A Triticale variety, designated APT1415420, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Triticale cultivar APT1415420, to the plants of Triticale APT1415420, and to methods for producing a Triticale plant produced by crossing the cultivar APT1415420 with itself or another Triticale variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a Triticale plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic Triticale plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to Triticale varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from Triticale cultivar APT1415420, to methods for producing other Triticale varieties, lines or plant parts derived from Triticale cultivar APT1415420, and to the Triticale plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid Triticale seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar APT1415420 with another Triticale cultivar.

A method of developing hexaploid (2n=6x=42) and octoploid (2n=8x=56) turf-type perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and Festulolium [(American Ryegrass), x Festulolium loliaceum (Huds.) P. Fourn. (Festuca pratensis Huds. x Lolium perenne)], and their hybrids with Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) including germplasm, cultivars and seed used to produce the grass are provided. These grasses are useful as an improved turfgrass on golf courses, athletic fields and other areas using seeded turfgrasses. The grasses will provide a green improved winter performance and drought tolerance.

The present invention relates to bacteria conferring bioprotection and/or biofertilizer properties to plants into which they are inoculated. More particularly, the present invention relates to endophyte strains of Paenibacillus sp., plants infected with such strains and related methods.

The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.

The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Poaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods. The present invention also relates to expression of self-gamete recognition genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs, molecular markers and methods.

American ryegrass varieties and seed used to produce the grass are provided. The grass is useful as a short lived, improved turfgrass on golf courses, athletic fields and other areas using seeded turfgrasses. The grass is useful in overseeding of dormant warm season grasses since its lack of heat tolerance allows for a smooth transition for the warm-season grass. The grass will provide a green cover during the winter months but will die out when the temperatures increases to the point which allow the warm-season grass to grow. In more temperate climates American ryegrass will provide a permanent turf more cold tolerance, with good winter color, and better drought tolerance and persistence than perennial ryegrass.

The present invention relates to bacteria conferring bioprotection and/or biofertilizer properties to plants into which they are inoculated. More particularly, the present invention relates to endophyte strains of Paenibacillus sp., plants infected with such strains and related methods.

The present invention relates to new methods of selecting and breeding organisms, in particular organisms which exhibit symbiotic behavior with symbionts such as fungal endophytes or epiphytes or bacterial microbiome in plants, and to new organisms and symbiota developed thereby. More particularly, the present invention provides artificial seeds comprising symbiota, and methods for preparing and using such artificial seeds, as well as plants, plant seeds and other plant parts derived from artificial seeds or symbiont-containing plants of the present invention.