The present invention relates to a modified Cullin1 gene which leads to a plant type that enables efficient cultivation and/or is suitable for situations that require smaller portions, or reduces the labour, time and expenses involved with storing, handling and transporting of redundant plant leaves. The invention also relates to plants comprising the modified Cullin1 gene. The modified Cullin1 gene provides plants with a compact growth phenotype, i.e. comprising shorter internode length and/or a smaller leaf area when compared to plants not comprising the modified Cullin1 gene. The invention further relates to the use of the modified Cullin1 gene for the identification and development of a plant showing a compact growth phenotype, i.e. comprising shorter internodes and/or a smaller leaf area.

An enhanced, diploid pollenizer watermelon plant and method used to maximize the yield of triploid seedless watermelons per area. The enhanced pollenizer watermelon plant of the invention is either a hybrid variety, an open-pollinated variety or a synthetic variety, that exhibits the characteristics of small leaves and fruit with a brittle rind that splits when the fruit is overripe or breaks when relatively small physical forces are applied. In one embodiment, the watermelon plant of the invention is also characterized by extended flowering duration, thereby increasing the number of triploid watermelon flowers that are pollinated and set fruit. The method for producing a seedless watermelon fruit, includes the steps of providing a pollenizer diploid watermelon plant, extending the duration of flowering of the pollenizer plant while reducing the number of such plants needed to pollinate the same number of triploid watermelon plants, and maximizing dispersal of the pollenizer watermelon plant throughout the field of triploid watermelon plants.

The present invention provides a tobacco plant which is suitable for cultivation for harvesting leaf tobaccos. The present invention includes (i) a tobacco plant in which a mutation for suppressing the development of axillary buds is introduced and (ii) a method of producing the tobacco plant.

Molecular markers associated with Solanaceae brachytic locus, methods of their use, and compositions having one or more marker loci are provided. Methods comprising detecting at least one marker locus, detecting a haplotype, and/or detecting a marker profile are provided. Methods and compositions are described for breeding tomato plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with brachytic phenotype and monitoring introgression of brachytic locus. Methods and compositions are also described for modifying a brachytic locus using CRISPR/Cas.

The present invention relates to cereal grain comprising an aleurone, an embryo, a starchy endosperm and a reduced level and/or activity of a mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding (mtSSB) polypeptide, a RECA3 polypeptide or a TWINKLE polypeptide. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.

Provided is a loss-of-function transcription factor-like gene and a self-propagating Fagopyrum plant using the same. A self-propagating Fagopyrum plant having both long stamen and long pistil has been bred by: producing S-ELF3-PS1 gene which is a loss-of-function transcription factor-like gene by identifying a transcription factor-like gene formed by a linked gene group that controls lengths of stamen and pistil of a Fagopyrum plant from mapping results of a genomic sequence of the Fagopyrum plant, and allowing the transcription factor-like gene to lose a function by mutagenesis; and mating and cultivating an individual having this S-ELF3-PS1 self-propagation gene.

The present invention provides a tobacco plant which is suitable for cultivation for harvesting leaf tobaccos. The present invention includes (i) a tobacco plant in which a mutation for suppressing the development of axillary buds is introduced and (ii) a method of producing the tobacco plant.

Provided herein are ornamental plants displaying compacted growth or having the phenotype compacted plant growth and methods for providing plants displaying compacted plant growth. Specifically, the ornamental plants displaying compacted plant growth without use of plant growth regulators during cultivation are vegetatively propagated from a first ornamental plant displaying compacted plant growth without use of plant growth regulators during cultivation, said first ornamental plant obtained by inbred breeding of at least 2 generations of a second ornamental plant not displaying compacted plant growth without use of plant growth regulators during cultivation and said ornamental plants have a heterozygosity percentage being decreased by at least 20% as compared to the heterozygosity percentage of said second ornamental plant not displaying compacted plant growth without use of plant growth regulators during cultivation.

The present invention discloses methods for improving desired qualities in Cannabis sativa L. Methods include the step of: applying a composition having at least one biostimulant, as an elicitor, to Cannabis sativa L., wherein the at least one biostimulant is at least one material selected from the group consisting of: an exogenous polysaccharide, a peptidoglycan, a peptide, a lipopolysaccharide, a modified lipid, and an enzyme, wherein the at least one biostimulant is derived from at least one source material selected from the group consisting of: plants, bacteria, archaebacteria, fungi, animals, protozoa, algae, and viruses, and wherein the at least one biostimulant is known to be sensed by plant surface-receptors to elicit a plant defense-response. Alternatively, the at least one biostimulant is at least one material selected from the group consisting of: a Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP), a Microbial-Associated Molecular Pattern (MAMP), and an Herbivore-Associated Molecular Patterns (HAMP).

The present invention relates to rice grain with thickened aleurone. Also provided is a rice plant comprising at least one genetic variation which reduces the activity of at least one ROS1a gene in the plant. Grain of the invention, or aleurone therefrom, has improved nutritional properties, and hence is particularly useful for human and animal feed products.