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A SOYBEAN VARIETY
Cross-Reference to Related Applications
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No.
62/971,256,
filed February 7, 2020.
The Field of the Invention
The present invention is in the field of soybean cultivar breeding and
development.
The present invention particularly relates to the soybean cultivar EE1762440
and
its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and its use in a
breeding
program.
Background of the Invention
Soybean Glycine max (L) is an important oil seed crop and a valuable field
crop.
However, it began as a wild plant. This plant and a number of other plants
have
been developed into valuable agricultural crops through years of breeding and
development. The pace of the development of soybeans, into an animal foodstuff
and as an oil seed has dramatically increased in the last one hundred years.
Planned programs of soybean breeding have increased the growth, yield and
environmental hardiness of the soybean germplasm.
Due to the sexual reproduction traits of the soybean, the plant is basically
self-
pollinating. A self-pollinating plant permits pollen from one flower to be
transferred
to the same or another flower of the same plant. Cross-pollination occurs when
the
flower is pollinated with pollen from a different plant; however, soybean
cross-
pollination is a rare occurrence in nature.
Thus the growth and development of new soybean germplasm requires intervention
by the breeder into the pollination of the soybean. The breeders' methods of
intervening depends on the type of trait that is being bred. Soybeans are
developed
for a number of different types of traits including morphology (form and
structure),
phenotypic characteristics, and for traits like growth, day length, relative
maturity,
temperature requirements, initiation date of floral or reproductive
development, fatty
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acid content, insect resistance, disease resistance, nematode resistance,
fungal
resistance, herbicide resistance, tolerance to various environmental factors
like
drought, heat, wet, cold, wind, adverse soil condition and also for yield. The
genetic
complexity of the trait often drives the selection of the breeding method.
Due to the number of genes within each chromosome, millions of genetic
combinations exist in the breeders' experimental soybean material. This
genetic
diversity is so vast that a breeder cannot produce the same two cultivars
twice using
the exact same starting parental material. Thus, developing a single variety
of
useful commercial soybean germplasm is highly unpredictable, and requires
intensive research and development.
The development of new soybeans comes through breeding techniques, such as:
recurrent selection, mass selections, backcrossing, single seed descent and
multiple seed procedure. Additionally, marker assisted breeding allows more
accurate movement of desired alleles or even specific genes or sections of
chromosomes to be moved within the germplasm that the breeder is developing.
RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, SSR, SNP, SCAR, and isozymes are some of the forms of
markers that can be employed in breeding soybeans or in moving traits into
soybean germplasm. Other breeding methods are known and are described in
various plant breeding or soybean textbooks.
When a soybean variety is being employed to develop a new soybean variety or
an
improved variety, the selection methods may include backcrossing, pedigree
breeding, recurrent selection, marker assisted selection, modified selection
and
mass selection or a combination of these methods. The efficiency of the
breeding
procedure along with the goal of the breeding are the main factors for
determining
which selection techniques are employed. A breeder continuously evaluates the
success of the breeding program and therefore the efficiency of any breeding
procedures. The success is usually measured by yield increase, commercial
appeal and environmental adaptability of the developed germplasm.
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The development of new soybean cultivars most often requires the development
of
hybrid crosses (some exceptions being initial development of mutants directly
through the use of the mutating agent, certain materials introgressed by
markers,
or transformants made directly through transformation methods) and the
selection
of progeny. Hybrids can be achieved by manual manipulation of the sexual
organs
of the soybean or by the use of male sterility systems. Breeders often try to
identify
true hybrids by a readily identifiable trait or the visual differences between
inbred
and hybrid material. These heterozygous hybrids are then selected and
repeatedly
selfed and reselected to form new homozygous soybean lines.
Mass and recurrent selection can be used to improve populations. Several
parents
are intercrossed and plants are selected based on selected characteristics
like
superior yield or excellent progeny resistance. Outcrossing to a number of
different
parents creates fairly heterozygous breeding populations.
Pedigree breeding is commonly used with two parents that possess favorable,
complementary traits. The parents are crossed to form a F1 hybrid. The progeny
of the F1 hybrid is selected and the best individual F2s are selected; this
selection
process is repeated in the F3 and F4 generations. The inbreeding is carried
forward
and at approximately F5-F7 the best lines are selected and tested in the
development stage for potential usefulness in a selected geographic area.
In backcross breeding a genetic allele or loci is often transferred into a
desirable
homozygous recurrent parent. The trait from the donor parent is tracked into
the
recurrent parent. The resultant plant is bred to be essentially the same as
the
recurrent parent, with the same physiology and morphological characteristics
as the
recurrent part, with the new desired allele or loci.
The single-seed descent method involves use of a segregating plant population
for
harvest of one seed per plant. Each seed sample is planted and the next
generation
is formed. When the F2 lines are advanced to approximately F6 or so, each
plant
will be derived from a different F2. The population will decline due to
failure of some
seeds, so not all F2 plants will be represented in the progeny.
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New varieties must be tested thoroughly to compare their development with
commercially available soybeans. This testing usually requires at least two
years
and up to six years of comparisons with other commercial soybeans. Varieties
that
lack the entire desirable package of traits can be used as parents in new
populations for further selection or are simply discarded. The breeding and
associated testing process is 8 to 12 years of work prior to development of a
new
variety. Thousands of varietal lines are produced but only a few lines are
selected
in each step of the process. Thus the breeding system is like a funnel with
numerous lines and selections in the first few years and fewer and fewer lines
in
the middle years until one line is selected for the final development testing.
The selected line or variety will be evaluated for its growth, development and
yield.
These traits of a soybean are a result of the variety's genetic potential
interacting
with its environment. All varieties have a maximum yield potential that is
predetermined by its genetics. This hypothetical potential for yield is only
obtained
when the environmental conditions are near perfect. Since perfect growth
conditions do not exist, field experimentation is necessary to provide the
environmental influence and to measure its effect on the development and yield
of
the soybean. The breeder attempts to select for an elevated soybean yield
potential
under a number of different environmental conditions.
Selecting for good soybean yield potential in different environmental
conditions is a
process that requires planning based on the analysis of data in a number of
seasons. Identification of the varieties carrying a superior combination of
traits,
which will give consistent yield potential, is a complex science. The
desirable
genotypic traits in the variety can often be masked by other plant traits,
unusual
weather patterns, diseases, and insect damage. One widely employed method of
identifying a superior plant with such genotypic traits is to observe its
performance
relative to commercial and experimental plants in replicated studies. These
types
of studies give more certainty to the genetic potential and usefulness of the
plant
across a number of environments.
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In summary, the goal of the soybean plant breeder is to produce new and unique
soybeans and progeny of the soybeans for farmers' commercial crop production.
To accomplish this, the plant breeder painstakingly crosses two or more
varieties
or germplasm. Then the results of this cross are repeatedly selfed or
backcrossed
to produce new genetic patterns. Newer avenues for producing new and unique
genetic alleles in soybeans include introducing (or creating) mutations or
transgenes into the genetic material of the soybean are now in practice in the
breeding industry. These genetic alleles can alter pest resistance such as
disease
resistance, insect resistance, nematode resistance, herbicide resistance, or
they
can alter the plant's environmental tolerances, or its seeds fatty acid
compositions,
the amount of oil produced, and/or the amino acid/protein compositions of the
soybean plant or its seed.
The traits a breeder selects for when developing new soybeans are driven by
the
ultimate goal of the end user of the product. Thus if the goal of the end user
is to
resist a certain plant disease so overall more yield is achieved, then the
breeder
drives the introduction of genetic alleles and their selection based on
disease
resistant levels shown by the plant. On the other hand, if the goal is to
produce
specific fatty acid composition, with for example a high level of oleic acid
and/or a
lower level of linolenic acid, then the breeder may drive the selection of
genetic
alleles/genes based on inclusion of mutations or transgenes that alter the
levels of
fatty acids in the seed. Reaching this goal may allow for the acceptance of
some
lesser yield potential or other less desirable agronomic trait.
The new genetic alleles being introduced into soybeans are widening the
potential
uses and markets for the various products and by-products of the oil from seed
plants such as soybean. A major product extracted from soybeans is the oil in
the
seed. Soybean oil is employed in a number of retail products such as cooking
oil,
baked goods, margarines and the like. Another useful product is soybean meal,
which is a component of many foods and animal feedstuffs.
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Summary of the Invention
One embodiment of the invention relates to seed of a soybean cultivar
designated
EE1762440. The invention also relates to the plant from the seed designated
EE1762440, the plant parts, or a plant cell of the soybean cultivar designated
EE1762440. The invention also encompasses a tissue culture of regenerable
cells,
cells or protoplasts being from a tissue selected from the group consisting
of:
leaves, pollen, embryos, meristematic cells, roots, root tips, anthers,
flowers, ovule,
seeds, stems, pods, petals and the cells thereof.
The invention in one aspect covers a soybean plant, or parts thereof, or a
cell of the
soybean plant, having all of the physiological and morphological
characteristics of
the soybean variety of the invention.
Another aspect of this invention is the soybean plant seed or derived progeny
which
contains a transgene which provides herbicide resistance, fungal resistance,
insect
resistance, resistance to disease, resistance to nematodes, male sterility, or
which
alters the oil profiles, the fatty acid profiles, the amino acids profiles or
other
nutritional qualities of the seed.
Another aspect of the current invention is a soybean plant further comprising
a
single locus conversion. In one embodiment, the soybean plant is defined as
comprising the single locus conversion and otherwise capable of expressing all
of
the morphological and physiological characteristics of soybean variety
EE1762440.
In particular embodiments of the invention, the single locus conversion may
comprise a transgenic gene which has been introduced by genetic transformation
into the soybean variety EE1762440 or a progenitor thereof. In still other
embodiments of the invention, the single locus conversion may comprise a
dominant or recessive allele. The locus conversion may comprise potentially
any
trait upon the single locus converted plant, including male sterility,
herbicide
resistance, disease resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid
metabolism,
modified carbohydrate metabolism, abiotic stress tolerance, drought tolerance,
stress tolerance, modified nutrient deficiency tolerances, or resistance to
bacterial
disease, fungal disease, nematode disease, or viral disease. The single locus
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conversion may comprise phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, alpha-
amylase, invertase, starch branching enzyme, or for example, may encode an
antisense of stearyl-ACP desaturase. The locus conversion may confer herbicide
tolerance, where the tolerance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the
group
consisting of glyphosate, glufosinate, acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors,
hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen
oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors, photosystem II
(PSII) inhibitors, dicamba and 2,4-D. The locus conversion may comprise QTLs
which may affect a desired trait.
The locus conversion may also comprise a site-specific recombination site,
such as
an FRT site, Lox site, and/or other recombination sites for site-specific
integration.
This includes the introduction of at least one FRT site that may be used in
the
FLP/FRT system and/or a Lox site that may be used in the Cre/Lox system. For
example, see Lyznik et al. (2003) Plant Cell Rep 21:925-932; and W099/25821.
Other systems that may be used include the Gin recombinase of phage Mu (Maeser
et al. (1991) Mol Gen Genet 230:170-176); the Pin recombinase of E. coli
(Enomoto
et al. (1983) J Bacteriol 156:663-668); and the R/RS system of the pSRI
plasmid
(Araki et al. (1992) J Mol Biol 182:191-203).
This invention embodies a method of introducing a desired trait, or of single
locus
conversion, into soybean variety derived from EE1762440 wherein the method
comprises: (a) crossing a EE1762440 plant with a plant of another soybean
variety
that comprises the locus or desired trait to produce Fl progeny plants; (b)
selecting
one or more Fl progeny plants from step (a) that have the desired trait or
locus to
produce selected progeny plants; (c) selfing the selected progeny plants of
step (b)
or crossing the selected progeny plants of step (b) with the EE1762440 plants
to
produce late generation selected progeny plants; (d) crossing or further
selecting
for later generation selected progeny plants that have the desired trait or
locus and
physiological and morphological characteristics of soybean variety EE1762440
to
produce selected next later generation progeny plants; and optionally (e)
repeating
crossing or selection of later generation progeny plants to produce progeny
plants
that comprise the desired trait or locus and all of the physiological and
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morphological characteristics of said desired trait and of soybean variety
EE1762440 when grown in the same location and in the same environment. The
locus or desired trait may confer male sterility, herbicide resistance,
disease
resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified
carbohydrate metabolism, or resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or
viral
disease.
