CA3177143A1 - Plants and seeds of canola variety scv941661 - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the canola variety SCV941661. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and plant cells of the canola variety SCV941661. Also provided by the invention are methods for producing canola plants by crossing the canola variety 5CV941661 with itself or another canola variety and plants produced by such methods.
Description
PATENT
FIELD
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola variety, designated SCV941661.
BACKGROUND
There are numerous steps involving significant technical human intervention in the development of any novel, desirable plant germplasm. Plant breeding begins with the analysis and definition of problems and weaknesses of the current germplasm, the establishment of program goals, and the definition of specific breeding objectives. The next step is selection of germplasm that possess the traits to meet the program goals. The goal is to combine in a single variety an improved combination of desirable traits from the parental germplasm. These important traits may include higher seed yield, resistance to diseases and insects, better stems and roots, tolerance to drought and heat, better agronomic quality, resistance to herbicides, and improvements in compositional traits.
Canola, Brassica napus oleifera annua, is an important and valuable field crop. Thus, a continuing goal of canola plant breeders is to develop stable, high yielding canola varieties that are agronomically sound. The reasons for this goal are generally to maximize the amount of grain produced on the land used and to supply food for both animals and humans. The high quality vegetable oil extracted from canola grain is a primary reason for canola's commercial value.
Thus, in addition to high grain yields, increasing the oil content level in the grain can maximize crop value per acre. To accomplish these goals, the canola breeder must select and develop canola plants that have the traits that result in superior varieties.
Additionally, the components may be used in non food product applications.
Biodiesel production, lubricants, solvents, cleaners, paints, inks, plastics, adhesives, and foams are a few examples of other industrial applications for canola and its components.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 SUMMARY
One aspect of the present invention relates to seed of canola variety SCV941661. The invention also relates to plants produced by growing the seed of canola variety SCV941661, as well as the derivatives of such plants. Further provided are plant parts, including cells, plant protoplasts, plant cells of a tissue culture of cells from which canola plants can be regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants, such as pollen, flowers, seeds, pods, leaves, stems, and the like, from canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002. In another aspect, the invention provides a crushed non-viable canola seed from canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
Another aspect of the invention relates to an industrial product produced from a plant comprising the plant cell of a canola plant of variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, and wherein the industrial product is selected from the group consisting of crushed canola grain, canola hulls, canola meal, and canola flour.
Yet another aspect of the current invention relates to the use of seed of a plant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No.
202206002, to produce an industrial product selected from the group consisting of canola meal, livestock feed, protein concentrate, unblended canola oil, salad oil, cooking oil, frying oil, vegetable oil, a blended oil, and a biofuel.
In a further aspect, the invention provides a composition comprising a seed of canola variety SCV941661 comprised in plant seed growth media. In certain embodiments, the plant seed growth media is a soil or synthetic cultivation medium. In specific embodiments, the growth medium may be comprised in a container or may, for example, be soil in a field. Plant seed growth media are well known to those of skill in the art and include, but are in no way limited to, soil or synthetic cultivation medium.
Advantageously, plant seed growth media can provide adequate physical support for seeds and can retain moisture and/or nutritional components. Examples of characteristics for soils that may be desirable in certain embodiments can be found, for instance, in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,932,166 and 4,707,176. Synthetic plant cultivation media are also well known in the art and may, in certain embodiments, comprise
FIELD
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola variety, designated SCV941661.
BACKGROUND
There are numerous steps involving significant technical human intervention in the development of any novel, desirable plant germplasm. Plant breeding begins with the analysis and definition of problems and weaknesses of the current germplasm, the establishment of program goals, and the definition of specific breeding objectives. The next step is selection of germplasm that possess the traits to meet the program goals. The goal is to combine in a single variety an improved combination of desirable traits from the parental germplasm. These important traits may include higher seed yield, resistance to diseases and insects, better stems and roots, tolerance to drought and heat, better agronomic quality, resistance to herbicides, and improvements in compositional traits.
