The invention relates to plants with increased resistance to plant pathogens, wherein the intracellular concentration of inositol pyrophosphate InsP.sub.7 and/or InsP.sub.8 in said plants is increased in comparison to the wild-type plant. In particular, the invention involves plants with increased expression of at least one protein involved in the synthesis of inositol pyrophosphates InsP.sub.7 and/or InsP.sub.8, such as, for example, proteins VIH2 and VIH1. The plants according to the invention are particularly resistant to the following plant pathogens: herbivore insects, for example larvae of agriculturally relevant pests, pathogenic fungi, such as necrotrophic fungi, or other plant pests, such as biotrophic pathogens. The invention further relates to the method for increasing plant resistance to plant pathogens, wherein the intracellular concentration of inositol pyrophosphates InsP.sub.7 and/or InsP.sub.8 is increased in comparison to the wild-type plant.

The present application discloses a recombinant fiber-selective promoter region comprising a DNA molecule comprising a fiber specificity region of a cotton lipid transfer protein gene promoter, operably linked to a DNA molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to a nucleotide sequence of about 500 consecutive nucleotides of the 3′ end of the FB8-like 2 promoter and use thereof to increase fiber-selective expression of products of interest in cotton fiber cells.

The present disclosure provides the identification of promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.

The present disclosure provides genetic constructs containing a promotor that is useful in driving fruit-specific expression in plants. Further provided are expression vectors, transgenic plants, and plant parts containing such genetic constructs, as well as uses thereof.

The present disclosure provides genetic constructs containing a promotor that is useful in driving fruit-specific expression in plants. Further provided are expression vectors, transgenic plants, and plant parts containing such genetic constructs, as well as uses thereof.

The present disclosure provides the identification of promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.

The present disclosure provides the identification of promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.

Tomato plants exhibiting fruit with increased BRIX content are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with an increased BRIX phenotype and lacking undesirable leaf necrosis. Such plants include tomato plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring increased BRIX without necrosis. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed alleles providing increased BRIX without necrosis, are further provided.

The present disclosure provides genetic constructs containing a promoter that is useful in driving fruit-specific expression in plants. Further provided are expression vectors, transgenic plants and plant parts containing such genetic constructs, as well as uses thereof.

Provided are isolated polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO:68, 51-66, 69-100, 379-656, 707-715, 720-723, 742-754, 764-771 or 772 with the proviso that the amino acid sequence is not as set forth by SEQ ID NO: 765 or 771, isolated polynucleotides comprising the nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs:18, 1-16, 19-50, 101-378, 657-672, 674-706, 716-719, 724-741 and 755-763 with the proviso that the nucleic acid sequence is not as set forth by SEQ ID NO:756 or 762, and isolated polynucleotides selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:779-792 and methods of using same for increasing oil content, yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, abiotic stress tolerance and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.