery variety 49-08 RZ.

The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly biofertilizer Enterobacter sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring biofertilization to plants and for selecting a biofertilizer endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.

The present invention relates to novel endophytes of plants of the Cannabaceae family, particularly biofertilizer Enterobacter sp. endophytes, and also to plants and parts thereof infected therewith, and related methods, including methods for conferring biofertilization to plants and for selecting a biofertilizer endophyte of a plant of the Cannabaceae family.

The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid carrot variety NUN 85192 CAC as well as seeds and plants and roots thereof.