Canola, Brassica napus oleifera annua, is an important and valuable field crop. Thus, a continuing goal of canola plant breeders is to develop stable, high yielding canola varieties that are agronomically sound. The reasons for this goal are generally to maximize the amount of grain produced on the land used and to supply food for both animals and humans. The high quality vegetable oil extracted from canola grain is a primary reason for canola's commercial value.
Thus, in addition to high grain yields, increasing the oil content level in the grain can maximize crop value per acre. To accomplish these goals, the canola breeder must select and develop canola plants that have the traits that result in superior varieties.
Additionally, the components may be used in non food product applications.
Biodiesel production, lubricants, solvents, cleaners, paints, inks, plastics, adhesives, and foams are a few examples of other industrial applications for canola and its components.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 SUMMARY
One aspect of the present invention relates to seed of canola variety SCV941661. The invention also relates to plants produced by growing the seed of canola variety SCV941661, as well as the derivatives of such plants. Further provided are plant parts, including cells, plant protoplasts, plant cells of a tissue culture of cells from which canola plants can be regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants, such as pollen, flowers, seeds, pods, leaves, stems, and the like, from canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002. In another aspect, the invention provides a crushed non-viable canola seed from canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
Another aspect of the invention relates to an industrial product produced from a plant comprising the plant cell of a canola plant of variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, and wherein the industrial product is selected from the group consisting of crushed canola grain, canola hulls, canola meal, and canola flour.
Yet another aspect of the current invention relates to the use of seed of a plant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No.
202206002, to produce an industrial product selected from the group consisting of canola meal, livestock feed, protein concentrate, unblended canola oil, salad oil, cooking oil, frying oil, vegetable oil, a blended oil, and a biofuel.
In a further aspect, the invention provides a composition comprising a seed of canola variety SCV941661 comprised in plant seed growth media. In certain embodiments, the plant seed growth media is a soil or synthetic cultivation medium. In specific embodiments, the growth medium may be comprised in a container or may, for example, be soil in a field. Plant seed growth media are well known to those of skill in the art and include, but are in no way limited to, soil or synthetic cultivation medium.
Advantageously, plant seed growth media can provide adequate physical support for seeds and can retain moisture and/or nutritional components. Examples of characteristics for soils that may be desirable in certain embodiments can be found, for instance, in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,932,166 and 4,707,176. Synthetic plant cultivation media are also well known in the art and may, in certain embodiments, comprise
2 Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 polymers or hydrogels. Examples of such compositions are described, for example, in U.S. Patent No.
4,241,537.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a tissue culture of regenerable cells of the canola variety SCV941661, as well as plants regenerated therefrom, wherein the regenerated canola plant is capable of expressing all the morphological and physiological characteristics of a plant grown from the canola seed designated SCV941661.
Yet another aspect of the current invention is a canola plant comprising a single locus conversion of the canola variety SCV941661, wherein the canola plant is otherwise capable of expressing all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the canola variety 5CV941661. In particular embodiments of the invention, the single locus conversion may comprise a transgenic gene which has been introduced by genetic transformation into the canola variety 5CV941661 or a progenitor thereof and wherein a sample of seed of canola variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002. In still other embodiments of the invention, the single locus conversion may comprise a dominant or recessive allele. The single locus conversion may confer potentially any trait upon the single locus converted plant, including male fertility or sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, modified seed yield, modified oil percent, modified protein percent, altered seed amino acid composition, modified lodging resistance, site specific genetic recombination, modified carbohydrate metabolism, resistance to bacterial disease, resistance to fungal disease, resistance to viral disease, and improved nutritional quality.
Still yet another aspect of the invention relates to the use of a plant of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002, and a second canola plant to produce a canola seed or a descendant plant. In a particular embodiment, the invention comprises a plant or plant cell or a descendant of a plant or plant cell of a canola plant designated variety 5CV941661. In some embodiments, the descendant has the same desirable traits as the plant designated variety 5CV941661.
