The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.

This invention relates to compositions and methods for modifying CLAVATA3/EMBRYO SURROUNDING REGION-RELATED (CLV3/ESR-RELATED) (CLE) genes in plants to increase increased kernel row number, optionally without substantially decreasing the length of the ears. The invention further relates to plants having increased kernel row number, optionally without substantially decreasing the length of the ears, produced using the methods and compositions of the invention.

The invention relates to methods of increasing grain size and/or weight in a plant, as well as plants with increased grain size and/or weight.

Methods and compositions are provided for the creation of a Cas endonuclease-mediated double-strand break and stable integration of a heterologous polynucleotide in the genome of a somatic plant cell, for example in leaf tissue.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel way of enhancing the characteristics of a plant without using genetic recombination. The present invention involves freezing plant tissue during a freezing step and then obtaining a liquid extract from the frozen plant tissue.

Disclosed implementations for improving crop yield in arid environments. Implementations include a method comprising selecting a cover crop adapted to absorb one or more of atmospheric or soil moisture for storage in an underground portion of the cover crop, and planting the selected cover crop in a particular tract of land at a first time instance. The method additionally includes controllably terminating growth of the cover crop at a second time instance, subsequent to the first time instance, to initiate a decay phase of the cover crop to cause transfer of the moisture absorbed in the underground portion of the cover crop to soil of the tract of land, and planting a primary crop in the tract of land at a third time instance, the primary crop absorbing from the soil at least some of the moisture released during the decay phase of the cover crop.

Systems for plant culture include a chamber featuring one or more walls enclosing a spatial volume internal to the chamber, where the one or more walls include a surface for supporting a plant within the enclosed spatial volume, a gas delivery apparatus with at least one gas source, a nutrient delivery apparatus with a reservoir, a sampling apparatus connected to a port formed in the one or more walls, and a controller configured so that during operation of the system, the controller activates the nutrient delivery apparatus to deliver an aqueous growth medium to the plant, and activates the gas delivery apparatus to deliver into the enclosed spatial volume a mixture of isotopically-substituted gases. Also provided are methods of use of the system for measuring nitrogen in a plant and for identifying microbes capable of providing fixed nitrogen to a plant.

The subject invention relates to a Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz spring-type seed designated as “SO-80” derived from a three-way cross between Camelina accessions with high yield and oil quality attributes following conventional breeding methodologies.

The subject invention relates to a Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz spring-type seed designated as “SO-70” derived from a three-way cross between Camelina accessions with high yield and oil quality attributes following conventional breeding methodologies.

A method for selecting genetically elite trees of Pongamia pinnata is disclosed. This method relates to the early measurement of tree characteristics for selecting Pongamia trees having higher than average productivity levels, based on the selection of characteristics that are stable in expression and having close linkage with kernel yield. This invention relates to tree productivity. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for the selection, propagation, and plantation planting of genetically elite trees of Pongamia pinnata.