The present invention further provides a method for producing a soybean seed
with
the steps of crossing at least two parent soybean plants and harvesting the
hybrid
soybean seed, wherein at least one parent soybean plant is the present
invention.
Another aspect of the invention provides the hybrid soybean seed and the
progeny
soybean plant and resultant seed, or parts thereof from the hybrid seed or
plant or
its progeny, including a plant cell from the hybrid plant or its progeny.
In an additional aspect, the invention covers a method for producing a soybean
progeny from the invention by crossing soybean line EE1762440 with a second
soybean plant to yield progeny soybean seed and then growing progeny soybean
seed to develop a derived soybean line.
Yet another aspect of the invention covers a method for a breeding program
using
plant breeding techniques which employ the soybean plant EE1762440 as plant
breeding material and performing breeding by selection techniques,
backcrossing,
pedigree breeding, marker enhanced selection, locus conversion, mutation and
transformation. A single locus conversion of a site-specific recombination
system
allows for the integration of multiple desired traits at a known recombination
site in
the genome.
In an additional aspect, the invention covers a method for producing an inbred
soybean plant derived from soybean variety EE1762440 by crossing soybean line
EE1762440 with a second soybean plant to yield progeny soybean seed, and then
growing a progeny plant and crossing said plant with itself or a second
progeny
plant to produce a progeny plant of a subsequent generation, and then
repeating
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these steps for further subsequent generations to produce an inbred soybean
plant derived from soybean variety EE1762440.
In another aspect, the invention covers the plant produced by the methods
described above, or a selfed progeny thereof, wherein the plant or selfed
progeny
comprises the desired trait, single locus, or loci and otherwise comprises
essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of
soybean
variety EE1762440 when grown in the same location and in the same
environment.
In particular embodiments, there is provided:
1. A plant, a plant part, or a seed of soybean variety EE1762440, wherein a
representative sample of seed of said soybean variety EE1762440 has been
deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-126554.
2. A cell of the plant of paragraph 1.
3. A soybean plant obtained by transforming the soybean plant of paragraph 1.
4. A seed of the soybean plant according to paragraph 3.
5. A method for producing a soybean seed, said method comprising crossing
soybean plants and harvesting the resultant soybean seed, wherein at least one
soybean plant is the soybean plant of paragraph 1.
6. The method of paragraph 5, wherein the method further comprises:
(a) crossing a plant grown from said resultant soybean seed with itself or a
different soybean plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent
generation;
(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from said seed of a
progeny plant of a subsequent generation and crossing the progeny plant of a
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subsequent generation with itself or a second plant to produce a progeny plant
of
a further subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) using said progeny plant of a further
subsequent generation from step (b) in place of the plant grown from said
resultant soybean seed in step (a), wherein steps (a) and (b) are repeated
with
sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred soybean plant derived from soybean
variety EE1762440.
7. An F1 soybean seed produced by the method of paragraph 5.
8. An F1 soybean seed produced by the method of paragraph 5 wherein at least
one of the soybean plants carries a heritable transgenic event.
9. An F1 soybean plant, or part thereof, produced by growing said seed of
paragraph 7.
10. A method for developing a second soybean plant through plant breeding,
said
method comprising applying plant breeding to said soybean plant, or parts
thereof
according to paragraph 1, wherein said plant breeding results in development
of
said second soybean plant.
11. A method of producing a soybean plant comprising a desired trait, the
method
comprising introducing at least one transgene or locus conferring the desired
trait
into the soybean plant EE1762440 of paragraph 1.
12. The method of paragraph 11, wherein the desired trait is selected from the
group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance,
nematode
resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, fungal resistance, modified
fatty
acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, drought tolerance, abiotic
stress tolerance, a site-specific recombination site, and modified nutrient
deficiency tolerances.
13. A plant produced by the method of paragraph 11, wherein the plant has said
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desired trait and all of the morphological and physiological characteristics
of
soybean variety EE1762440 other than those characteristics altered by said
transgene or locus when grown in the same location and in the same
environment.
14. A method of introducing a single locus conversion into a soybean plant,
wherein the method comprises:
(a) crossing the EE1762440 plant of paragraph 1 with a plant of another
soybean variety that comprises the single
locus to produce F1 progeny plants,;
(b) selecting one or more F1 progeny plants from step (a) to produce
selected progeny plants;
(c) selfing selected progeny plants of step (b) or crossing the selected
progeny plants of step (b) with the EE1762440 plants to produce later
generation
selected progeny plants;
(d) crossing or further selecting for later generation selected progeny plants
that have the single locus and physiological and morphological characteristics
of
soybean variety EE1762440 to produce selected next later generation progeny
plants; and optionally
(e) repeating crossing or selection of later generation progeny plants to
produce progeny plants that comprise the single locus and all of the
physiological
and morphological characteristics of said single locus and of soybean variety
EE1762440 when grown in the same location and in the same environment.
15. A plant produced by the method of paragraph 14 or a selfed progeny
thereof,
wherein the plant or selfed progeny thereof comprises said single locus and
otherwise comprises essentially all of the physiological and morphological
characteristics of soybean variety EE1762440.
16. A method of producing a commodity plant product, said method comprising
obtaining the plant of paragraph 1 or a part thereof and producing said
commodity
plant product comprising protein concentrate, protein isolate, soybean hulls,
meal,
flour, or oil from said plant or said part thereof.
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17. A seed that produces the plant of paragraph 13.
18. A method comprising isolating nucleic acids from a plant, a plant part, or
a
seed of soybean variety EE1762440, analyzing said nucleic acids to produce
data,
and recording the data for soybean variety EE1762440.
19. The method of paragraph 18, wherein the data is recorded on a computer
readable medium.
20. The method of paragraph 18, further comprising using the data for
crossing,
selection, or advancement decisions in a breeding program.
21. A cell of a plant of soybean variety EE1762440, wherein a representative
sample of seed of said soybean variety EE1762440 has been deposited under
ATCC Accession Number PTA-126554.
22. The cell of paragraph 21, which is a cell of a seed.
23. A cell of a soybean plant, wherein said soybean plant is obtained by
transforming the soybean plant as defined in paragraph 21.
24. A cell of a seed of the soybean plant as defined in paragraph 23.
25. A cell of an F1 soybean seed, said seed produced by a method comprising
crossing soybean plants and harvesting the resultant soybean seed, wherein at
least one soybean plant is the soybean plant as defined in paragraph 21.
26. The cell of paragraph 25, wherein said method further comprises:
(a) crossing a plant grown from said resultant soybean seed with itself or a
different soybean plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent
generation;
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(b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from said seed of a
progeny plant of a subsequent generation and crossing the progeny plant of a
subsequent generation with itself or a second plant to produce a progeny plant
of
a further subsequent generation; and
(c) repeating steps (a) and (b) using said progeny plant of a further
subsequent generation from step (b) in place of the plant grown from said
resultant soybean seed in step (a), wherein steps (a) and (b) are repeated
with
sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred soybean plant derived from soybean
variety EE1762440.
27. The cell of paragraph 25 wherein at least one of the soybean plants
carries a
heritable transgenic event.
28. A cell of a soybean plant, said plant produced by growing the F1 soybean
seed as defined in paragraph 25.
29. Use of plant breeding for developing a second soybean plant from the
soybean plant as defined in paragraph 21, wherein said plant breeding results
in
development of said second soybean plant.
30. A cell of a soybean plant, said soybean plant comprising a desired trait
and
produced by a method comprising introducing at least one transgene or locus
conferring the desired trait into the soybean plant EE1762440 as defined in
paragraph 21;
wherein said soybean plant has said desired trait and all of the
morphological and physiological characteristics of soybean variety EE1762440
other than those characteristics altered by said transgene or locus when grown
in
the same location and in the same environment.
31. The cell of paragraph 30, wherein the desired trait is selected from the
group
consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, nematode
resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, fungal resistance, modified
fatty
acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism, drought tolerance, abiotic
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stress tolerance, a site-specific recombination site, and modified nutrient
deficiency tolerances.
32. A cell of a soybean plant or a cell of a selfed progeny thereof, wherein
said
soybean plant is produced by a method of introducing a single locus conversion
into a soybean plant, wherein the method comprises:
(a) crossing the EE1762440 plant as defined in paragraph 21 with a plant of
another soybean variety that comprises the single
locus to produce Fl progeny plants;
(b) selecting one or more Fl progeny plants from step (a) to produce
selected progeny plants;
(c) selfing selected progeny plants of step (b) or crossing the selected
progeny plants of step (b) with the EE1762440 plants to produce later
generation
selected progeny plants;
(d) crossing or further selecting for later generation selected progeny plants
that have the single locus and physiological and morphological characteristics
of
soybean variety EE1762440 to produce selected next later generation progeny
plants; and optionally
(e) repeating crossing or selection of later generation progeny plants to
produce progeny plants that comprise the single locus and all of the
physiological
and morphological characteristics of said single locus and of soybean variety
EE1762440 when grown in the same location and in the same environment;
wherein said soybean plant or said selfed progeny thereof comprises said
single locus and otherwise comprises essentially all of the physiological and
morphological characteristics of soybean variety EE1762440 when grown in the
same location and the same environment.
33. A method of producing a commodity plant product, said method comprising
obtaining the plant as defined in paragraph 21 or a part thereof and producing
said commodity plant product comprising protein concentrate, protein isolate,
soybean hulls, meal, flour, or oil from said plant or said part thereof.
34. A cell of seed that produces the plant as defined in paragraph 30.
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35. A method comprising isolating nucleic acids from a plant, a plant part, or
a
seed of soybean variety EE1762440, analyzing said nucleic acids to produce
data,
and recording the data for soybean variety EE1762440.
36. The method of paragraph 35, wherein the data is recorded on a computer
readable medium.
37. The method of paragraph 36, further comprising using the data for
crossing,
selection, or advancement decisions in a breeding program.
38. Use of a soybean plant as defined in any one of paragraphs 21, 23, 28, 30,
31, or 32 for producing seed or growing a crop.
39. Use of seed of a soybean plant as defined in any one of paragraphs 21, 23,
28, 30, 31, or 32 for producing a soybean plant.
40. Use of a soybean plant as defined in paragraph 21 for breeding with
another
soybean plant, as a recipient of a desired trait, or as a recipient of a
single locus
conversion.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The following data is used to describe and enable the present
soybean invention.
Common
Name Code Name Description
Cyst Nematode Race 14 Greenhouse Cyst Nematode Race 14
CN14R CN14R CN14R 1=R, 3=MR, 5=seg, 9=S
Cyst Nematode Race 3 Greenhouse Cyst Nematode Race 3
CN3_R CN3_R CN3_R 1=R, 3=MR, 5=seg, 9=S
Dead Leaves Rating (when not sure
Dead Leaves DL _R DL _R what cause)
Early Plot Appearance - emergence,
Early Plot Appearance EPA_R evenness of stand V2-V6
Emergence EMRGR EMRGR Emerge Emergence Ito 9 (1= best)
Flower Color 1= W= White; 2=P=
Purple; 9 = Seg= Segregating (Mixture
Flower Color FL_CR FL_CR FL_CR of Colors)
Frogeye Leaf Spot FELSR FELS Frogeye Leaf Spot rating 1-9 (1= best)
Grain Yield at harvest
moisture YGH MN YGH MN Grain Yield at Harvest Moisture
Grain Yield at Standard Moisture -
Grain Yield at Std MST YGSMN Yield (Qt/H)
Green Lodging Rating R5 to R6 1=All
Green Lodging GLDGR GLDGR GrnLod erect; 5= 45 degree; 9=flat
Green Stem GS _R GS _R GrnStem Green Stem rating 1-9 (1= best)
Overal Harvest Appearance 1= best; 5=
Harvest Appearance HVAPR HVAPR average; 9= Poor
Harvest Lodging 1=All erect; 5=45
Harvest Lodging HLDGR HLDGR HrvstLod degree; 9=flat
Hilum Color G= Grey; BR= Brown; BF=
Buff; BL= Black; IB= Imperfect Black; Y=
Yellow; IY= Imperfect Yellow; S=
Hilum Color HILCT HILCT Segregating (Mixture of Colors)
Maturity Date (MMDD) - 95% of plants in
row shed leaves & pods turned mature
Maturity Date (MMDD) MRTYD MRTYD color
Maturity Days from planting MRTYN MatDays Maturity - Days from planting
date
Moisture % (Field) MST_P GMSTP GMSTP Moisture % (Field)
Phytophthora Root Rot Field Tolerance.
