Kansas State University Research Foundation

Purdue Research Foundation

Mitchell R Tuinstra

Kassim Al-Khatib

Rakesh Agrawal

Muhammad Ashraful Alam

Brian Dilkes

Kartikeya Krothapalli

Elizabeth Buescher

A method and apparatus for generating solar power in agricultural fields while minimally impacting crop growth and farming efforts, including positioning an elongated solar panel above crops, wherein the elongated solar panel runs generally parallel to longitudinal lines and wherein the elongated solar panel has at least one solar transducing face and an endless edge surrounding and perpendicular to the at least one solar transducing face, automatically pivoting the elongated solar panel such that the at least one solar transducing face is oriented parallel to incident solar rays during predetermined times when plant growth requires incident sunlight, automatically pivoting the elongated solar panel such that the at least one solar transducing face is oriented parallel to the vertical during rain, automatically pivoting the elongated solar panel out of the way of heavy farm equipment, and automatically pivoting the elongated solar panel such that the at least one solar transducing face is oriented perpendicular to incident solar rays at predetermined times when plant growth does not require direct sunlight. The elongated solar panel is positioned sufficiently above crops to give clearance to heavy farm equipment passing therebelow and/or adjacent panels are spaced sufficiently apart such that heavy farm equipment may pass therebetween.

Photovoltaic structures for use in agriculture farms

The present invention provides for compositions and methods for producingcrop plants that are resistant to herbicides. In particular, the present invention provides forplants, plant tissues and plant seeds that contain altered acetolactate synthase (ALS) genes and proteins that are resistant to inhibition by herbicides that normally inhibit the activity of the ALS protein.

Acetolactate synthase herbicide resistant sorghum

The present invention provides for compositions and methods for producing sorghum crop plants that are resistant to herbicides. In particular, the present invention provides for sorghum plants, plant tissues and plant seeds that contain altered acetolactate synthase (ALS) genes and proteins that are resistant to inhibition by herbicides that normally inhibit the activity of the ALS protein.

The present invention provides for compositions and methods for producing crop plants that are resistant to herbicides. In particular, the present invention provides forplants, plant tissues and plant seeds that contain altered acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) genes and proteins that are resistant to inhibition by herbicides that normally inhibit the activity of the ACC protein.

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase herbicide resistant sorghum

Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to new forage crops and methods of creating new forage crops. For example, chemical mutagenesis is used to create mutant crops having desirable forage characteristics. In some embodiments, a mutantplant is produced by inducing mutagenesis; producing a population of mutantplants using the treated reproductive portion; assaying the population of mutantfor a C493Y mutation in CYP79A1; and growing the mutantplant, wherein the mutantplant exhibits altered dhurrin content or catabolism as compared to a controlplant.

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Mitchell R Tuinstra