A new cultivar of Panicum named ‘Purple Tears’ that is characterized by its plant height of 120 cm, its flowering spikes that have gray color at the top, its seed heads that are purple in color and its upright plant habit.

Several Proso cultivars are disclosed having improved yields. The technology relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of Proso cultivars; and further provides methods for producing progeny of Proso cultivars. The technology also relates to Proso cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from Proso cultivars; and to methods for producing other Proso cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from Proso cultivars, and to the Proso plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The technology further relates to hybrid Proso seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing improved-yield Proso cultivars with another Proso cultivar.

A new, Panicum virgatum plant as described and illustrated, characterized by a more upright plant with a height of 103 cm.

Several Proso cultivars are disclosed having improved yields. The technology relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of Proso cultivars; and further provides methods for producing progeny of Proso cultivars. The technology also relates to Proso cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from Proso cultivars; and to methods for producing other Proso cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from Proso cultivars, and to the Proso plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The technology further relates to hybrid Proso seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing improved-yield Proso cultivars with another Proso cultivar.

Several Proso cultivars are disclosed having improved yields. The technology relates to the seeds, plants, and plant parts of Proso cultivars; and further provides methods for producing progeny of Proso cultivars. The technology also relates to Proso cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from Proso cultivars; and to methods for producing other Proso cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from Proso cultivars, and to the Proso plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The technology further relates to hybrid Proso seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing improved-yield Proso cultivars with another Proso cultivar.

Monocot seeds treated with various cyanobacterium compositions, methods of making the treated seeds, and methods of using the seeds to improve monocot plant growth, biomass, nitrogen uptake, nutrient uptake, lateral root growth, lateral root hair growth, vertical root growth, root branching and/or yield are provided.

A novel herbicide-resistant switchgrass cultivar, designated PanIR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of switchgrass cultivar PanIR, to the plants of switchgrass cultivar PanIR, and to methods for producing a switchgrass plant produced by crossing the cultivar PanIR with itself or another switchgrass variety. The invention relates to plant parts derived from switchgrass cultivar PanIR and to methods for producing other switchgrass cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from switchgrass cultivar PanIR. The invention further relates to hybrid switchgrass seeds and plants produced by crossing the switchgrass cultivar PanIR with another switchgrass cultivar. It also further relates to other derivatives of the cultivar PanIR, methods of producing imazapic resistant switchgrass seeds and plants, and to producing commodity plant products.

A new cultivar of Panicum plant named Nonlufht that is characterized by its plant height of 1.98 m (to top of inflorescence) and plant width of 1.83 m (at the widest point), its vase-shape with arching foliage at the top with a tight base, its green foliage, and its silver flowers.

A new cultivar of Panicum named Bad Hair Day that is characterized by its large plant size, its upright stems that do not lodge, its dense and large inflorescences that are pendulous and arching, its foliage that is medium yellowish green in color, and its flower glumes that are yellow-green in color, and its resistance to rust.

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental grass named Panicum virgatum Apache Rose with gray-green foliage that develops rosy-red flushed tips in the fall, upright and compact habit with dense culms and airy panicles of rosy-red, suitable as a potted plant, for multi-seasonal interest mass or specimen landscaping, and for cut flower arrangements.