Phytophthora Root Rot PRR_ R PRR Rating (1= best)
Plant Branching Rating 1= No
Plant Branching PLBRR Branch branching; 5= Average; 9= Profuse
Common
Name Code Name Description
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Plant Canopy Rating PLCNR 1= no
Plant Canopy Rating PLCNR Canopy branching, 5=average, 9=profuse
Plant Height (cm) PLHTN Height Plant Height in centimeters
Pod Color Rating 1=T= Tawny; 2=B=
Brown; 9=Seg= Segregating (Mixture of
Pod Color PD_CR PD_CR Colors)
Phytophthora Root Rot GENE, 1C, 1K,
PRR GENE RPS_T RPS_T RPS_T No Gene, etc.
Pubescence Color Rating 1=G= Gray;
2=T= Tawny; 4=Lt= Ligh Tawny;
Pubescence Color PB_CR PB_CR 9=Seg= Segregating (Mixture of Colors)
Root Knot lncogita trait. R= resistance;
Root Knot lncogita MI_T MI_T MR= mixed resistance; S= susceptible
Root Knot Incognita MI _R MI _R Root Knot Incognita rating (1= best)
Soybean Cyst Nematode Race 14
SCN Race 14 Fl% CN14P CN14P Female Index %
SCN Race 3 Fl% CN3_P CN3_P Soybean Cyst Nematode Race 3 Fl%
Shattering STR R Shattering 1-9 (1= best)
Sulfonylurea Tolerance Rating 1-9;
Sulfonylurea Tol. STS _R STS _R 1=Tolerant 9=sensitive
The Mean Yield of the variety, expressed
as a percentage of the Mean Yield of all
Yield Test Percentage TESTP TESTP varieties in the trial
Variety/Hybrid Number VHNO VHNO A code designating a particular variety
Iron Chlorosis Rating or Calculated from
Iron Chlorosis IC_R Flash & Recovery Mean 1-9 (1=best)
Iron Chlorosis Yellow Flash Iron Chlorosis Yellow Flash Rating 1-9
Rate ICFLR (1= best)
Iron Chlorosis Recovery Rating 1-9 (1=
Iron Chlorosis Recovery ICR R best)
Iron Deficiency Chlorosis Adjusted
Radiometry Number Calculated from Max
Radiometry IDC Number IC _N Flast and Recovery Mean
Brown Stem Rot BSR_R BSR Brown Stem Rot Rating 1-9 (1=best)
Charcoal Rot CR_R Charcoal Rot Rating 1-9 (1=best)
Common
Name Code Name Description
Powdery Mildew PM _R Powdery Mildew Rating 1-9 (1= best)
Bacterial Pustule BP_R Bacterial Pustule Rating 1-9 (1=best)
Rust severity overall rating 1-9, 9 being
Rust RUSTR higher severity
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Sudden Death Syndrome Rating 1-9
Sudden Death Syndrome SDS R (1=best)
Sclerotinia White Mold Severity Rating 1-
Sclerotinia White Mold SCL_R SWM 9 (1=best)
Target Spot (Corynespora cassiicola)
Target Spot TSP R Rating 1-9 (1=best)
Stem Canker (Southern) Rating 1-9
Stem Canker (Southern) DPM R (1=best)
Stem Canker (South) Stem Canker (Southern) Tolerance
Tolerance DPMTR Rating 1-9 (1=best)
Trait Definitions
Hypocotyl Length (Hyp_R) A rating of a variety's hypocotyl extension after
germination when planted at a 5" depth in sand and maintained in a warm
germination environment for 10 days.
Leaf Shape Calculated A calculated trait that divides length by width amongst
5
different leaf samples per replicate, measured in cm. 1= lanceolate; 2= oval;
3=
ovate.
Seedling Establishment (EMRGR) A rating of uniform establishment and growth
of seedlings. Rating is taken between the V1 and V3 growth stages and is a 1
to
9 rating with 1 being the best stand establishment.
Seed Coat Peroxidase (Perox) - seed protein peroxidase activity is a chemical
taxonomic technique to separate cultivars based on the presence or absence of
the
peroxidase enzyme in the seed coat. Ratings are POS=positive for peroxidase
enzyme or NEG=negative for peroxidase enzyme. Ratings may also refer to the
activity level of the seed protein peroxidase. 1= low activity; 2 = high
activity.
Chloride Sensitivity (CLS_T) An "Excluder' accumulates chloride and restricts
the chloride in the roots. An "Includer accumulates chloride throughout the
plant.
Based on molecular markers for analyzing chloride sensitivity, a chloride
excluder
carries a susceptible marker allele, and a chloride includer has a resistant
allele.
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Plant Height (PLHTN) The average measured plant height, in centimeters, of 5
uniform plants per plot, taken just prior to harvest.
Plant Branching (PLBRR) Rating of the number of branches and their relative
importance to yield. This rating is taken at growth expressive locations. 1=no
branching, 5=average and 9=profuse. Ratings taken just prior to harvest.
Green Lodging (GLDGR) Rating based on the average of plants leaning from
vertical at the R5 to R6 growth stage. 1=all are erect, 5=average erectness.
9=all
are flat. Rating of one is the best rating.
Harvest Lodging (HLDGR) Rating based on the average of plants leaning from
vertical at harvest. Lodging score (1=completely upright, 5=45 degree angle
from
upright; 9=completely prostrate). Rating one is the best rating and ratings
are taken
just prior to harvest.
M0N89788 The transgenic soybean event M0N89788 carries a glyphosate
tolerance transgene (U.S. Patent 7,632,985). This transgene may be
introgressed
into a soybean variety, such that said variety now carries a glyphosate
tolerance
transgene.
M0N87708 The transgenic soybean event M0N87708 carries a transgene which
expresses a dicamba mono-oxygenase, which confers tolerance to dicamba-based
herbicides. This transgene may be introgressed into a soybean variety, such
that
said variety now carries a dicamba tolerance transgene.
Phytophthora Root Rot (PRR_R) means a Phytophthora Root Rot field tolerance
rating. Rating is 1-9 with one being the best. The information can also
include the
listing of the actual resistance gene (RPS_T), for example, Rps gene 1C.
Root Knot Nematode (RKN) Greenhouse screen ¨ 45 day screen of roots
inoculated with eggs and juveniles. Rating Scale based upon female
reproduction
index on a susceptible check set determined by number of galls present on the
root
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mass. Rating scale is 1-9 with 1 being best. Species specific ratings:
Arenaria
(MA_R), Incognita (MI_R), Javanica (MJ_R).
Stem Canker (Southern) (DPM_R) Greenhouse screen to identify vertical (gene)
.. type of resistance. One week old soybean seedlings are inoculated with the
stem
canker pathogen by opening up a small slit into the hypocotyl and depositing a
small
drop of the fungal suspension. The inoculated seedlings are then placed into a
moisture chamber. When the seedlings of the known checks have collapsed,
disease severity rating are given on a 1 - 9 score. One being the best.
Stem canker (Southern) tolerance (DPMTR) Field nursery. The objective of this
test is to evaluate the Field Resistance/Tolerance of soybean lines under
field
conditions. This is necessary due to the fact that of the four known genes
that
convey vertical type of resistance to stem canker, one gene (Rdc4 from the
variety
Dowling), exhibits a 40-50% plant kill (false positive) when screened in the
greenhouse using the hypocotyl inoculation technique. Lines that scored a
rating
of 4 - 9 in the greenhouse are planted in the field. They are sprayed at least
5
times during their first month of development with a spore suspension
containing
the stem canker fungus. With the inclusion of very susceptible stem canker
checks,
we are able to identify horizontal (field resistance/tolerance) resistance in
certain
lines. Quite often, lines scoring a 9 in the greenhouse, rate a score of 1 in
the field
due to either having the Rdc4 gene or having good field resistance/tolerance.
Disease severity scores are once again given on a 1 - 9 scale when the plants
have
reached the R6 growth stage of plant development. One being the best.
Brown Stem Rot (BSR_R) This disease is caused by the fungus Phialophora
gregata. The disease is a late-season, cool-temperature, soil borne fungus
which
in appropriate favorable weather can cause up to 30 percent yield losses in
soybean
fields. BSR_R is an opportunistic field rating. The scale is 1-9. One rating
is best.
Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS_R) This disease is caused by slow-growing
strains of Fursarium solani that produce bluish pigments in the central part
of the
culture when produced on a PDA culture. The disease appears mainly in the
reproductive growth stages (R2-R6) of soybeans. Normal diagnostics are
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distinctive scattered, intervienal chlorotic spots on the leaves. Yield losses
may be
total or severe in infected fields. The Sudden Death Syndrome Rating is both a
field nursery and an opportunistic field rating. It is based on leaf area
affected as
defined by the Southern Illinois University method of SDS scoring. The scale
used
for these tests is 1-9. A one rating is best.
Sclerotinia White Mold (SCL_R) This disease is caused by the fungal pathogen
Sclerotinia sclerotium. The fungus can overwinter in the soil for many years
as
sclerotia and infect plants in prolonged periods of high humidity or rainfall.
Yield
losses may be total or severe in infected fields. Sclerotinia White Mold
(SCL_R)
rating is a field rating (1-9 scale) based on the percentage of wilting or
dead plants
in a plot. A one rating is the best.
Frog Eye Leaf Spot (FELSR) This is caused by the fungal pathogen Cercospora
sojina. The fungus survives as mycelium in infected seeds and in infested
debris.
With adequate moisture new leaves become infected as they develop until all
the
leaves are infected. Yield losses may be up to 15% in severe infected fields.
Frog
Eye Leaf Spot (FELSR) rating is a field rating (1-9 scale) based on the
percentage
of leaf area affected. The scale is 1-9 where 1=no leaf symptoms and 9=severe
leaf symptoms. One is the best rating. To test varieties for Frog Eye Leaf
Spot a
disease nursery is artificially inoculated with spores. The ratings are done
when
the plants have reached the R5-R6 growth stage. Visual calibration is done
with
leaf photos of different frogeye severity ratings as used by the University of
Tennessee and Dr. Melvin Newman, State Plant Pathologist for TN.
Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) The Soybean Cyst Nematode Heterodera
glycines, is a small plant-parasitic roundworm that attacks the roots of
soybeans.
Soybean Cyst Nematode Ratings are taken from a 30 day greenhouse screen using
cyst infested soil. The rating scale is based upon female reproduction index
(FI%)
on a susceptible check set ((female reproduction on a specific line/female
reproduction on Susceptible check)*100) where <10% = R (RESISTANT); >10%-
<30% = MR (MODERATELY RESISTANT); >30%-<60%= MS (MODERATELY
SUSPECTIBLE); >60% = S (SUSPECTIBLE). The screening races include: 1, 3,
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5, 14. Individual ratings CN1_P, CN3_P, CN5_P, and CN14_P refer to the
resistance to SCN races 1, 3, 5 and 14 Fl% respectively.
Powdery Mildew The name given to a group of diseases caused by several
closely related fungi. Their common symptom is a grayish-white, powdery mat
visible on the surface of leaves, stems, and flower petals. There are many
hosts;
and although this disease is not considered fatal, plant damage can occur when
the infestation is severe.
Soybean Rust (Rust) Previously known as Asian soybean rust. This disease is
caused by the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhiz.
Maturity Days from Planting (MRTYN) Plants are considered mature when 95%
of the pods have reached their mature color. MRTYN is the number of days
calculated from planting date to 95% mature pod color.
Relative Maturity Group (RM) Industry Standard for varieties groups, based on
day length or latitude. Long day length (northern areas in the Northern
Hemisphere)
are classified as (Groups 000,00,0). Mid day lengths variety groups lie in the
middle
group (Groups 1-VI). Very short day lengths variety groups (southern areas in
Northern Hemisphere) are classified as (Groups VII, VIII, IX). Within a
maturity
group are sub-groups. A sub-group is a tenth of a relative maturity group (for
example, 1.3 would indicate a group 1 and a subgroup 3). Within narrow
comparisons, the difference of a tenth of a relative maturity group equates
very
roughly to a day difference in maturity at harvest.
Grain Yield at Standard Moisture (YGSMN) The actual grain yield at standard
moisture (13%) reported in the unit's bushels/acre.
Shattering (STR_R) The rate of pod dehiscence prior to harvest. Pod dehiscence
is the process of beans dropping out of the pods. Advanced varieties are
planted in
a replicated nursery south of their adapted zone to promote early senescence.
