A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named PER1409, characterized by its uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely and upright branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; under natural season conditions, plants flower on or about November 17 in Southern California; large inflorescences with light yellow and peach-colored flower bracts with dark pink-colored flecks and spots; and good post-production longevity.

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named PER508, characterized by its compact, uniform, upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely and upright branching habit; very dark green-colored leaves with sinuate margins that give the leaves a textured appearance; under natural season conditions, plants flower on or about December 5 in Southern California; large inflorescences with burgundy-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.

A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named Bonpri 9172, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; inflorescences with red-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.

A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named Bonpri 9276, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; inflorescences with dark pink-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.

A new and distinct cultivar of Euphorbia plant named Bonpri 974, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; inflorescences with white-colored flower bracts; and good post-production longevity.

A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named Qismas Crunch, characterized by its compact, upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dark green-colored leaves that are twisting and curly in appearance; large and full inflorescences with numerous dark red-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.

A determinate castor is provided. Also provided are methods of generating and using same as well as products thereof.

This invention relates to a method for obtaining castor-oil plants deprived of the ricin/RCA protein, through the insertion of gene constructs into plant cells, particularly castor-oil plant ones, with the consequent production of ricin/RCA-free castor-oil plant seeds. An aspect of the invention consists in providing castor-oil plants and parts thereof containing said gene construct. The method disclosed herein appeared to be efficient to the generation of castor-oil plants deprived of ricin protein or showing low expression levels of this protein, thus allowing the use of the seed thereof to the production of detoxified cakes, both for animal nutrition and for fertilizers, not to mention its possible production in countries that set restrictions to this substance, due to ricin toxicity. Therefore, this invention also provides a method and a kit to the identification of transformed plants containing the gene constructs disclosed herein.

This invention relates to a method for obtaining castor-oil plants deprived of the ricin/RCA protein, through the insertion of gene constructs into plant cells, particularly castor-oil plant ones, with the consequent production of ricin/RCA-free castor-oil plant seeds. An aspect of the invention consists in providing castor-oil plants and parts thereof containing said gene construct. The method disclosed herein appeared to be efficient to the generation of castor-oil plants deprived of ricin protein or showing low expression levels of this protein, thus allowing the use of the seed thereof to the production of detoxified cakes, both for animal nutrition and for fertilizers, not to mention its possible production in countries that set restrictions to this substance, due to ricin toxicity. Therefore, this invention also provides a method and a kit to the identification of transformed plants containing the gene constructs disclosed herein.

A new cultivar of Euphorbia named WALEULITR that is distinguished by compact rounded habit. After the first season of growth, plants of WALEULITR are 15 cm. in height and 20 cm. in diameter. After three years of growth in a larger container or in-ground, plants of WALEULITR are 35 cm. in height and 50 cm. in diameter. WALEULITR exhibits small lime-green cyathia in spring and summer. Each cyathium opens to display shallow cup-shaped lime-green petal-like bracts from whose center a solitary female flower emerges, then bends away and is replaced by four or five male flowers. The female flower is surrounded by lime- green or pink-red horned glands which present as a pink-red eye. WALEULITR is hardy to USDA Zone 6, is drought-tolerant and is suitable for use in containers, rock gardens, and as a groundcover in the landscape.