Still yet another aspect of the invention relates to a first generation (F1) hybrid canola seed produced by crossing a plant of the canola variety 5CV941661 to a second canola plant. Also included in the invention are the F 1 hybrid canola plants grown from the hybrid seed produced by crossing the
4,241,537.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a tissue culture of regenerable cells of the canola variety SCV941661, as well as plants regenerated therefrom, wherein the regenerated canola plant is capable of expressing all the morphological and physiological characteristics of a plant grown from the canola seed designated SCV941661.
Yet another aspect of the current invention is a canola plant comprising a single locus conversion of the canola variety SCV941661, wherein the canola plant is otherwise capable of expressing all the morphological and physiological characteristics of the canola variety 5CV941661. In particular embodiments of the invention, the single locus conversion may comprise a transgenic gene which has been introduced by genetic transformation into the canola variety 5CV941661 or a progenitor thereof and wherein a sample of seed of canola variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002. In still other embodiments of the invention, the single locus conversion may comprise a dominant or recessive allele. The single locus conversion may confer potentially any trait upon the single locus converted plant, including male fertility or sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, modified seed yield, modified oil percent, modified protein percent, altered seed amino acid composition, modified lodging resistance, site specific genetic recombination, modified carbohydrate metabolism, resistance to bacterial disease, resistance to fungal disease, resistance to viral disease, and improved nutritional quality.
Still yet another aspect of the invention relates to the use of a plant of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002, and a second canola plant to produce a canola seed or a descendant plant. In a particular embodiment, the invention comprises a plant or plant cell or a descendant of a plant or plant cell of a canola plant designated variety 5CV941661. In some embodiments, the descendant has the same desirable traits as the plant designated variety 5CV941661.
Still yet another aspect of the invention relates to a first generation (F1) hybrid canola seed produced by crossing a plant of the canola variety 5CV941661 to a second canola plant. Also included in the invention are the F 1 hybrid canola plants grown from the hybrid seed produced by crossing the
3 Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 canola variety SCV941661 to a second canola plant. Still further included in the invention are the seeds of an Fi hybrid plant produced with the canola variety SCV941661 as one parent, the second generation (F2) canola plant grown from the seed of the Fi hybrid plant, and the seeds of the F2 plant.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing canola seeds comprising crossing a plant of the canola variety SCV941661 to any second canola plant, including itself or another plant of the variety SCV941661, wherein the variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002. In particular embodiments of the invention, the method of crossing comprises the steps of a) planting seeds of the canola variety 5CV941661; b) cultivating canola plants resulting from said seeds until said plants bear flowers; c) allowing fertilization of the flowers of said plants; and d) harvesting seeds produced from said plants.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing hybrid canola seeds comprising crossing the canola variety 5CV941661 to a second, distinct canola plant which is nonisogenic to the canola variety 5CV941661. In particular embodiments of the invention, the crossing comprises the steps of a) planting seeds of canola variety 5CV941661 and a second, distinct canola plant, b) cultivating the canola plants grown from the seeds until the plants bear flowers; c) cross pollinating a flower on one of the two plants with the pollen of the other plant, and d) harvesting the seeds resulting from the cross pollinating.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method for developing a canola plant in a canola breeding program comprising: a) obtaining a canola plant, or its parts, of the variety 5CV941661; and b) employing said plant or parts as a source of breeding material using plant breeding techniques. In the method, the plant breeding techniques may be selected from the group consisting of recurrent selection, bulk selection, backcrossing, pedigree breeding, genetic marker-assisted selection, genome editing and genetic transformation. In certain embodiments of the invention, the canola plant of variety 5CV941661 is used as the male or female parent.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing a canola plant derived from the canola variety 5CV941661, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a progeny plant derived from canola variety 5CV941661 by crossing a plant of the canola variety 5CV941661 with a second canola plant; and (b) crossing the progeny plant with itself or a second plant to produce a progeny plant of a subsequent generation which is derived from a plant of the canola variety 5CV941661. In one
