Welcome to the weekly edition of Seed Sower, which shares a list of pending patents published the previous week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. These patent applications cover seed-bearing plants and non-transgenic plant breeding methods only.

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This list includes the titles of all U.S. patent applications published on April 4, 2024 with the following Cooperative Plant Classification:

A01H: New plants or {non-transgenic} processes for obtaining them; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques | 6: Angiosperms, i.e. Flowering plants, characterised by their botanic taxonomy

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NOVEL GENETIC LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE RESISTANCE IN SOYBEANS

Applicants: Syngenta Crop Protection AG

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a pathogen resistant plant or germplasm (e.g., soybean plant or germplasm) using genes derived from Glycine tomentella. Candidate genes capable of conferring pathogen resistance (e.g., to Asian Soy Rust) are provided. A plant or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. Pathogen resistant seeds, plants and germplasms are also provided.

Independent Claims:

1. A polypeptide selected from: (a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, or any portion thereof, and further comprising a heterologous amino acid sequence attached thereto, wherein expression of the polypeptide or portion thereof in a plant confers increased pathogen resistance on the plant; (b) an isolated polypeptide having at least 99%, at least 95%, or at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein expression of the polypeptide confers increased pathogen resistance on the plant; or (c) a fusion polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, or the polypeptide of (a) or (b).

2. A nucleic acid molecule comprising: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 90%, at least 95% or at least 99% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein said nucleotide sequence comprises a heterologous nucleic acid sequence attached thereto and expression of the nucleic acid molecule in a plant confers increased pathogen resistance on the plant; (b) an isolated nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 99%, at least 95%, or at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein expression of the polypeptide confers increased pathogen resistance on the plant; (c) the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b) comprising a sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2-4 and 11-12; or (d) the nucleotide sequence of (a) or (b) having at least 99%, at least 95%, or at least 90% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 2-4 and 11-12.

10. A plant having stably incorporated into its genome a nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a promoter active in the plant, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide having: (a) an amino acid sequence comprising at least 90% sequence identity, to SEQ ID NO: 5; or (b) an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein said nucleic acid sequence is heterologous to the plant, and wherein expression said nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in an increased pathogen resistance as compared to a control plant not comprising the nucleic acid sequence.

33. An elite Glycine max plant comprising in its genome a nucleic acid sequence from a donor Glycine plant, wherein the donor Glycine plant is a different strain from the elite Glycine max plant, and wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes at least one polypeptide having at least 90% identity or 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein said polypeptide confers increased pathogen resistance on the elite Glycine max plant as compared to a control plant not comprising said nucleic acid sequence.

54. A method of producing a soybean plant having increased pathogen resistance, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a donor soybean plant comprising in its genome heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding at least one polypeptide having at least 90% identity, at least 95% or 100% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein expression of said nucleic acid sequence confers to said donor soybean plant increased pathogen resistance as compared to another donor soybean plant not comprising said nucleic acid sequence in its genome; b) crossing the donor soybean plant of a) with a recipient soybean plant not comprising said nucleic acid sequence; and c) selecting a progeny plant from the cross of b) by detecting the presence of the nucleic acid sequence, or selecting a plant with increased pathogen resistance, thereby producing a soybean plant having increased pathogen resistance.

69. A method of conferring increased ASR resistance to a plant, comprising: a) introducing into the genome of the plant, a nucleic acid molecule operably linked to a promoter active in the plant, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is stably incorporated into the genome, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes a polypeptide having (i) an amino acid sequence comprising at least 90%, or at least 95% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5, or (ii) an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein said nucleic acid sequence is heterologous to the plant, and wherein expression of said nucleic acid sequence in the plant increases ASR resistance of the plant compared to a control plant not expressing said nucleic acid sequence.

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 17350536

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 12340609

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 13470106

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 17110507

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 10320519

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 15450220

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 11140704

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 15150110

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 19150712

SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 12130154

Applicants: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.

Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated XXXXXXXX is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, to the plants of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar XXXXXXXX with another soybean cultivar.

Independent Claims:

1. A plant of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. ______.

11. A method of introducing a single locus conversion into a soybean plant, said method comprising: (a) crossing a plant of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX with a second plant comprising a desired single locus to produce F.sub.1 progeny plants, representative seed of said soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. ______; (b) selecting at least a first progeny plant from step (a) that comprises the single locus to produce a selected progeny plant; (c) crossing the selected progeny plant from step (b) with a plant of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX to produce at least a first backcross progeny plant that comprises the single locus; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) with the first backcross progeny plant produced from step (c) used in place of the first progeny plant of step (b) during said repeating, wherein steps (b) and (c) are repeated until at least a backcross progeny plant is produced comprising the single locus conversion.

13. A soybean plant of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein the plant comprises the single locus conversion and otherwise comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX, representative seed of soybean cultivar XXXXXXXX having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. ______.

SOYBEAN VARIETY

Applicants: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG

Abstract: The present invention is directed in part to soybean variety CL1920832, CL1922439, CL1922500, CL1922511, CL1922568, CL1922578, CL1922596, CL1922616, CL1922650, CL1922757, and/or CL1922868 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to soybean variety CL1920832, CL1922439, CL1922500, CL1922511, CL1922568, CL1922578, CL1922596, CL1922616, CL1922650, CL1922757, and/or CL1922868 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CL1920832, CL1922439, CL1922500, CL1922511, CL1922568, CL1922578, CL1922596, CL1922616, CL1922650, CL1922757, and/or CL1922868, e.g., in a breeding program.

