The present invention relates to methods for providing cytoplasmic male sterile Petroselinum plants, cytoplasmic male sterile Petroselinum crispum plants and to seeds, cells, tissues and plant parts thereof. Specifically the present invention relates to a method for providing a cytoplasmic male sterile Petroselinum crispum plant comprising: (a) providing first protoplasts obtained from a plant selected from the group consisting of Daucus carota L., Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Apium graveolens L., and Pastinaca sativa L., wherein the first protoplasts have a substantially inactivated nuclear genome and a substantially non-modified cytoplasm; (b) providing second protoplasts obtained from Petroselinum crispum wherein the second protoplasts have a substantially inactivated cytoplasm and a substantially non-modified nuclear genome; (c) fusing said first and second protoplasts; and (d) obtaining from the fusion product of said first and second protoplasts a cytoplasmic male sterile Petroselinum crispum plant.

A celery cultivar designated TBG 45 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 45, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 45 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 45 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 45, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 45 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 45 with another celery cultivar.

The present invention relates to tropical root-knot nematode resistant carrot plants comprising a first tropical root-knot nematode resistance providing genomic fragment. The present invention further relates to methods for identifying tropical root-knot nematode resistant carrot plants, methods for providing tropical root-knot nematode resistant carrot plants and means for identifying tropical root-knot nematode resistant carrot plants.

A new dill variety designated Teddy is described. Teddy is a dill variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.

The invention relates to a celery plant (Apium graveolens L. dulce) carrying a genetic determinant that leads to short leaf blades and/or a more uniform distribution of stem lengths as compared to celery plants not carrying the genetic determinant, wherein said determinant is obtainable by introgression from a plant grown from seed of which a representative sample was deposited with the NCIMB under Accession No. NCIMB 41513. The invention also relates to seeds and other propagation material of the plant and to its progeny as well as to food products that comprise the consumable parts of the plant.

MACGEU050 is a new and distinctive variety of Geum hybrid which is characterized by a clump-forming growth habit, yellow semi-double flowers held on compound cymes above the foliage, and a long bloom period. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and tissue culture and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

MACGEU050 is a new and distinctive variety of Geum hybrid which is characterized by a clump-forming growth habit, yellow semi-double flowers held on compound cymes above the foliage, and a long bloom period. The new variety propagates successfully by stem cuttings and tissue culture and has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

A new and distinct cultivar of Astrantia plant named Capri, characterized by its upright plant habit with long flowering stems; freely-branching habit; freely and continuous flowering habit; long flowering period; relatively large flowers with showy involucral bracts that are red purple in color; and good garden performance.

A celery cultivar designated TBG 28 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 28, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 28, and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 28 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 28, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 28, and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 28 with another celery cultivar.

A new and distinct Yarrow, Achillea plant named Firefly Fuchsia, with billowy habit, medium green, moderately incised to parted foliage, and large, bright lavender-pink florets that lighten to light pink on heavily-branched compound corymbs; tall, stiff, heavily branched peduncles with deep fuchsia-pink florets that mature to light pink, beginning in late June and continuing for about seven weeks and repeating if deadheaded. The new plant is useful for landscaping, as a specimen or en masse, and as a cut flower.