The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.

A new and distinct cultivar of Lagerstroemia plant named ‘BD-01-20’ is disclosed, characterized by compact, upright, intermediate growth habit, reddish new growth, lustrous dark green with red foliage. Flowers are red in color, and highly resistant to Cercospora leaf spot. The new variety is a Lagerstroemia, normally used for outdoor ornamental purposes.

A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Balucyeli24’, characterized by its deep yellow-colored inflorescences, dark green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, mounded-spreading growth habit, is disclosed.

A pecan tree distinguished by the following unique combination of characteristics: large nut size, bright kernel color, good shelling ability, moderately early harvest date, and good resistance to the scab fungus (Venturia effuse) in sprayed orchards.

A new and distinct Cornus kousa plant named ‘CORHEESFT’ which is characterized by a broad spreading to broad-upright growth habit with a globular profile, uniquely variegated juvenile foliage, dark green and relatively large mature foliage, as well as the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.

The present invention relates to the technical field of biology, in particular to a rice male fertility regulatory gene, the use thereof and a method for regulating rice fertility by means of using CRISPR-Cas9, and a mutant of the rice male fertility regulatory gene and a molecular marker and the use thereof. The present invention provides a rice gene GMS2 with the functions of regulating male germ cell development in rice and pollen fertility. The mutant of a rice male fertility regulatory protein GMS2 provided by the present invention can make rice pollen completely sterile, resulting in rice male sterility. The rice gene GMS2 and the mutant thereof, provided by the present invention, can be used in the sterile seed production and manufacturing of rice hybrids, thereby possessing both great application value and economic value.

The present invention provides a novel squash plant having an especially small seed cavity, and a method for producing the squash plant. The present invention provides a method for producing a small seed cavity squash plant that includes developing, from the progeny of an F1 seed obtained by crossing a Cucurbita maxima and a Cucurbita moschata, a small seed cavity squash plant in which the proportion of the volume of the seed cavity relative to the fruit volume is 15% or less, and also provides a small seed cavity squash plant that is a small seed cavity Cucurbita maxima plant having, within the nuclear genome, a gene associated with a small seed cavity trait of a plant of the genus Cucurbita, or a hybrid plant obtained using the small seed cavity Cucurbita maxima plant as a parent, or a progeny of either of these plants.

A new and distinct cultivar of Leucophyllum plant named ‘MSWNHelei’, characterized by its relatively compact, outwardly spreading and low-growing and mounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; relatively narrow, light green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; relatively large purple-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

A new and distinct variety of pear tree rootstock tree that exhibits resistance to Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri, no suckering, strong vigor, and is compatible with all pear varieties.

A variety of Zelkova serrata with a combination of an upright branching vase shaped semi compact tree form with dark green foliage and orange to orange red fall color.