California State University, Fresno

Usda

Redrock Ranch

Red Roche Ranch, LLC

John Diener

Gary Banuelos

John Leonard Freeman

James Prince

A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant poplar tree cultivar named 'RRR Yellow', is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in soil with high concentrations of salt, boron and selenium. The 'RRR Yellow' cultivar was originally discovered as a naturally occuring branch sport through stringent selection of cultivated poplar trees, and potentially from isolation of a single unique sapling or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated.

tree named 'RRR Yellow'

A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant cultivar of prickly pear (-), named 'Seleno-Purple,' is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in high concentration of salt, boron and selenium-laden soil. The cultigen was originally discovered by stringent selection of randomly harvested cladodes (modified stems) and potentially from isolation of a single unique cladode or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated into the 'Seleno-Purple' cultivar. The cladodes were originally randomly harvested from different individual plants and screened from within a naturally segregating wild population or accession. The 'Seleno-Purple' cultivar has yellow flowers, mature green cladodes without glochids, and purple fruit. When grown in a saline/selenium-laden soil, the spineless &#x2018;Seleno-Purple&#x2019; cultivar absorbs high concentrations of natural-occurring selenium, volatilizes selenium, and produces edible cladodes and fruit enriched with potential anti-carcinogenic forms of organic selenium.

plant named 'Seleno-Purple'

A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant cultivar of prickly pear (-), named 'Seleno-Green,' is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in high concentration of salt, boron and selenium-laden soil. The cultigen was originally discovered by stringent selection of randomly harvested cladodes (modified stems) and potentially from isolation of a single unique cladode or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated into the 'Seleno-Green' cultivar. The cladodes were originally randomly harvested from different individual plants and screened from within a naturally segregating wild population or accession. The 'Seleno-Green' cultivar has yellow-orange flowers, mature green cladodes without glochids, and yellow-green fruit. When grown in a saline/selenium-laden soil, the spineless &#x2018;Seleno-Green&#x2019; cultivar absorbs high concentrations of natural-occurring selenium, volatilizes selenium, and produces edible cladodes and fruit enriched with potential anti-carcinogenic forms of organic selenium.

plant named 'Seleno-Green'

A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant cultivar of prickly pear (-), named 'Seleno-Red,' is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in high concentration of salt, boron and selenium-laden soil. The cultigen was originally discovered by stringent selection of randomly harvested cladodes (modified stems) and potentially from isolation of a single unique cladode or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated into the 'Seleno-Red' cultivar. The cladodes were originally randomly harvested from different individual plants and screened from within a naturally segregating wild population or accession. The 'Seleno-Red' cultivar has orange-red flowers, mature green cladodes without glochids, and red-purple fruit. When grown in a saline/selenium-laden soil, the spineless &#x2018;Seleno-Red&#x2019; cultivar absorbs high concentrations of natural-occurring selenium, volatilizes selenium, and produces edible cladodes and fruit enriched with potential anti-carcinogenic forms of organic selenium.

plant named 'Seleno-Red'

A new and distinctly salt and boron tolerant cultivar of prickly pear (-), named 'Seleno-Orange' is particularly distinguishable by its ability to tolerate and grow in high concentration of salt, boron and selenium-laden soil. The cultigen was originally discovered by stringent selection of randomly harvested cladodes (modified stems) and potentially from isolation of a single unique cladode or sport that exhibited high levels of salt and boron tolerance necessary for survival, and then propagated into the 'Seleno-Orange' cultivar. The cladodes were originally randomly harvested from different individual plants and screened from within a naturally segregating wild population or accession. The 'Seleno-Orange' cultivar has yellow flowers, mature green cladodes without glochids, and orange fruit. When grown in a saline/selenium-laden soil, the spineless &#x2018;Seleno-Orange&#x2019; cultivar absorbs high concentrations of natural-occurring selenium, volatilizes selenium, and produces edible cladodes and fruit enriched with potential anti-carcinogenic forms of organic selenium.

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Five Points, CA, United States of America

John Diener