Independent Claims:

1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety CL1920832, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety CL1920832 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-126923.

18. A method comprising isolating nucleic acids from a plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety CL1920832, analyzing said nucleic acids to produce data, and recording the data for soybean variety CL1920832.

CUCUMBER VARIETY NUN 51066 CUP

Applicants: Nunhems B.V.

Abstract: A new and distinct plant of variety NUN 51066 CUP is disclosed as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof. NUN 51066 CUP is a pickling cucumber variety comprising resistance to Cladosporium cucumerinum, Podosphaera xanthii, and Cucumber Mosaic Virus.

Independent Claims:

1. A plant or seed of cucumber variety NUN 51066 CUP wherein a representative sample of seed of said cucumber variety NUN 51066 CUP is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______.

15. A method of producing a cucumber plant with a desired trait, comprising mutating a plant or plant part of variety NUN 51066 CUP and selecting a mutated plant with a desired trait, wherein the mutated plant otherwise has all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cucumber variety NUN 51066 CUP when grown under the same environmental conditions, wherein a representative sample of seed of said cucumber variety NUN 51066 CUP is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______, and wherein the desired trait is male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, Powdery mildew resistance without necrosis, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or modified protein metabolism.

24. A method of producing a modified cucumber plant, said method comprising mutating a target gene by targeted gene editing in a cucumber plant or a part thereof of cucumber variety NUN 51066 CUP, wherein said target gene modifies a desired trait, wherein the desired trait is male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or modified protein metabolism, and wherein a representative sample of seed of said cucumber variety NUN 51066 CUP is deposited under Accession Number NCIMB ______.

CUCUMBER VARIETY 'VC18013053'

Applicants: Axia Vegetable Seeds Group, Inc.

Abstract: New cucumber hybrid designated as ‘VC18013053’ is disclosed. ‘VC18013053’ is a cucumber variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.

Independent Claims:

1. A seed of hybrid cucumber selected from the group consisting of hybrid cucumber seed designated as ‘VC18013053’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127630.

14. A method of producing a seed of a ‘VC18013053’-derived cucumber plant, comprising the steps of: a) crossing a hybrid cucumber designated as ‘VC18013053’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127630, with itself or a second cucumber plant; and b) allowing seed of a ‘VC18013053’-derived cucumber plant to form.

16. A method of vegetatively propagating a plant of hybrid cucumber variety, the method comprising the steps of: a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from a plant of the hybrid cucumber variety ‘VC18013053’, representative seed of said hybrid cucumber variety having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-127630; b) cultivating the tissue to obtain proliferated shoots; and c) rooting the proliferated shoots to obtain rooted plantlets.

LETTUCE VARIETY 41-CR2393 RZ

Applicants: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-CR2393 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-CR2393 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ.

Independent Claims:

1. A seed of lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ, a sample of seed of said variety having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44182.

26. A method for producing a seed of a 41-CR2393 RZ-derived lettuce plant comprising (a) crossing a plant of lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ, a sample of seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44182, with a second lettuce plant, and (b) whereby seed of a 41-CR2393 RZ-derived lettuce plant forms.

28. A method of introducing at least one new trait into a plant of lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ comprising: (a) crossing a plant of lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ, a sample of seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44182, with a second lettuce plant that comprises at least one new trait to produce progeny seed, (b) harvesting and planting the progeny seed to produce at least one progeny plant of a subsequent generation, wherein the progeny plant comprises the at least one new trait, (c) crossing the progeny plant with a plant of lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ to produce backcross progeny seed, (d) harvesting and planting the backcross progeny seed to produce a backcross progeny plant, and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) for at least three additional generations to produce a lettuce plant of variety 41-CR2393 RZ comprising at least one new trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of a plant of lettuce variety 41-CR2393 RZ, when grown in the same environmental conditions.

HYBRID TOMATO VARIETY 72-CH0361 RZ

Applicants: RIJK ZWAAN ZAADTEELT EN ZAADHANDEL B.V.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-CH0361 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-CH0361 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ.

Independent Claims:

1. A seed of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) hybrid variety 72-CH0361 RZ, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44227.

11. A method of vegetatively propagating a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ comprising the steps of: (a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44227; and (b) producing a rooted plant from said tissue.

17. A tomato plant of tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44227, further comprising a single locus conversion.

20. A method for producing a seed of a 72-CH0361 RZ-derived tomato plant comprising (a) crossing a plant of tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44227, with itself or with a second tomato plant, and (b) whereby seed of a 72-CH0361 RZ-derived tomato plant forms.

22. A method of producing a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ comprising at least one new trait, the method comprising introducing a mutation or transgene conferring the at least one new trait into a plant of hybrid tomato variety 72-CH0361 RZ, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44227.

STOKESIA PLANT NAMED 'STAM01'

*Non-Final Office Action Entered and Forwarded to Examiner*

Applicants: Seoha Plant Breeding Institute

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Stokesia plant named ‘STAM01’ is disclosed, characterized by floriferous plants with strong stems and dense foliage. Flowers are large. The new variety is a Stokesia, suitable for outdoor garden and container uses.

Independent Claims:

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Stokesia plant named ‘STAM01’ as herein illustrated and described.

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