Mature plots are allowed to stand in the field to endure heat/cool and
especially
wet/dry cycles. Rating is based on the differences between varieties of the
amount
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of open pods and soybeans that have fallen on the ground. The rating scale is
1-9
with 1=no shattering and 9=severe shattering. One rating is best.
Yield Test Percentage (TESTP) The mean yield of the subject variety expressed
as a percentage of the mean yield of all varieties in the trial.
Plant Parts Means the embryos, anthers, pollen, nodes, roots, root tips,
flowers,
petals, pistols, seeds, pods, leaves, stems, tissue, tissue cultures,
meristematic
cells and other cells (but only to the extent the genetic makeup of the cell
has both
paternal and maternal material) and the like.
Palmitic Acid Means a fatty acid, C15H31COOH, occurring in soybean. This is
one
of the five principal fatty acids of soybean oil.
Linolenic Acid Means an unsaturated fatty acid, C17H29COOH, occurring in
soybean. This is one of the five principal fatty acids of soybean oil.
Stearic Acid Means a colorless, odorless, waxlike fatty acid, CH3 (CH2)16COOH,
occurring in soybean. This is one of the five principal fatty acids of soybean
oil.
Oleic Acid Means an oily liquid fatty acid, C17H33COOH, occurring in soybean.
This is one of the five principal fatty acids of soybean oil.
Linoleic Acid Means an unsaturated fatty acid, C17H31COOH, occurring in
soybean. This is one of the five principal fatty acids of soybean oil.
Plant Means the plant, in any of its stages of life including the seed or the
embryo,
the cotyledon, the plantlet, the immature or the mature plant, the plant
parts, plant
protoplasts, plant cells of tissue culture from which soybean plants can be
regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant cells (but only to the
extent the
genetic makeup of the cell has both paternal and maternal material) that are
intact
in plants or parts of the plants, such as pollen, anther, nodes, roots,
flowers, seeds,
pods, leaves, stems, petals and the like.
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Bud Blight (virus - tobacco ringspot virus): A virus disease of soybeans,
symptoms
form a curled brown crook out of the terminal bud of plants.
Soybean Mosaic (virus): This soybean virus appears as a yellow vein on
infected
plants. This virus will show in the veins of developing leaves. Leaves look
narrow
and have puckered margins. Infection results in less seed formed in odd shaped
pods. The virus is vectored by aphids.
Bean Pod Mottle Virus (virus): The bean leaf beetle vectored virus. This virus
causes a yellow-green mottling of the leaf particularly in cool weather.
Target Spot (fungus -Altemaria sp.): This fungus infects leaves, also shows
spots
on pods and stems.
Anthracnose (fungus - Colletotrichum dematium var. truncatum): This fungus
infects stems, petioles and pods of almost mature plants.
Brown Leaf Spot (fungus - Septoria glycines): Early foliar disease on soybeans
in
springtime.
Downy Mildew (fungus - Peronospora manshurica): Fungus appears on the
topside of the leaf. The fungus appears as indefinite yellowish-green areas on
the
leaf.
Purple Seed Stain (fungus - Cercospora kikuchii): This fungus is on the mature
soybean seed coat and appears as a pink or light to dark purple discoloration.
Seed Decay and Seedling Diseases (fungi - Pythium sp., Phytophthora sp.,
Rhizoctonia sp., Diaporthe sp.): When damage or pathology causes reduced seed
quality, then the soybean seedlings are often predisposed to these disease
organisms.
Bacterial Blight (bacterium - Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea): A soybean
disease that appears on young soybean plants.
Charcoal Rot (fungus - Macrophomina phaseolina): Charcoal rot is a sandy soil,
mid-summer soybean disease.
Rhizobium - Induced Chlorosis: A chlorosis appearing as light green to white
which appears 6-8 weeks during rapid plant growth.
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Bacterial Pustule (bacterium - Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli): This is
usually a soybean leaf disease; however, the disease from the leaves may
infect
pods.
Cotton Root Rot (fungus - Phymatotrichum omnivorum): This summertime fungus
causes plants to die suddenly.
Pod and Stem Blight (fungus - Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae): The fungus
attacks the maturing pod and stem and kills the plant.
Treated Seed means the seed of the present invention with a pesticidal
composition. Pesticidal compositions include but are not limited to material
that are
insecticidal, fungicidal, detrimental to pathogens, or sometimes herbicidal.
Locus converted (conversion), also single locus converted (conversion), refers
to seeds, plants, and/or parts thereof developed by backcrossing and/or
genetic
transformation to introduce a given locus that is transgenic in origin,
wherein
essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of a
variety are
recovered in addition to the characteristics of the locus or possibly loci
which has
been transferred into the variety. The locus can be a native locus, a
transgenic
locus, or a combination thereof. Plants may also be referred to as coisogenic
plants.
Variety or Cultivar refer to a substantially homozygous soybean line and minor
modifications thereof that retains the overall genetics of the soybean line
including
but not limited to a subline, a locus conversion, a mutation, a transgenic, or
a
somaclonal variant. Variety or cultivar include seeds, plants, plant parts,
and/or
seed parts of the instant soybean line.
Definitions of Staging of Development
The plant development staging system employed in the testing of this invention
divides stages as vegetative (V) and reproductive (R). This system accurately
identifies the stages of any soybean plant. However, all plants in a given
field will
not be in the stage at the same time. Therefore, each specific V or R stage is
defined
as existing when 50% or more of the plants in the field are in or beyond that
stage.
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The first two stages of V are designated a VE (emergence) and VC (cotyledon
stage). Subdivisions of the V stages are then designated numerically as V1,
V2, V3
through V (n). The last V stage is designated as V (n), where (n) represents
the
number for the last node stage of the specific variety. The (n) will vary with
variety
and environment. The eight subdivisions of the reproductive stages (R) states
are
also designated numerically. R1=beginning bloom; R2=full bloom; R3=beginning
pod; R4=full pod; R5=beginning seed; R6=full seed; R7=beginning maturity;
R8=full
maturity.
Soybean Cultivar EE1762440
The present invention comprises a soybean plant, plant part, plant cell, and
seed,
characterized by molecular and physiological data obtained from the
representative
sample of said variety deposited with the American Type Culture Collection.
Additionally, the present invention comprises a soybean plant comprising the
homozygous alleles of the variety, formed by the combination of the disclosed
soybean plant or plant cell with another soybean plant or cell.
This soybean variety in one embodiment carries one or more transgenes, for
example, the glyphosate tolerance transgene, a dicamba mono-oxygenase gene, a
desaturase gene or other transgenes. In another embodiment of the invention,
the
soybean does not carry any herbicide resistance traits. In yet another
embodiment
of the invention, the soybean does not carry any transgenes but may carry
alleles
for aphid resistance, cyst nematode resistance and/or brown stem rot or the
like.
The present invention provides methods and composition relating to plants,
seeds
and derivatives of the soybean cultivar EE1762440. Soybean cultivar EE1762440
has superior characteristics. The EE1762440 line has been selfed sufficient
number of generations to provide a stable and uniform plant variety.
Cultivar EE1762440 shows no variants other than expected due to environment or
that normally would occur for almost any characteristic during the course of
repeated sexual reproduction. Some of the criteria used to select in various
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generations include: seed yield, emergence, appearance, disease tolerance,
maturity, plant height, and shattering data.
The inventor(s) believe that EE1762440 is similar in relative maturity to the
comparison varieties. However, as shown in the tables and as described,
EE1762440 differs from these cultivars.
Direct comparisons were made between EE1762440 and the listed non-commercial
or commercial varieties. Traits measured may include yield, maturity, lodging,
plant
height, branching, field emergence, and shatter. The results of the comparison
are
presented in the following tables. The number of tests in which the varieties
were
compared is shown with the environments, mean and standard deviation for some
traits.
It is well known in the art that, by way of backcrossing, one or more traits
or loci
may be introduced into a given variety while otherwise retaining essentially
all of
the traits of that variety. An example of such backcrossing to introduce a
trait into
a starting variety is described in U.S. Patent No. 6,140,556, where soybean
variety
Williams '82 was developed using backcrossing techniques to transfer a locus
comprising the Rps1 gene to the variety Williams. Williams '82 is comparable
to
the recurrent parent variety Williams except for resistance to phytopthora
rot. Both
Williams '82 and Williams have the same relative maturity, indeterminate
stems,
and flower, pod, pubescence, and hilum color.
EE1762440 or its progeny can carry genetic engineered recombinant genetic
material to give improved traits or qualities to the soybean. For example, but
not
limited to, EE1762440 or its progeny can carry the glyphosate resistance gene
for
herbicide resistance as taught in the Monsanto patents (W092/00377,
W092/04449, US 5,188,642 and US 5,312,910), or a gene which confers tolerance
to dicamba-based herbicides, or the STS mutation for herbicide resistance.
Additional traits carried in transgenes or mutations can be transferred into
EE1762440 or its progeny. Some of these genes include genes that give disease
resistance to sclerotinia such as the oxalate oxidase (Ox Ox) gene as taught
in
PCT/FR92/00195 Rhone Polunc and/or an oxalate decarboxylase gene for disease
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resistance or genes designed to alter the soybean oil within the seed such as
desaturase, thioesterase genes (shown in EP0472722, US 5,344,771) or genes
designed to alter the soybean's amino acid characteristics. This line can be
crossed
with another soybean line which carries a gene that acts to provide herbicide
resistance or alter the saturated and/or unsaturated fatty acid content of the
oil
within the seed, or the amino acid profile of the seed. Thus through
transformation
or backcrossing of the present variety or its progeny with a transgenic line
carrying
the desired event, the present invention further comprise a new transgenic
event
that is heritable. Some of the available soybean transgenic events include 11-
234-
01p Dow Soybean 2, 4-D, Glyphosate and Glufosinate Tolerant/DA5-44406-6; 11-
202-01p Monsanto Soybean Increased Yield/MON 87712; 10-188-01p Monsanto
Soybean Dicamba Tolerant/MON 87708; 09-015-01p BASF Soybean
Imadazolinone Tolerant/BP5-CV127-9; 09-328-01p Bayer Soybean Glyphosate
and Isoxaflutole Tolerant/FG72; 09-201-01p Monsanto Soybean Improved Fatty
Acid Profile/MON 87705; 09-183-01p Monsanto Soybean Stearidonic Acid
Produced/MON 87769; 09-082-01p Monsanto Soybean Insect Resistant/MON
87701; 06-354-01p Pioneer Soybean High Oleic Acid/Event 305423; 06-271-01p
Pioneer Soybean Glyphosate & Acetolactate Synthase Tolerant/DP-356043-5; 06-
178-01p Monsanto Soybean Glyphosate Tolerant/MON 89788; 98-238-01p AgrEvo
Soybean Phosphinothricin Tolerant/GU262; 97-008-01p Du Pont Soybean High
Oleic Acid Oil/G94-1, G94-19, G-168; 96-068-01p AgrEvo Soybean Glufosinate
Tolerant/W62, W98, A2704-12, A2704-21, A5547-35; 96-068-01p AgrEvo
Soybean Glufosinate Tolerant/W62, W98, A2704-12, A2704-21, A5547-35; 93-
258-01p Monsanto Soybean Glyphosate Tolerant/4-30-2.
The present variety or its progeny can also carry herbicide tolerance where
the
tolerance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of
glyphosate, glufosinate, acetolactate synthase (ALS)
inhibitors,
hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors, protoporphyrinogen
oxidase (PPO) inhibitors, phytoene desaturase (PDS) inhibitors, photosystem II
(PSII) inhibitors, dicamba and 2,4-D.
This invention also is directed to methods for producing a new soybean plant
by
crossing a first parent plant with a second parent plant wherein the first or
second
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parent plant is the present invention. Additionally, the present variety or
its progeny
may be used in the variety development process to derive progeny in a breeding
population or crossing. Further, both first and second parent plants can be or
be
derived from the soybean line EE1762440 or its progeny. A variety of breeding
methods can be selected depending on the mode of reproduction, the trait, the
condition of the germ plasm. Thus, any such methods using the EE1762440 are
part of this invention: selfing, backcrosses, locus conversion, recurrent
selection,
mass selection and the like.