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing canola seeds comprising crossing a plant of the canola variety SCV941661 to any second canola plant, including itself or another plant of the variety SCV941661, wherein the variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002. In particular embodiments of the invention, the method of crossing comprises the steps of a) planting seeds of the canola variety 5CV941661; b) cultivating canola plants resulting from said seeds until said plants bear flowers; c) allowing fertilization of the flowers of said plants; and d) harvesting seeds produced from said plants.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing hybrid canola seeds comprising crossing the canola variety 5CV941661 to a second, distinct canola plant which is nonisogenic to the canola variety 5CV941661. In particular embodiments of the invention, the crossing comprises the steps of a) planting seeds of canola variety 5CV941661 and a second, distinct canola plant, b) cultivating the canola plants grown from the seeds until the plants bear flowers; c) cross pollinating a flower on one of the two plants with the pollen of the other plant, and d) harvesting the seeds resulting from the cross pollinating.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method for developing a canola plant in a canola breeding program comprising: a) obtaining a canola plant, or its parts, of the variety 5CV941661; and b) employing said plant or parts as a source of breeding material using plant breeding techniques. In the method, the plant breeding techniques may be selected from the group consisting of recurrent selection, bulk selection, backcrossing, pedigree breeding, genetic marker-assisted selection, genome editing and genetic transformation. In certain embodiments of the invention, the canola plant of variety 5CV941661 is used as the male or female parent.
Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of producing a canola plant derived from the canola variety 5CV941661, the method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a progeny plant derived from canola variety 5CV941661 by crossing a plant of the canola variety 5CV941661 with a second canola plant; and (b) crossing the progeny plant with itself or a second plant to produce a progeny plant of a subsequent generation which is derived from a plant of the canola variety 5CV941661. In one
4 Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises: (c) crossing the progeny plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second plant; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) for, in some embodiments, at least 2, 3, 4 or more additional generations to produce an inbred canola plant derived from the canola variety SCV941661. Also provided by the invention is a plant produced by this and the other methods of the invention.
In another embodiment of the invention, the method of producing a canola plant derived from the canola variety SCV941661 further comprises: (a) crossing the canola variety SCV941661-derived canola plant with itself or another canola plant to yield additional canola variety SCV941661-derived progeny canola seed; (b) growing the progeny canola seed of step (a) under plant growth conditions to yield additional canola variety SCV941661-derived canola plants; and (c) repeating the crossing and growing steps of (a) and (b) to generate further canola variety SCV941661-derived canola plants. In specific embodiments, steps (a) and (b) may be repeated at least 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 or more times as desired.
The invention still further provides a canola plant produced by this and the foregoing methods.
In another embodiment of the invention, the method of producing a canola plant comprises transforming a canola plant of variety SCV941661 with a transgene that confers herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site specific genetic recombination, or modified carbohydrate metabolism, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002.
An aspect of the invention relates to a plant cell of a canola plant produced by a method comprising transforming a canola plant of variety SCV941661 with a transgene that confers herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site specific genetic recombination, or modified carbohydrate metabolism, wherein the plant cell comprises a full copy of the genome of canola variety SCV941661, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a plant cell of a canola plant comprising a single locus conversion of the canola variety SCV941661, wherein the locus conversion may comprise a transgenic gene which has been introduced by genetic transformation into the canola variety SCV941661 or a Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 progenitor thereof, wherein the plant cell comprises a full copy of the genome of canola variety SCV941661, and wherein a sample of seed of canola variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.A further aspect of the invention is use of canola variety SCV941661 or a descendant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein the descendant expressed the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 listed in Table 1. A
descendant of canola variety SCV941661 may for instance express the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 80%, 90%, or 95% significance level when grown under substantially similar environmental conditions. In certain embodiments, the invention provides the use of canola variety SCV941661 or a descendant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, for instance to produce a cleaned seed for subsequent planting, to breed a canola plant, as a recipient of a single locus conversion, to cross with another canola plant, as a recipient of a transgene, for oil or protein production, to grow a crop, or to produce a genetic marker profile. In one embodiment, use of canola variety SCV941661 or a descendant of canola variety SCV941661 to produce a cleaned seed for subsequent planting comprises treating the seed with a seed treatment, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No.
