The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a plant or germplasm having root increased drought tolerance and/or increased yield under non-drought conditions as compared to a control plant. A maize plant, part thereof and/or germplasm, including any progeny and/or seeds derived from a maize plant or germplasm identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.

The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex. The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct tolerant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or improved tolerance to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a chlorosis resistant cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) Brassica rapa plant and methods of producing the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant. The present invention further relates to progeny, a descendent plant, and/or seed and/or plant part of the chlorosis resistant CMS Brassica rapa plant.

Disclosed are a plant propagation pod, and an associated support structure, for growing a plant in the sea. The present invention also relates to associated assemblies and methods.

In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a composition for reducing abiotic stress in plants, wherein it includes cis-3-hexenyl propionate as an active ingredient. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the method for producing the composition for reducing abiotic stress in plants. The present invention further relates to the dilution including the composition of the invention in an aqueous medium. Another aspect of the invention relates to the method for reducing abiotic stress, including applying the composition of the invention or the dilution at the foliar level and/or at the root level of the plants. A final aspect of the invention is the use of the composition or dilution described in the present document for reducing abiotic stress in plants and increasing metabolism.

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to modified plants or seeds that contain a mutated gene. The mutated gene includes, without limitation, a pic30 mutant, a mutant homolog of pic30, and combinations thereof. The modified plant or seed is resistant to at least one herbicide, such as picloram. The modified plant or seed may also be resistant to one or more sources of environmental stress, such as drought, plant pathogenesis, biotic stress, and abiotic stress. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of controlling the growth of weeds in a field by applying at least one herbicide to the field that includes the aforementioned modified plants or seeds. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of developing the aforementioned modified plants or seeds by introducing one or more of the aforementioned mutated genes to a plant or seed.

The present invention is in the field of agriculture and in particular in the field of solutions to severe agriculture environments for providing a solution to drought conditions, also in vegetable crops like watermelon.

More specifically, the present invention includes developing and cultivating watermelon hybrids producing beneficial low quantities of water to high fruit yield thus providing watermelon crops as a desirable fruit for human consumption tolerant to water deficits and environmental factors characterized by a genetic improvement of stress tolerance in plants and a tolerance to water feed conditions of less than 190-210 M3 per 1000 m2.

The present disclosure relates to allopolyploid plants and hybrid allopolyploid plants having desirable traits, such as resistance to an abiotic or biotic stressor, which may be used as rootstock for cultivated tomato varieties. The disclosure further relates to composite plants comprising the allopolyploid plants described herein as the rootstock. The disclosure further relates to methods of producing allopolyploid plants and plant parts, and hybrid allopolyploid plants and plant parts.

The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex. The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct tolerant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or improved tolerance to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying soybean plants that are tolerant, have improved tolerance or are susceptible to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex. The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct tolerant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Soybean plants that display tolerance or improved tolerance to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.