The scope of the present invention includes use of marker methods. In addition
to
phenotypic observations, the genotype of a plant can also be examined. There
are
many techniques or methods known which are available for the analysis,
comparison and characterization of plant's genotype and for understanding the
pedigree of the present invention and identifying plants that have the present
invention as an ancestor; among these are Isozyme Electrophoresis, Restriction
Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs), Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNAs
(RAPDs), Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction (AP-PCR), DNA
Amplification Fingerprinting (DAF), Sequence Characterized Amplified Regions
(SCARs), Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs), and Simple
Sequence Repeats (SSRs) which are also referred to as Microsatellites.
A genotypic profile of soybean variety EE1762440 can be used to identify a
plant
comprising variety EE1762440 as a parent, since such plants will comprise the
same homozygous alleles as variety EE1762440. Because the soybean variety is
essentially homozygous at all relevant loci, most loci should have only one
type of
allele present. In contrast, a genetic marker profile of an Fl progeny should
be the
sum of those parents, e.g., if one parent was homozygous for allele X at a
particular
locus, and the other parent homozygous for allele Y at that locus, then the Fl
progeny will be XY (heterozygous) at that locus. Subsequent generations of
progeny produced by selection and breeding are expected to be of genotype XX
(homozygous), YY (homozygous), or XY (heterozygous) for that locus position.
When the Fl plant is selfed or sibbed for successive filial generations, the
locus
should be either X or Y for that position.
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In addition, plants and plant parts substantially benefiting from the use of
variety
EE1762440 in their development, such as variety EE1762440 comprising a
backcross conversion, locus conversion, transgene, or genetic sterility
factor, may
be identified by having a molecular marker profile with a high percent
identity to
soybean variety EE1762440. Such a percent identity might be 90%, 91 %, 92%,
93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 99.5% or 99.9% identical to soybean
variety EE1762440.
A genotypic profile of variety EE1762440 also can be used to identify
essentially
derived varieties and other progeny varieties developed from the use of
variety
EE1762440, as well as cells and other plant parts thereof. Plants of the
invention
include any plant having at least 90%, 91 %; 92%; 93%; 94%; 95%; 96%; 97%;
98%, 99%, 99.5%, or 99.9% of the markers in the genotypic profile, and that
retain
90%, 91 %, 92%, 93%, 94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 99.5%, or 99.9% of the
morphological and physiological characteristics of variety EE1762440 when
grown
under the same conditions. Such plants may be developed using markers well
known in the art. Progeny plants and plant parts produced using variety
EE1762440
may be identified, for example, by having a molecular marker profile of at
least 25%,
30%; 35%; 40%; 45%; 50%; 55%; 60%; 65%; 70%; 75%; 76%; 77%; 78%; 79%;
80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,
94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 99.5% genetic contribution from soybean
variety EE1762440, as measured by either percent identity or percent
similarity.
Such progeny may be further characterized as being within a pedigree distance
of
variety EE1762440, such as within 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 or less cross pollinations
to a
soybean plant other than variety EE1762440, or a plant that has variety
EE1762440
as a progenitor. Unique molecular profiles may be identified with other
molecular
tools, such as SNPs and RFLPs.
The present invention also includes methods of isolating nucleic acids from a
plant,
a plant part, or a seed of the soybean variety of the invention, analyzing
said nucleic
acids to produce data, and recording said data. In some embodiments, the data
may be recorded on a computer readable medium. The data may comprise a
nucleic acid sequence, a marker profile, a haplotype, or any combination
thereof.
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In some embodiments, the data may be used for crossing, selection, or
advancement decisions in a breeding program.
A backcross conversion, locus conversion, transgene, or genetic sterility
factor,
may be in an embodiment of the present invention. Markers can be useful in
their
development, such that the present invention comprising backcross
conversion(s),
transgene(s), or genetic sterility factor(s), and are identified by having a
molecular
marker profile with a high percent identity such as 95%, 96%; 97%; 98%; 99%;
99.5% or 99.9% identical to EE1762440.
These embodiments may be detected using measurements by either percent
identity or percent similarity to the deposited material. These markers may
detect
progeny plants identifiable by having a molecular marker profile of at least
25%,
30%; 35%; 40%; 45%; 50%; 55%; 60%; 65%; 70%; 75%; 76%; 77%; 78%; 79%;
80%, 81%, 82%, 83%, 84%, 85%, 86%, 87%, 88%, 89%, 90%, 91%, 92%, 93%,
94%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 99.5% genetic contribution from an
embodiment of the present soybean variety, EE1762440. Such progeny may be
further characterized as being within a pedigree distance of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
or more
cross-pollinations to a soybean plant other than the present variety or a
plant that
has the present variety as a progenitor. Molecular profiles may be identified
with
SNP, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, or other tools also.
Traits are average values for all trial locations, across all years in which
the data
was taken. In addition to the visual traits that are taken, the genetic
characteristic
of the plant can also be characterised by its genetic marker profile. The
profile can
interpret or predict the pedigree of the line, the relation to another
variety, determine
the accuracy of a listed breeding strategy, or invalidate a suggested
pedigree.
Soybean linkage maps were known by 1999 as evidenced in Cregan et. al, "An
Integrated Genetic Linkage Map of the Soybean Genome" Crop Science 39:1464
1490 (1999); and using markers to determine pedigree claims was discussed by
Berry et al., in "Assessing Probability of Ancestry Using Simple Sequence
Repeat
Profiles: Applications to Maize Inbred Lines and Soybean Varieties" Genetics
165:331 342 (2003). Markers include but are not limited to Restriction
Fragment
Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs), Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs),
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Arbitrarily Primed Polymerase Chain Reaction (AP-PCR), DNA Amplification
Fingerprinting (DAF), Sequence Characterized Amplified Regions (SCARs),
Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs), Simple Sequence Repeats
(SSRs) which are also referred to as Microsatellites, and Single Nucleotide
Polymorphisms (SNPs). There are known sets of public markers that are being
examined by ASTA and other industry groups for their applicability in
standardizing
determinations of what constitutes an essentially derived variety under the US
Plant
Variety Protection Act.
However, these standard markers do not limit the type of marker and marker
profile
which can be employed in breeding or developing backcross conversions, or in
distinguishing varieties or plant parts or plant cells, or verify a progeny
pedigree.
Primers and PCR protocols for assaying these and other markers are disclosed
in
the Soybase (sponsored by the USDA Agricultural Research Service and Iowa
State University) located at the world wide web at 129.186.26.94/SSR.html.
Additionally, these markers such as SSRs, RFLP's, SNPs, Ests, AFLPs, gene
primers, and the like can be developed and employed to identify genetic
alleles
which have an association with a desired trait, loci or locus. The allele can
be used
in a marker assisted breeding program to move traits (native, nonnative (from
a
.. different species), or transgenes) into the present variety EE1762440 or
its progeny.
The value of markers includes allowing the introgression and/or locus
conversion of
the allele(s)/trait(s) into the desired germplasm with little to no
superfluous
germplasm being dragged from the allele/trait donor plant into the present
variety
or progeny thereof. This results in formation of, for example, cyst nematode
resistance, brown stem rot resistance, aphid resistance, Phytophthora
resistance,
IDC resistance, BT genes, male sterility genes, glyphosate tolerance genes,
Dicamba tolerance, HPPD tolerance, rust tolerance, Asian Rust tolerance,
fungal
tolerance, or drought tolerance genes. Additionally, the present variety or
progeny
thereof through transgenes, or if a native trait through markers or backcross
breeding, can include a polynucleotide encoding phytase, FAD-2, FAD-3,
galactinol
synthase or a raffinose synthetic enzyme; or a polynucleotide conferring
resistance
to soybean cyst nematode, brown stem rot, phytophthora root rot, or sudden
death
syndrome or resistance, tolerance to FUNGAL DISEASES such as: Altemaria spp.,
Agrobacterium rhizo genes, Calonectria crotalariae, Cercospora kikuchii,
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Cercospora sojina, Choanephora infundibulifera, Colletotrichum spp.,
Coiynespora
cassiicola, Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens, Dactuliocha eta glycines, Diaporthe
phaseolorum, Fusarium oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina, Microsphaera
difusa, Peronospora manshurica, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, Phialophora gregata,
Phomopsis phaseolorum, Phyllosticta sojicola, Phytophthora sojae, Pseudomonas
syringae, Pythium spp., Rhizoctonia solana, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum,
Sclerotium
roffsii, Septoria glycines, Sphaceloma glycines, Thielaviopsis basicota.; or
tolerance
to BACTERIAL and VIRAL DISEASES such as: Xanthomonas campestres,
Cowpea Chlorotic Mottle Virus (CCMV), Peanut Mottle Virus (PMV), Tobacco
Streak Virus (TSV), Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus (BYMV), Black Gram Mottle Virus
(BGMV), Cowpea Mild Mottle Virus (CMMV), Cowpea Severe Mosaic Virus
(CSMV), Indonesian Soybean Dwarf Virus (ISDV), Mung Bean Yellow Mosaic Virus
(MYMV), Peanut Stripe Virus (VPMM), Soybean Chlorotic Mottle Virus, Soybean
Crinkle Leaf Virus, Soybean Yellow Vein Virus (SYVV), Tobacco Mosaic Virus
(TMV); NEMATODES such as: Belonolaimus gracilis, Meloidogyne spp,
Rotylenchulus reniformis, Pratylenchus spp., Hoplolaimus sulumbus, Heterodera
schachtii.
Many traits have been identified that are not regularly selected for in the
development of a new cultivar. Using materials and methods well known to those
persons skilled in the art, traits that are capable of being transferred, to a
cultivar of
the present invention include, but are not limited to, herbicide tolerance,
resistance
for bacterial, fungal, or viral disease, nematode resistance, insect
resistance,
enhanced nutritional quality, such as oil, starch and protein content or
quality,
improved performance in an industrial process, altered reproductive
capability, such
as male sterility or male/female fertility, yield stability and yield
enhancement. Other
traits include the production of commercially valuable enzymes or metabolites
within the present invention.
A transgene typically comprises a nucleotide sequence whose expression is
responsible or contributes to the trait, under the control of a promoter
capable of
directing the expression of the nucleotide sequence at the desired time in the
desired tissue or part of the plant. Constitutive, tissue-specific or
inducible
promoters are well known in the art and have different purposes and each could
be
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employed. The transgene(s) may also comprise other regulatory elements such as
for example translation enhancers or termination signals. The transgene may be
adapted to be transcribed and translated into a protein, or to encode RNA in a
sense
or antisense orientation such that it is not translated or only partially
translated.
Transgenes may be directly introduced into the cultivar using genetic
engineering,
site specific insertion techniques, and transformation techniques well known
in the
art or introduced into the cultivar through a process which uses a donor
parent
which has the transgene(s) already introgressed. This process of introduction
of a
transgene(s) or native/non-native traits into the cultivar may use the donor
parent
in a marker assisted trait conversion process, where the trait may be moved
for
example by backcrossing using the markers for selection of subsequent
generations.
The laboratory-based techniques described above, in particular RFLP and SSR,
can be used in such backcrosses to identify the progenies having the highest
degree of genetic identity with the recurrent parent. This permits one to
accelerate
the production of soybean cultivars having at least 90%, 95%, 99% genetic, or
genetically identical to the recurrent parent, and further comprising the
trait(s)
introgressed from the donor parent. Such determination of genetic identity can
be
based on markers used in the laboratory-based techniques described above.
The last backcross generation is then selfed to give pure breeding progeny for
the
gene(s) being transferred. The resulting plants have essentially all of the
morphological and physiological characteristics of a cultivar of the present
invention, in addition to the gene trait(s) transferred to the inbred. In an
embodiment,
the resulting plants have the morphological and physiological characteristics
of a
cultivar of the present invention as listed in Table 1, and as listed in Table
2 as
determined at the 5% significance level when grown under substantially similar
environmental conditions, in addition to the gene trait(s) transferred to the
inbred.
The exact backcrossing protocol will depend on the trait being altered to
determine
an appropriate testing protocol. Although backcrossing methods are simplified
when the trait being transferred is a dominant allele, a recessive allele may
also be
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transferred. In this instance it may be necessary to introduce a test of the
progeny
to determine if the desired trait has been successfully transferred.