202206002.
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In the description and tables, a number of terms are used. In order to provide a clear and consistent understanding of the specification and claims, the following definitions are provided:
A: When used in conjunction with the word "comprising" or other open language in the claims, the words "a" and "an" denote "one or more."
Allele: Any of one or more alternative forms of a gene locus, all of which relate to one trait or characteristic. In a diploid cell or organism, the two alleles of a given gene occupy corresponding loci on a pair of homologous chromosomes.
Alter: The utilization of up-regulation, down-regulation, or gene silencing.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Anther arrangement: The orientation of the anthers in fully opened flowers can also be useful as an identifying trait. This can range from introse (facing inward toward pistil), erect (neither inward not outward), or extrose (facing outward away from pistil).
Anther dotting: The presence/absence of anther dotting (colored spots on the tips of anthers) and if present, the percentage of anther dotting on the tips of anthers in newly opened flowers is also a distinguishing trait for varieties.
Anther fertility: This is a measure of the amount of pollen produced on the anthers of a flower.
It can range from sterile (such as in female parents used for hybrid seed production) to fertile (all anthers shedding).
Backcrossing: A process in which a breeder repeatedly crosses hybrid progeny, for example a first generation hybrid (F1), back to one of the parents of the hybrid progeny. Backcrossing can be used to introduce one or more single locus conversions from one genetic background into another.
Blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans): Virulent or severe blackleg of canola/rapeseed is a fungal canker or dry rot disease of the actively growing crop that causes stem girdling and lodging. In heavily infested crops, up to 100 per cent of the stems may be infected, resulting in major yield loss. For purposes of this application, resistance to blackleg is measured using ratings of "R"
(resistant), "MR" (medium resistant), "MS" (moderately susceptible) or "S" (susceptible).
Cell: Cell as used herein includes a plant cell, whether isolated, in tissue culture or incorporated in a plant or plant part.
Chromatography: A technique wherein a mixture of dissolved substances are bound to a solid support followed by passing a column of fluid across the solid support and varying the composition of the fluid. The components of the mixture are separated by selective elution.
Cotyledon width: The cotyledons are leaf structures that form in the developing seeds of canola which make up the majority of the mature seed of these species. When the seed germinates, the cotyledons are pushed out of the soil by the growing hypocotyls (segment of the seedling stem below the cotyledons and above the root) and they unfold as the first photosynthetic leafs of the plant. The width of the cotyledons varies by variety and can be classified as narrow, medium, or wide.
Crossing: The mating of two parent plants.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Cross-pollination: Fertilization by the union of two gametes from different plants.
Descendant plant: A plant that is descended from a particular other plant that is, a descendant plant is an offspring of a particular other plant Elite canola line or variety: A canola line or variety, per se, which has been sold commercially.
Elite canola parent line or variety: A canola line or variety which is a parent of a canola hybrid which has been commercially sold.
Emasculate: The removal of plant male sex organs or the inactivation of the organs with a cytoplasmic or nuclear genetic factor or a chemical agent conferring male sterility.
Embryo: The embryo is the small plant contained within a mature seed.
Emergence: The emergence score describes the ability of a seed to emerge from the soil after planting. Each genotype is given a 1 to 9 score based on its percent of emergence. A score of 1 indicates an excellent rate and percent of emergence, an intermediate score of 5 indicates an average rating and a 9 score indicates a very poor rate and percent of emergence.
Enzymes: Molecules which can act as catalysts in biological reactions.
Essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics: The characteristics of a plant are recovered that are otherwise present when compared in the same environment, other than occasional variant traits that might arise during backcrossing or direct introduction of a transgene.
Fi Hybrid: The first generation progeny of the cross of two nonisogenic plants.
FAME analysis: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester analysis is a method that allows for accurate quantification of the fatty acids that make up complex lipid classes.
