US 11,807,862 B2
Green bean plants with improved disease resistance
Ellen L. Evans, St. Louis, MO (US); Kenneth Kmiecik, Madison, WI (US); Chad Kramer, Winters, CA (US); and Arie Oppelaar, Ijzendoorn (NL)
Assigned to SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/930,304.
Application 16/930,304 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/742,529, filed on Jan. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,122,757.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,814, filed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0407744 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01N 63/22 (2020.01)
CPC C12N 15/8282 (2013.01) [A01N 63/22 (2020.01)] 25 Claims
 
16. A green bean plant, plant part thereof, or plant seed thereof having applied or coated on at least a portion of the green bean plant, plant part thereof, or plant seed thereof a composition comprising at least one cell of Bacillus subtilis strain QST713, wherein said plant, plant part thereof, or plant seed thereof comprises a recombinant chromosomal segment on chromosome 2 or chromosome 7, wherein said recombinant chromosomal segment comprises an allele conferring resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum relative to a plant, plant part thereof, or plant seed thereof lacking said recombinant chromosomal segment, and wherein:
(a) said recombinant chromosomal segment on chromosome 2 comprises a marker locus selected from the group consisting of a marker locus M1 (SEQ ID NO: 1), marker locus M2 (SEQ ID NO: 7), and marker locus M3 (SEQ ID NO: 2); or
(b) said recombinant chromosomal segment on chromosome 7 comprises marker locus M9 (SEQ ID NO: 8) and marker locus M10 (SEQ ID NO: 14) or marker locus M11 (SEQ ID NO: 20) and marker locus M12 (SEQ ID NO: 26).