A method of modifying a gene encoding or processed into a non-coding RNA molecule having no RNA silencing activity in a plant cell is disclosed. The method comprising introducing into the plant cell a DNA editing agent conferring a silencing specificity of the non-coding RNA molecule towards a target RNA of interest. A method of modifying a gene encoding or processed into a RNA silencing molecule in a plant cell is also disclosed. The method comprising introducing into the plant cell a DNA editing agent which redirects the silencing specificity of the non-coding RNA molecule towards a target RNA of interest. Plant cells, plant seeds, plants, and methods of generating plants are also disclosed.

The present invention concerns a nucleic acid molecule capable of expressing, in at least one plant tissue, a chimeric protein comprising a polygalacturonase (PG) of fungal, bacterial or insect origin and a plant polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP) plant capable of inhibiting said PG. The present invention also relates to transgenic plants that express said chimeric protein.

Provided herein are compounds and methods for increasing disease resistance and/or root length in plants.

The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV5603PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV5603PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

The invention provides seed and plants of the sweet corn line designated SYW-6SSLM804. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant produced by crossing a plant of sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804 with itself or with another sweet corn plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.

Disclosed herein are methods for identifying amino acid residues of NLRs that are likely involved in pathogen immunity. Also disclosed are methods for modifying plant immunity which comprise modifying (e.g., substituting, deleting, or adding an amino acid before or after) one or more of the amino acid residues that have been identified as being likely involved in pathogen immunity.

Improved methods and means are provided to modify in a targeted manner the genome of a plant cell or plant at a predefined site via bacterial transformation.

Compositions and methods are provided for introducing transgenic target sites for Site Specific Integration (SSI) and/or polynucleotides of interest into at least one double-strand break target site of a double-strand-break inducing agent in a genomic window of a plant genome. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing a complex trait locus in a genomic window of a plant comprising at least one transgenic target site for site specific integration integrated in at least double-strand-break target site. The double-strand-break target site can be, but is not limited to, a target site for a zinc finger endonuclease, an engineered endonuclease, a meganuclease, a TALENs and/or a Cas endonuclease. The genomic window of said plant can comprise at least one genomic locus of interest such as a trait cassette, a transgene, a mutated gene, a native gene, an edited gene or a site-specific integration (SSI) target site.

The invention provides specific transgenic soybean plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific nematode resistance and herbicide tolerance transformation event at a specific location in the soybean genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.

The present invention relates to plants, particularly crop plants, having enhanced tolerance to biotic stress, particularly enhanced tolerance to stress caused by a wide range of plant pathogens. The tolerant plants of the invention show enhanced expression of Arabidopsis S30 protein or of homologs or orthologs thereof.