Transgenic INOT1824 maize plants comprising an amy797E expression cassette linked to a secondary nopaline synthase terminator element which lack a promoter and a coding region but retain the terminator of a selectable marker gene and/or which comprise modifications such as cognate guide RNA recognition sites that provide for facile excision of the INOT1824 transgenic locus from the maize plant genome are provided. Genomic DNA of INOT1824 transgenic plants, detection of INOT1824 plants and products thereof, methods of making INOT1824 plants, and use of INOT1824 plants to facilitate breeding are disclosed.

Methods are disclosed for distinguishing and identifying plants by measuring partial hydrolysis of polysaccharides on account of polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity at pre-determined incubation times and temperatures. Methods also are disclosed for identifying the source organism of a heterologous polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme in a plant by measuring partial hydrolysis of polysaccharides on account of polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity at pre-determined incubation times and temperatures. The reaction mixture has unique chemical and physical properties that can be used to construct viscosity curves for measuring polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme activity. The viscosity curves can be compared among plants to distinguish or identify the plants from one another. Likewise, viscosity curves can be compared among source organisms to identify the source organism of the heterologous polysaccharide-hydrolyzing enzyme in the plant.

Microfibrillated cellulose, derived from vegetables or wood, can be used to provide a liquid composition which is compatible with a broad range of ingredients suitable for consumer applications, including enzymes, while still providing good structuring of the liquid composition, without affecting ease of pour.

The invention relates to barley plants having a high -amylase activity. The barley plants of the invention may for example carry a mutation in one or more -amylase promoters, in the HIRT gene, in the HBL12 gene and/or in the WRKY38 gene. The invention further provides plant products prepared from said barley plants.