In general, methods to transform, modify, edit or alter plant endogenous
genomic
.. DNA include altering the plant native DNA sequence or a pre-existing
transgenic
sequence including regulatory elements, coding and non-coding sequences. These
methods can be used, for example, to target nucleic acids to pre-engineered
target
recognition sequences in the genome. Such pre-engineered target sequences may
be introduced by genome editing or modification. As an example, a genetically
modified plant variety is generated using "custom" or engineered endonucleases
such as meganucleases produced to modify plant genomes (see e.g., WO
2009/114321; Gao et al. (2010) Plant Journal 1:176-187). Another site-directed
engineering method is through the use of zinc finger domain recognition
coupled
with the restriction properties of restriction enzyme. See e.g., Umov, et al.,
(2010)
Nat Rev Genet. 11(9):636-46; Shukla, et al., (2009) Nature 459 (7245):437-41.
A
transcription activator-like (TAL) elfector-DNA modifying enzyme (TALE or
TALEN)
is also used to engineer changes in plant genome. See e.g., U520110145940,
Cermak et al. (2011), Nucleic Acids Res. 39(12) and Boch et al., (2009),
Science
326(5959): 1509-12. Site-specific modification of plant genomes can also be
performed using the bacterial type II CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced
short
palindromic repeats)/Cas (CRISPR-associated) system. See e.g., Belhaj et al.,
(2013), Plant Methods 9: 39; The Cas9/guide RNA-based system and
Cas12a/guide RNA-based sytem, for example, allow targeted cleavage of genomic
DNA guided by a customizable small noncoding RNA in plants (see e.g., WO
2015026883A1 and W02016205711A1).
The cultivar of the invention can also be used for transformation where
exogenous
genes are introduced and expressed by the cultivar of the invention. Genetic
variants created either through traditional breeding methods using a cultivar
of the
present invention or through transformation of such cultivar by any of a
number of
protocols known to those of skill in the art are intended to be within the
scope of this
invention (see e.g. Trick et al. (1997) Recent Advances in Soybean
Transformation,
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology, 3:9-26).
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Transformation methods are means for integrating new genetic coding sequences
(transgenes) into the plant's genome by the incorporation of these sequences
into a
plant through man's assistance. Many dicots including soybeans can easily be
transformed with Agrobacterium. Methods of introducing desired recombinant DNA
molecule into plant tissue include the direct infection or co-cultivation of
plant cells
with Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Horsch et al., Science, 227:1229 (1985).
Descriptions of Agrobacterium vector systems and methods are shown in Gruber,
et al., "Vectors for Plant Transformation, in Methods in Plant Molecular
Biology &
Biotechnology" in Glich et al., (Eds. pp. 89-119, CRC Press, 1993).
Transformed
plants obtained via protoplast transformation are also intended to be within
the
scope of this invention. Other transformation methods such as whiskers,
aerosol
beam, etc. are well known in the art and are within the scope of this
invention. The
most common method of transformation after the use of agrobacterium is
referred to
as gunning or microprojectile bombardment. This process has small gold-coated
particles coated with DNA (including the transgene) shot into the
transformable
material. Techniques for gunning DNA into cells, tissue, explants, meristems,
callus,
embryos, and the like are well known in the prior art.
The DNA used for transformation of these plants clearly may be circular,
linear, and
double or single stranded.
Some of the time the DNA is in the form of a plasmid. The plasmid may contain
additional regulatory and/or targeting sequences which assist the expression
or
targeting of the gene in the plant. The methods of forming plasm ids for
transformation
are known in the art. Plasmid components can include such items as: leader
sequences, transit polypeptides, promoters, terminators, genes, introns,
marker
genes, etc. The structures of the gene orientations can be sense, antisense,
partial
antisense or partial sense: multiple gene copies can be used.
After the transformation of the plant material is complete, the next step is
identifying
the cells or material, which has been transformed. In some cases, a screenable
marker is employed such as the beta-glucuronidase gene of the uidA locus of E.
coll.
Then, the transformed cells expressing the colored protein are selected for
either
regeneration or further use. In many cases, a selectable marker identifies the
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transformed material. The putatively transformed material is exposed to a
toxic agent
at varying concentrations. The cells not transformed with the selectable
marker, which
provides resistance to this toxic agent, die. Cells or tissues containing the
resistant
selectable marker generally proliferate. It has been noted that although
selectable
markers protect the cells from some of the toxic effects of the herbicide or
antibiotic,
the cells may still be slightly affected by the toxic agent by having slower
growth rates.
If the transformed materials are cell lines then these lines are used to
regenerate
plants. The cells' lines are treated to induce tissue differentiation. Methods
of
regeneration of plants are well known in the art. General methods of culturing
plant
tissues are provided for example by Maki et al. "Procedures for Introducing
Foreign
DNA into Plants" in Methods in Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Glich
et
al. (Eds. pp. 67-88 CRC Press, 1993); and by Phillips et al. "Cell-Tissue
Culture
and In-Vitro Manipulation" in Soybean & Soybean Improvement, 3rd Edition
Sprague et al. (Eds. pp. 345-387) American Society of Agronomy Inc. et al.
1988.
The plants from the transformation process or the plants resulting from a
cross using
a transformed line or the progeny of such plants which carry the transgene are
transgenic plants.
The genes responsible for a specific gene trait are generally inherited
through the
nucleus. Known exceptions are, e.g. the genes for male sterility, some of
which are
inherited cytoplasmically, but still act as single gene traits. Male sterile
soybean
germ plasm for hybrid soybean production was taught in US patent 4,648,204. In
a
preferred embodiment, a transgene to be introgressed into the cultivar
EE1762440
is integrated into the nuclear genome of the donor, non-recurrent parent or
the
transgene is directly transformed into the nuclear genome of cultivar
EE1762440.
In another embodiment of the invention, a transgene to be introgressed into
cultivar
EE1762440 is integrated into the plastid genome of the donor, non-recurrent
parent
or the transgene is directly transformed into the plastid genome of cultivar
EE1762440. In a further embodiment of the invention, a plastid transgene
comprises a gene that has transcribed from a single promoter, or two or more
genes
transcribed from a single promoter.
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In another embodiment of the invention, DNA sequences native to soybean as
well
as non-native DNA sequences can be transformed into the soybean cultivar of
the
invention and used to alter levels of native or non-native proteins. Various
promoters, targeting sequences, enhancing sequences, and other DNA sequences
can be inserted into the genome for the purpose of altering the expression of
proteins. Reduction of the activity of specific genes (also known as gene
silencing
or gene suppression) is desirable for several aspects of genetic engineering
in
plants.
Many techniques for gene silencing are well known to one of skill in the art,
including
but not limited to, knock-outs (such as by insertion of a transposable element
such
as mu (Vicki Chandler, The Maize Handbook Ch. 118 (Springer-Verlag 1994));
antisense technology (see, e.g., Sheehy et al. (1988) PNAS USA 85:8805-8809;
andU.S. Pat. Nos. 5,107,065; 5,453,566; and 5,759,829); co-suppression (e.g.,
Taylor (1997) Plant Cell 9:1245; Jorgensen (1990) Trends Biotech 8:340-344;
Flavell (1994) PNAS USA 91:3490-3496; Finnegan et al. (1994) Bio/Technology
12:883-888; and Neuhuber et al. (1994) Mol Gen Genet 244:230-241); RNA
interference (Napoli et al. (1990) Plant Cell 2:279-289; U.S.Pat. No.
5,034,323;
Sharp (1999) Genes Dev 13:139-141; Zamore et al. (2000) Cell 101:25-33; and
Montgomery et al. (1998) PNAS USA 95:15502-15507); virus-induced gene
silencing (Burton et al. (2000) Plant Cell 12:691-705; Baulcombe (1999) Curr
Op
Plant Biol 2:109-113); target-RNAspecific ribozymes (Flaselolf et al. (1988)
Nature
334: 585-591); hairpin structures (Smith et al. (2000) Nature 407:319-320;
W099/53050; W098/53083); microRNA (Aukerman & Sakai (2003) Plant Cell
15:2730-2741); ribozymes (Steinecke et al. (1992) EMBO J 11:1525; Perriman et
al. (1993) Antisense Res Dev 3:253); oligonucleotide mediated targeted
modification (e.g, W003/076574 and W099/25853); Zn-finger targeted molecules
(e.g, W001/52620; W003/048345; and W000/42219); use of exogenously applied
RNA (e.g, U520110296556); and other methods or combinations of the above
methods known to those of skill in the art.
A non-exclusive list of traits or nucleotide sequences capable of being
transferred
into cultivar EE1762440, for example by single locus conversion, using
material and
methods well known to those persons skilled in the art are as follows: genetic
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factor(s) responsible for resistance to brown stem rot (U.S. Pat. No.
5,689,035) or
resistance to cyst nematodes (U.S. Pat. No. 5,491,081); a transgene encoding
an
insecticidal protein, such as, for example, a crystal protein of Bacillus
thuringiensis
or a vegetative insecticidal protein from Bacillus cereus, such as VIP3 (see,
for
example, Estruch et al. Nat Biotechnol [1997] 15:137-41); a herbicide
tolerance
transgene whose expression renders plants tolerant to the herbicide, for
example,
expression of an altered acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzyme confers upon
plants tolerance to various imidazolinone or sulfonamide herbicides (U.S. Pat.
No.
4,761,373.) Other traits capable of being transformed into cultivar EE1762440
include, for example, a non-transgenic trait conferring to cultivar EE1762440
tolerance to imidazolinones or sulfonylurea herbicides; a transgene encoding a
mutant acetolactate synthase (ALS) that renders plants resistant to inhibition
by
sulfonylurea herbicides (U.S. Pat. No. 5,013,659); a gene encoding a mutant
glutamine synthetase (GS) resistant to inhibition by herbicides that are known
to
inhibit GS, e.g. phosphinothricin and methionine sulfoximine (U.S. Pat. No.
4,975,374); and a Streptomyces bar gene encoding a phosphinothricin acetyl
transferase resulting in tolerance to the herbicide phosphinothricin or
glufosinate
(U.S. Pat. No. 5,489,520.)
Other genes capable of being transferred into the cultivar EE1762440 of the
invention include tolerance to inhibition by cyclohexanedione and
aryloxyphenoxypropanoic acid herbicides (U.S. Pat. No. 5,162,602), which is
conferred by an altered acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase); transgenic
glyphosate tolerant plants, which tolerance is conferred by an altered 5-
enolpyruvyl-
3-phosphoshikimate (EPSP) synthase gene; tolerance to a protoporphyrinogen
oxidase inhibitor, which is achieved by expression of a tolerant
protoporphyrinogen
oxidase enzyme in plants (U.S. Pat. No. 5,767,373.) Genes encoding altered
protox resistant to a protox inhibitor can also be used in plant cell
transformation
methods. For example, plants, plant tissue or plant cells transformed with a
transgene can also be transformed with a gene encoding an altered protox (See
US patent 6,808,904) capable of being expressed by the plant. The thus-
transformed cells are transferred to medium containing the protox inhibitor
wherein
only the transformed cells will survive. Protox inhibitors contemplated to be
particularly useful as selective agents are the diphenylethers (e.g.
acifluorfen, 5-[2-
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chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobezoic acid; its methyl ester, or
oxyfluorfen, 2-
chloro-1-(3-ethoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-4-(trifluorobenzene)),
oxidiazoles, (e.g. oxidiazon, 342,4-dichloro-5-(1-methylethoxy)pheny1]-5-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-oxad iazol-2-(3H)-one), cyclic imides (e.g. S-23142, N-(4-
chloro-2-fluoro-5-propargyloxypheny1)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalim ide;
chlorophthalim , N-(4-chlorophenyI)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalim ide),
phenyl
pyrazoles (e.g. TN PP-ethyl, ethyl 241-(2,3,4-trichloropheny1)-4-
nitropyrazoly1-5-
oxy]propionate; M&B 39279), pyridine derivatives (e.g. LS 82-556), and
phenopylate and its 0-phenylpyrrolidino- and piperidinocarbamate analogs and
bicyclic triazolones as disclosed in the International patent application WO
92/04827; EP 532146).
The method is applicable to any plant cell capable of being transformed with
an
altered protox-encoding gene, and can be used with any transgene of interest.
Expression of the transgene and the protox gene can be driven by the same
promoter functional on plant cells, or by separate promoters.
