Event EE-GH5 insect resistant cotton plants and methods of using

US8247654B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayer CropScience N.V. · BE

Inventors

• Linda Trolinder · Idalou, US
• Sofie Moens · Zingem, BE
• Dimitri Paelinck · Eksaarde, BE
• Veerle Habex · Gullegem, BE
• Hans Van Herck · Malle, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides specific transgenic cotton plants, plant material and seeds, characterized in that these products harbor a specific transformation event at a specific location in the cotton genome. Tools are also provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification of the event in biological samples.