A new Aglaonema plant particularly distinguished by having a leafy, compact and very small growth habit, medium to dark green foliage with dark grey-green areas which follow the primary veins, foliage that is marked with small coalescing yellow-green spots and blotches, areas adjacent to the primary veins that are often marked with yellow-green, areas adjacent to the midrib are variably tinged with pink and the primary veins are flushed with pink, and light pink to white spathes, is disclosed.

A new Aglaonema plant particularly distinguished by having foliage that is medium to dark green and variably marked with spots and coalescing blotches of bright pink, primary veins that are pale green and flushed with pink, midribs that are pale green and variably tinged with pink, a dense, full, low spreading growth habit and intermediate in stature and yellow-green spathes, is disclosed.

A new cultivar of Pittosporum plant named `Elfin` that is characterized by a small overall size, short light green leaves and a short crop time.

Disclosed herein are transgenic plants and seed having an exogenous DNA which expresses a GB1 protein that imparts increased glycine-betaine content in plants.

Disclosed herein are methods of making a vaccine against Entamoeba histolytica and methods of immunizing a subject using such vaccine. Specifically exemplified are plants expressing a LecA polypeptide and plant material obtained from such plant being used as a basis for vaccination

A method of separating an embryo suspension mass is provided. The method includes supplying an embryo suspension mass culture having a plurality of first particles of a first size and a plurality of second particles of a second size different at least in part from the first size of the first particles. The method also includes suspending the embryo suspension mass culture in a fluid to create a mixture and forcing the mixture through a filter while maintaining the mixture in the fluid to separat...

The present invention relates to improved methods and means for transformation of soybean (Glycine max) based on a D-alanine and/or D-serine selection.

The invention relates to methods of increasing the total oil content and/or the glycerol 3-phosphate content in transgenic oil crop plants which comprise at least 20% by weight of oleic acid based on the total fatty acid content, preferably in plant seeds, by expressing glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenases (G3PDHs) from yeasts, preferably from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The oil and/or the free fatty acids obtained in the process are advantageously added to polymers, foodstuffs, feedstuffs, cosmeti...

A method for preventing mutation of pathogens or pest insects due to exposure to genetically-modified or transgenic plants, comprising: (a) introducing separately a plurality of resistance genes conferring pest and disease resistance to a given recipient plant variety or combinations of the varieties to form a plurality of transgenic plant lines each harboring different resistance genes; (b) multiplying the transgenic plant lines separately to obtain separate transgenic plant lines; and (c) mixi...

The invention herein includes a general method for reducing or eliminating a toxic effect of transgenic defensin expression in a host plant. The invention also includes a method of modifying a nucleic acid encoding a defensin, a nucleic acid modified thereby and a modified defensin encoded by the modified nucleic acid sequence. The invention also includes a transgenic plant containing and expressing the modified defensin-coding nucleic acid sequence, the plant exhibiting reduced or eliminated to...