Methods and materials for modulating aluminum tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding aluminum tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased tolerance to aluminum and methods of increasing plant yield in soil containing elevated levels of aluminum.

Described herein is a process of genetic transformation in W. somnifera by Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation to overexpress squalene synthase gene (WsSQS) encoding WsSQS enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of squalene from farnesyl pyrophosphate. Increased withanolide level including withaferin-A, withanolide A and B and withanone is attained in transformed plant tissues.

Transgenic INHT27 soybean plants comprising modifications of the DAS68416-4 soybean locus which provide for facile excision of the modified DAS68416-4 transgenic locus or portions thereof, methods of making such plants, and use of such plants to facilitate breeding are disclosed.

The disclosure relates to gene expression modulation elements from plants and their use in modulating the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants. The disclosure further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, plants and seeds containing the expression modulating elements, and methods using the same.

The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods related to modification of trichome density and transport of metabolite and their uses in plants, including tobacco and cannabis. The provided transcription factors enable the increase in trichome density in plants.

The disclosure provides mutant Brassica plants that have increased locules and seed production relative to native wild-type plants. Such plants include a point mutation in the clavata 1 gene (CLV1), such as a G.fwdarw.A substitution at position 1745 of the Brassica rapa coding sequence, which leads to an S582N substitution in the protein sequence. Equivalent substitutions can be made in any Brassicaceae coding/protein sequence. Also provided are methods of using such plants in breeding programs, as well as parts of such plants (such as seeds), and methods of making commodity products from such plants (e.g., oil). Also provided are mutant CLV1 sequences. Brassica plants harboring the disclosed CLV1 mutation can include other desirable traits, such as herbicide tolerance.

Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. In addition, methods and materials involved in increasing UV-B tolerance in plants and methods and materials involved in modulating biomass levels in plants are provided.

The invention relates to barley plants having a high -amylase activity. The barley plants of the invention may for example carry a mutation in one or more -amylase promoters, in the HIRT gene, in the HBL12 gene and/or in the WRKY38 gene. The invention further provides plant products prepared from said barley plants.

The present disclosure relates to the field of genetic breeding, in particular, to methods and formulations for inducing abortion or deformation of plant seeds by a VvDUF642 gene. The result of the present disclosure shows that the VvDUF642 gene is continuously expressed at a high level in seedless varieties, but there is no significant change in expression in nucleated varieties. After the VvDUF642 gene is transformed into an Arabidopsis, Arabidopsis seeds are deformed. After the VvDUF642 gene is transformed into a tomato, it causes abortion of tomato seeds. The gene or protein can be used for the construction or screening of seed abortion grape varieties.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm resistant to Asian soybean rust using markers, genes and chromosomal intervals derived from Glycine max strain SX6907. Asian soybean rust resistant soybean seeds, plants, and germplasms are also provided.