Modified inhibitor-resistant protox enzymes of the present invention are
resistant to
herbicides that inhibit the naturally occurring protox activity. The
herbicides that
inhibit protox include many different structural classes of molecules (Duke et
al.,
Weed Sci. 39: 465 (1991); Nandihalli et al., Pesticide Biochem. Physiol. 43:
193
(1992); Matringe et al., FEBS Lett. 245: 35 (1989); Yanase and Andoh,
Pesticide
Biochem. Physiol. 35: 70 (1989)), including the diphenylethers {e.g.
acifluorifen, 5-
[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-nitrobezoic acid; its methyl ester; or
oxyfluorfen, 2-chloro-
1-(3-ethoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)-4-(trifluorobenzene)},
oxidiazoles (e.g. oxidiazon, 342,4-dichloro-5-(1-methylethoxy)pheny1]-5-(1,1-
dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-oxad iazol-2-(3H)-one), cyclic imides (e.g. S-23142, N-(4-
chloro-2-fl uoro-5-propargyloxyphenyI)-3,4 ,5,6-tetrahydrophthalim ide;
chlorophthalim, N-(4-chlorophenyI)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide),
phenyl
pyrazoles (e.g. TN PP-ethyl, ethyl 241-(2,3,4-trichloropheny1)-4-
nitropyrazoly1-5-
oxy]propionate; M&B 39279), pyridine derivatives (e.g. LS 82-556), and
phenopylate and its 0-phenylpyrrolidino- and piperidinocarbamate analogs.
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Direct selection may be applied where the trait acts as a dominant trait. An
example
of a dominant trait is herbicide tolerance. For this selection process, the
progeny of
the initial cross are sprayed with the herbicide prior to the backcrossing.
The
spraying eliminates any plant that does not have the desired herbicide
tolerance
characteristic, and only those plants that have the herbicide tolerance gene
are
used in the subsequent backcross. This process is then repeated for the
additional
backcross generations.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a transgene transformed or
introgressed into cultivar EE1762440, for example as a single locus
conversion,
comprises a gene conferring tolerance to a herbicide and at least another
nucleotide sequence for another trait, such as for example, insect resistance
or
tolerance to another herbicide. Another gene capable of being transferred into
the
cultivar EE17624400f the invention expresses thioredoxin and thioredoxin
reductase enzymes for modifying grain digestibility and nutrient availability
(U.S.
Pat. Appl. No. 20030145347.)
Further reproduction of the cultivar can occur by tissue culture and
regeneration.
Tissue culture of various tissues of soybeans and regeneration of plants
therefrom
is well known and widely published. For example, reference may be had to
Komatsuda, T. et al., "Genotype X Sucrose Interactions for Somatic
Embryogenesis
in Soybean," Crop Sci. 31:333-337 (1991); Stephens, P. A. et al., "Agronomic
Evaluation of Tissue-Culture-Derived Soybean Plants," Theor. Appl. Genet.
(1991)
82:633-635; Komatsuda, T. et al., "Maturation and Germination of Somatic
Embryos as Affected by Sucrose and Plant Growth Regulators in Soybeans Glycine
gracilis Skvortz and Glycine max (L.) Merr.," Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ
Culture,
28:103-113 (1992); Dhir, S. et al., "Regeneration of Fertile Plants from
Protoplasts
of Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.): Genotypic Differences in Culture Response,"
Plant Cell Reports (1992) 11:285-289; Pandey, P. et al., "Plant Regeneration
from
Leaf and Hypocotyl Explants of Glycine wightii (W. and A.) VERDC. var
longicauda,"
Japan J. Breed. 42:1-5 (1992); and Shelly, K., et al., "Stimulation of In
Vitro Shoot
Organogenesis in Glycine max (Merrill.) by Allantoin and Amides," Plant
Science
81:(1992) 245-251; as well as U.S. Pat. No. 5,024,944, issued Jun. 18, 1991 to
Collins et al. and U.S. Pat. No. 5,008,200, issued Apr. 16, 1991 to Ranch et
al.
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Thus, another aspect of this invention is to provide cells that upon growth
and
differentiation produce soybean plants having all or essentially all the
physiological
and morphological characteristics of cultivar EE1762440. In an embodiment,
said
plants have the physiological and morphological characteristics of cultivar
EE1762440 as listed in Table 1, and as listed in Table 2 as determined at the
5%
significance level when grown under substantially similar environmental
conditions.
Sublines of soybean variety EE1762440 may also be developed and are provided.
Although soybean variety EE1762440 contains substantially fixed genetics and
is
phenotypically uniform with no off types expected, there still remains a small
proportion of segregating loci either within individuals or within the
population as a
whole. Sublining provides the ability to select for these loci, which have no
apparent
morphological or phenotypic effect on the plant characteristics, but may have
an
effect on overall yield. For example, the methods described in U.S. Pat. Nos.
5,437,697, 7,973,212, and U52011/0258733, and U52011/0283425 may be
utilized by a breeder of ordinary skill in the art to identify genetic loci
that are
associated with yield potential to further purify the variety in order to
increase its
yield. A breeder of ordinary skill in the art may fix agronomically relevant
loci by
making them homozygous in order to optimize the performance of the variety.
The
development of soybean sublines and the use of accelerated yield technology is
a
plant breeding technique.
The seed of soybean cultivar EE1762440 further comprising one or more
specific,
single gene traits, the plant produced from the seed, the hybrid soybean plant
produced from the crossing of the cultivar with any other soybean plant,
hybrid
seed, and various parts of the hybrid soybean plant can be utilized for human
food,
livestock feed, and as a raw material in industry.
Soybean is the world's leading source of vegetable oil and protein meal. The
oil
extracted from soybeans is used for cooking oil, margarine, and salad
dressings.
Soybean oil is composed of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated
fatty
acids. It has a typical composition of 11% palmitic, 4% stearic, 25% oleic,
50%
linoleic and 9% linolenic fatty acid content ("Economic Implications of
Modified
Soybean Traits Summary Report", Iowa Soybean Promotion Board & American
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Soybean Association Special Report 92S, May 1990.) Changes in fatty acid
composition for improved oxidative stability and nutrition are constantly
sought
after. (US Patent No. 5,714, 670 Soybeans Having Low Linolenic Acid and Low
Palm itic Acid Contents; US Patent No. 5,763,745 Soybeans Having Low Linolenic
Acid Content and Palmitic Acid Content of at Least Eleven Percent; US Patent
No.
5,714,668 Soybeans Having Low Linolenic Acid And Elevated Stearic Acid
Content;
US Patent No. 5,714,669 A17 Soybeans Having Low Linolenic Acid Content and
Descendents; US Patent No. 5,710,369 A16 Soybeans Having Low Linolenic Acid
Content and Descendents; US Patent No. 5,534,425 Soybeans Having Low
Linolenic Acid Content and Method of Production; US Patent No. 5,7508,44
Soybeans Capable of Forming a Vegetable Oil Having Specified Concentrations of
Palmitic and Stearic Acids; US Patent No. 5,750,845 Soybeans Capable of
Forming
a Vegetable Oil Having a Low Saturated Fatty Acid Content; US Patent No.
5,585,535 Soybeans and Soybean Products Having Low Palmitic Acid Content; US
Patent No. 5,850,029 Soybean Designated AX7017-1-3; US Patent No. 5,663,485
Soybean Designated A89-259098; US Patent No. 5,684,230 Soybean Designated
AX 4663-5-4-5; US Patent No. 5,684,231 Soybean Designated A1937 NMU-85; US
Patent No. 5,714,672 Soybean Designated ElginEMS-421; US Patent No.
5,602,311 Soybeans and Soybean Products Having High Palmitic Acid Content;
US Patent No. 5,795,969 Soybean Vegetable Oil Having Elevated Concentrations
of Both Palmitic and Stearic Acid; US Patent No. 5,557,037 Soybeans Having
Elevated Contents of Saturated Fatty Acids; US Patent No. 5,516,980 Soybean
Variety XB37ZA; US Patent No. 5,530,183 Soybean Variety 9253; US Patent No.
5,750,846 Elevated Palmitic Acid Production in Soybeans; US Patent No.
6,060,647 Elevated Palmitic Acid Production in Soybeans; US Patent No.
6,025,509 Elevated Palmitic Acid Production in Soybeans; US Patent No.
6,133,509 Reduced Linolenic Acid Production in Soybeans; US Patent No.
5,986,118 Soybean Vegetable Oil Possessing a Reduced Linolenic Acid Content;
US Patent No. 5,850,030 Reduced Linolenic Acid Production in Soybeans).
Industrial uses of soybean oil that is subjected to further processing include
ingredients for paints, plastics, fibers, detergents, cosmetics, and
lubricants.
Soybean oil may be split, inter-esterified, sulfurized, epoxidized,
polymerized,
ethoxylated, or cleaved. Designing and producing soybean oil derivatives with
improved functionality, oliochemistry is a rapidly growing field. The typical
mixture
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of triglycerides is usually split and separated into pure fatty acids, which
are then
combined with petroleum-derived alcohols or acids, nitrogen, sulfonates,
chlorine,
or with fatty alcohols derived from fats and oils.
The techniques of seed treatment application are well known to those skilled
in
the art, and they may be used readily in the context of the present invention.
The seed treating compositions can be applied to the seed as slurry, mist or a
soak or other means know to those skilled in the art of seed treatment. Seed
treatments may also be applied by other methods,e.g., film coating or
encapsulation. The coating processes are well known in the art, and employ,
for seeds, the techniques of film coating or encapsulation, or for the other
multiplication products, the techniques of immersion. Needless to say, the
method of application of the compositions to the seed may be varied and is
intended to include any technique that is to be used.
The term "fungicide" as utilized herein is intended to cover compounds active
against phytopathogenic fungi that may belong to a very wide range of
compound classes. Examples of compound classes to which the suitable
fungicidally active compound may belong include both room temperature
(25° C.) solid and room temperature liquid fungicides such as: triazole
derivatives, strobilurins, carbamates (including thio- and dithiocarbamates),
benzimidazoles (thiabendazole), N-trihalomethylthio compounds (captan),
substituted benzenes, carboxam ides, phenylam ides and phenylpyrroles, and
mixtures thereof.
The present invention includes a method for preventing damage by a pest to
a seed of the present invention and/or shoots and foliage of a plant grown
from
the seed of the present invention. Broadly the method includes treating the
seed of the present invention with a pesticide. The pesticide is a composition
that stops pests including insects, diseases, and the like. Broadly
compositions for seed treatment can include but is not limited to any of one
of
the following: an insecticide, or a fungicide.
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The method comprises treating an unsown seed of the present invention with
neonicotinoid composition. One of these compositions is thiamethoxam.
Additionally, the neonicotinoid composition can include at least one pyrethrin
or synthetic pyrethroid, to reduce pest damage. More specifically there is a
method of seed treatment which employs thiamethoxam and at least one
pyrethrin or pyrethroid are comprised within a seed coating treated on the
seed
of the present invention. The combination, if thiamethoxam is employed, can
be coated at a rate which is greater than 200 gm/100 kg of seed. The method
includes having at least one of the pyrethroids being a systemic insecticide.
The pyrethrin or synthetic pyrethroid, if employed can be selected from the
group consisting of taufluvalinate, flumethrin, trans-cyfluthrin, kadethrin,
bioresmethrin, tetramethrin, phenothrin, empenthrin, cyphenothrin,
prallethrin,
imiprothrin, allethrin and bioallethrin.
The fungicidally active compounds and/or the insecticidal active compounds
are employed in a fungicidally and/or insecticidally effective amount in the
composition. Mixtures of one or more of the following active compounds are
usable as an active component treatment of the seed of the present invention.
Examples of suitable individual compounds for use in seed treatments are
listed below. Where known, the common name is used to designate the
individual compounds (q.v. the Pesticide Manual, 12th edition, 2001, British
Crop Protection Council).
Suitable triazole derivatives include propiconazole, difenconazole,
tebuconazole, tetraconazole and triticonazole. Suitable strobilurins include
trifloxystrobin, azoxystrobin, kresoxim-methyl and picoxystrobin. Suitable
carbamates include thiram. Suitable substituted benzenes include PCNB and
chlorothalonil. Suitable carboxamides include carboxin. Specific phenylamides
usable in the compositions and methods include metalaxyl. A specific
phenylpyrrole usable in the composition is fludioxonil.
Other suitable fungicidal compounds that maybe mentioned are Benomyl (also
known as Benlate), Bitertanol, Carbendazim, Capropamid, Cymoxanil,
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Cyprodinil, Ethirimol, Fenpiclonil, Fenpropimorph, Fluquinconazole,
Flutolanil,
Flutriafol, Fosetyl-aluminum, Fuberidazole, Guazatine, Hymexanol,
Kasugamycin, Imazalil, Imibenconazole, Iminoctadine-triacetate, Ipconazole,
Iprodione, Mancozeb, Maneb, Mepronil, Metalaxyl, Metalaxyl-M (Mefenoxam),
Metconazole, Metiram, MON 65500 (Silthiopham-ISO proposed),
Myclobutanil, Nuarimol, Oxadixyl, Oxine-copper, Oxolinic acid, Pefurazoate,
Pencycuron, Prochloraz, Propamocarb hydrochloride, Pyroquilon,
Silthiopham--see MON 65500, Tecnazene, Thifluzamide, Thiophenate-methyl,
Tolclofos-methyl, Triadimenol, Triazoxide and Triflumizole.
The fungicidally active compounds and/or the insecticidal active compounds are
employed in a fungicidally and/or insecticidally effective amount in the
composition.
Mixtures of one or more of the following active compounds also are usable as
an
active component treatment of the seed of the present invention.
In one seed treatment, mixtures of at least one ambient liquid fungicide (for
example, a phenylamide such as R-metalaxyl) and at least one ambient solid
fungicide (for example, a phenylpyrrole such as fludioxonil) could be
employed.
The apparatus for providing the appropriate amount of seed treatment of a
specific
chemical composition for a seed are well known in the seed coating industry
(See,
for example, US patents 5,632,819 and 5,891,246).
Soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts may be used or processed for food,
animal
feed, or a raw material(s) for industry. Soybean is not just a seed it is also
used as
a grain. Soybean is widely used as a source of protein for animal feeds for
poultry,
swine and cattle. The soybean grain is a commodity. The soybean commodity
plant
products include but are not limited to protein concentrate, protein isolate,
soybean
hulls, meal, flower, oil and the whole soybean itself. Soybean seeds can be
crushed, or a component of the seeds can be extracted in order to make a plant
product, such as protein concentrate, protein isolate, soybean hulls, meal,
flour, or
oil for a food or feed product. Methods of producing a plant product, such as
protein
concentrate, protein isolate, soybean hulls, meal, flour, or oil for a food or
feed
product are provided. Also provided are the protein concentrate, protein
isolate,
soybean hulls, meal, flour, or oil produced by the methods.
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Oil extracted from soybeans is used for cooking oil, margarine, and salad
dressings.
Soybean oil has a typical composition of 11% palmitic, 4% stearic, 25% oleic,
50%
linoleic, and 9% linolenic fatty acid content. Industrial uses of soybean oil,
which is
.. typically subjected to further processing, include ingredients for paints,
plastics,
fibers, detergents, cosmetics, lubricants, and biodiesel fuel. Soybean oil may
be
split, inter-esterified, sulfurized, epoxidized, polymerized, ethoxylated, or
cleaved.
To produce oil, the harvested soybeans are cracked, adjusted for moisture
content,
rolled into flakes, and then the oil is solvent-extracted. The oil extract is
refined,
optionally blended and/or hydrogenated. Some soybean varieties have modified
fatty acid profiles and can be used to produce soybean oil with a modified
fatty acid
composition. Oil with 3% or less linolenic acid is classified as low linolenic
oil, oil
with less than 1% linolenic acid is classified as ultra low linolenic oil. Oil
with 70%
or higher of oleic acid is classified as high oleic oil.
Soybeans are also used as a food source for both animals and humans. Soybeans
are widely used as a source of protein for animal feed. The fibrous hull is
removed
from whole soybean and the oil is extracted. The remaining meal is a
combination
of carbohydrates and approximately 50% protein. This remaining meal is heat
treated under well-established conditions and ground in a hammer mill. Soybean
is
a predominant source for livestock feed components. In addition to soybean
meal,
soybean can be used to produce soy flour. Soy flour refers to defatted
soybeans
where special care was taken during desolventizing to minimize protein
denaturation and to retain a high nitrogen solubility index (NSI) in making
the flour.
.. Soy flour is the typical starting material for production of soy
concentrate and soy
protein isolate. Defatted soy flour is obtained from solvent extracted flakes,
and
contains less than 1% oil. Full-fat soy flour is made from whole beans and
contains
about 18% to 20% oil. Low-fat soy flour is made by adding back some oil to
defatted
soy flour. The lipid content varies, but is usually between 4.5-9%. High-fat
soy flour
can also be produced by adding soybean oil to defatted flour at the level of
15%.
Lecithinated soy flour is made by adding soybean lecithin to defatted, low-fat
or
high-fat soy flours to increase dispersibility and impart emulsifying
properties.
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For human consumption, soybean can be used to produce edible ingredients which
serve as an alternative source of dietary protein. Common examples include
milk,
cheese, and meat substitutes. Additionally, soybean can be used to produce
various types of fillers for meat and poultry products. Vitamins and/or
minerals may
.. be added to make soy products nutritionally more equivalent to animal
protein
sources as the protein quality is already roughly equivalent.
Deposit Information
Applicants have made a deposit of at least 2500 seeds of soybean cultivar
EE1762440 with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) Patent Depository,
10801 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110. The ATCC number of the deposit is
PTA-126554. The date of deposit was December 19, 2019, and the seed was tested
on January 9, 2020 and found to be viable.
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EE1762440
EE1762440 is employed in a number of plot repetitions to establish trait
characteristics.
EE1762440 is a novel soybean cultivar with high yield potential and tolerance
to
Roundup TM herbicide using Roundup Ready 2 Yield and Dicamba herbicide.
The invention relates in part to seeds of the cultivar EE1762440, plants of
the
cultivar EE1762440 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by
crossing the soybean cultivar EE1762440 by itself or to another soybean
genotype.
EE1762440 is a Group 1 soybean cultivar. This variety has an RM of 1.200. To
be
sold commercially in Quebec and Ontario, Canada and areas of Minnesota and
South Dakota where mid Group 1 maturity soybeans are grown. Specific area
where best adaptation occurs includes: Quebec, and Ontario, Canada and
Minnesota and South Dakota. The target for this variety is geographic areas
that
grow mid Group 1 maturity glyphosate and dicamba tolerant varieties where
glyphosate resistant weeds exist and require Soybean Cyst Nematode resistance.
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The characteristics and traits of EE1762440 are listed below.
Table 1: CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAITS
Herbicide Transgene MON 87708;MON 89788
Insect Transgene
Relative
Other Transgene
Maturity 1.200
Sulfonylurea Tolerance STS _R Seed Shape
Hypocotyl Color
Plant
Metribuzin Tolerance Toler Seed Coat Luster
Morphological WLBBI
Aphid Gene Rag 1_S Peroxidase
Leaf Color
Leaf Shape
% Protein @ 13% mst Seed Size g/100 seeds
Calculated
% Oil p13% mst Growth Habit
INDET Leaf Shape
Plant Health
Phytophthora Gene Rps1k,Rps3a Stem Canker
Tolerance
Rust Gene Chloride Sensitivity
CLMS
SCN Res
Source 88788 RootKnot Nematode
Sting Nematode
R1 R2 R3 R5
Fl% Fl% Fl% Fl% R7 Fl% R9 Fl% R14 Fl% Incognita
Arenaria Javanica Pratylenchus
MI_R
SCN=Soybean Cyst Nematode, RKN= Root Knot Nematode
Rps gene indicates the specific gene for resistance but if none are indicated
then none are known to be present.
% Protein and % Oil are given at 13% moisture (standard moisture).
M0N89788 indicates this variety carries the glyphosate tolerance transgene
derived from event MON 89788; M0N87708 indicates this variety carries the
dicamba
tolerance transgene derived from event MON 87708.
Seed shape: 1 = spherical; 2 = spherical-flattened; 3 = elongate; 4 = elongate-
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Seed coat luster: 1 = dull; 2 = shiny
Plant Morphological traits are listed in the order of flower, pubescence, pod
color, and hilum. For flower, P- purple, W= white, and S= segregating (mixture
of
colors). For pubescence, G= gray, T= tawny, Lt=LT= light tawny, LBr= LB =
light brown, and S= segregating (mixture of colors). For pod color, T= tan, B=
brown,
LBr= light brown, and S= segregating (mixture of colors). For hilum, G= gray,
BR=Br= brown, MBr= medium brown, BF= Bf= buff, BL=B1= black, IB=lb= imperfect
black, Y= yellow, IY= ly=imperfect yellow, S= segregating (mixture of colors).
Leaf Color: 1= light green; 2= medium green; 3= dark green
Ratings are on a 1 to 9 scale with 1 being the best.
Sting Nematode is Pratylenchus.
Chloride sensitivity: CL = chloride, M = molecular marker results, X =
segregating, S = susceptible marker allele present, R = resistant marker
allele present.
CLMS ¨ chloride sensitive and CLMR = chloride resistant
MI_S = susceptible, MI_R = resistant, MI_MR = mixed resistance, MI_U = unable
to determine
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Table 2: Agronomic and Disease Traits
Yiel Emer H rvstL G rnLo MatDa Heig Cano Branc GS ID BSR CR FELS
PM PR BP RUST SD SW TSP_
VH NO d ge od d ys ht py h R C R R R
R R R R S M R
P16A49X 59.1 2.9 2.2 2.8 126.9 33.1 6.1 6.1 #N/A 4.2 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 3.0 #N/A #N/A 1.3 3.0 #N/A
514-U9X 58.5 2.8 2.3 1.5 124.6 32.0 4.9 6.4 #N/A 4.3 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.5 #N/A #N/A 2.0 2.5 #N/A
EE1762440 58.3 2.7 1.2 1.8 122.1 28.4 5.7 6.1 #N/A 4.9 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.0 #N/A #N/A 1.3 2.8 #N/A
513-E3 57.2 3.1 2.3 4.0 125.2 31.5 5.7 6.9 #N/A 3.5 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.0 #N/A #N/A 2.8 4.0 #N/A
514-A6 57.0 1.9 1.7 1.5 123.4 28.2 4.9 5.5 #N/A 3.5 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.0 #N/A #N/A 2.3 3.8 #N/A
515-2E3 56.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 126.3 33.7 5.8 6.8 #N/A 4.3 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.0 #N/A #N/A 4.8 5.0 #N/A
514-B2X 56.6 3.1 2.0 2.5 124.1 27.7 5.8 4.6 #N/A 5.0 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.0 #N/A #N/A 1.3 2.8 #N/A
Env i ronme
nts 31.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 7.0 2.0 5.0 4.0 #N/A 3.0 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A
1.0 #N/A #N/A 2.0 2.0 #N/A
Grand
Mean 56.2 2.8 2.2 2.2 124.1 30.3 5.2 5.8 #N/A 4.4 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.3 #N/A #N/A 2.3 3.4 #N/A
Check
Mean 56.1 2.8 2.2 2.3 124.1 30.9 5.2 5.9 #N/A 4.3 #N/A #N/A #N/A
#N/A 2.2 #N/A #N/A 2.3 3.4 #N/A
LSD (0.05) 1.8 0.5 1.1 1.3 1.6 3.3 0.7 1.0 #N/A
0.8 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 0.0 #N/A #N/A 1.8 1.9 #N/A
#N/A = no data available
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As the previous table indicates each of these lines has their own positive
traits.
Each of these lines is different from EE1762440. EE1762440 yields similar to
S14-
U9X, S14-A6, and S14-B2X (LSD 0.05 = 1.8 bu/a). EE1762440 is similar in
maturity to S14-A6 for maturity and earlier in maturity when compared to S14-
U9X
and S14-B2X (LSD 0.05 =1.6). EE1762440 has similar IDC to S14-U9X and S14-
B2X and worse than S14-A6 (LSD 0.05 = 0.8). EE1762440 has similar plant
height to S14-B2X and S14-A6 and is shorter than S14-U9X (LSD 0.05 = 3.3).
EE1762440 can be differentiated from S14-U9X since EE1762440 has white
flowers, light tawny pubescence, brown pod wall, black hilum, the Rps1k and
Rps3a genes for phytophthora resistance, and the M0N87708 gene for resistance
to Dicamba. S14-U9X has purple flowers, light tawny pubescence, brown pod
wall, brown hilum, the Rps1c gene for phytophthora resistance, and contains
the
M0N87708 gene for Dicamba resistance. S14-B2X has purple flowers, light tawny
pubescence, tan pod wall, black hilum, the Rps1c gene for phytophthora
resistance, and contains the M0N87708 gene for Dicamba resistance. S14-A6
has purple flowers, light tawny pubescence, tan pod wall, black hilum, the
Rps1k
gene for phytophthora resistance, and does not contain the M0N87708 gene for
Dicamba resistance.
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