Flower bud location. The location of the unopened flower buds relative to the adjacent opened flowers is useful in distinguishing between the canola species. For example, unopened buds are held above the most recently opened flowers in B. napus, and they are positioned below the most recently opened flower buds in B. rapa.
Flowering date: This is measured by the number of days from planting to the stage when 50%
of the plants in a population have one or more open flowers. This varies from variety to variety.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Fusarium Wilt: Fusarium wilt, largely caused by Fusarium oxysporum, is a disease of canola that causes part or all of a plant to wilt, reducing yield by up to 30% or more on badly affected fields.
For purposes of this application, resistance to Fusarium wilt is measured using ratings of "R" (resistant), "MR" (medium resistant), "MS" (moderately susceptible) or "S" (susceptible).
Gene silencing: Gene silencing means the interruption or suppression of the expression of a gene at the level of transcription or translation.
Genomic Estimated Breeding Value (GEBV): An estimation of genotyped populations using statistical model or models to predict the breeding values of a plant or plants Genomic Selection (GS) or Genome-wide selection (GWS): A use of genome-wide genotypic data to predict genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) for selection purposes in breeding process.
Genotype: The genetic constitution of a cell or organism.
Glucosinolates: These are measured in micromoles (um) of total alipathic glucosinolates per gram of air-dried oil-free meal. The level of glucosinolates is somewhat influenced by the sulfur fertility of the soil but is also controlled by the genetic makeup of each variety and thus can be useful in characterizing varieties.
Growth habit: At the end of flowering, the angle relative to the ground surface of the outermost fully expanded leaf petioles is a variety specific trait. This trait can range from erect (very upright along the stem) to prostrate (almost horizontal and parallel with the ground surface).
Haploid: A cell or organism having one set of the two sets of chromosomes in a diploid.
Industrial product: Refers to the result of crushing canola seed for oil and any components extracted from the leftover oil-free canola meal. Crushing in this connection refers to the process of grinding canola grain and extracting oil, leaving protein-rich canola meal as a by-product. Industrial products encompass components comprising plant cells or components being purified plant cell constituents not comprising plant cells as such. Industrial products comprise crushed canola grain, canola hulls, canola meal, canola flour, livestock feed, protein concentrate, unblended canola oil, salad oil, cooking oil, frying oil, vegetable oil, a blended oil, and biofuel.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Leaf attachment to the stem: This trait is especially useful for distinguishing between the two canola species. For example, the base of the leaf blade of the upper stem leaves of B. rapa completely clasp the stem, whereas those of the B. napus only partially clasp the stem.
Those of the mustard species do not clasp the stem at all.
Leaf blade color: The color of the leaf blades is variety-specific and can range from light to medium dark green to blue green.
Leaf development of lobes: The leaves on the upper portion of the stem can show varying degrees of development of lobes, which are disconnected from one another along the petiole of the leaf.
The degree of lobing is variety specific and can range from absent (no lobes)/weak through very strong (abundant lobes).
Leaf glaucosity: This refers to the waxiness of the leaves and is characteristic of specific varieties, although environment can have some effect on the degree of waxiness. This trait can range from absent (no waxiness)/weak through very strong. The degree of waxiness can be best determined by rubbing the leaf surface and noting the degree of wax present.
Leaf indentation of margin: The leaves on the upper portion of the stem can also show varying degrees of serration along the leaf margins. The degree of serration or indentation of the leaf margins can vary from absent (smooth margin)/weak to strong (heavy saw-tooth like margin).
Leaf pubescence: The leaf pubescence is the degree of hairiness of the leaf surface and is especially useful for distinguishing between the canola species. There are two main classes of pubescence, which are glabrous (smooth/not hairy), and pubescent (hairy), which mainly differentiate between the B. napus and B. rapa species, respectively.
Leaf surface: The leaf surface can also be used to distinguish between varieties. The surface can be smooth or rugose (lumpy), with varying degrees between the two extremes.
Linkage: A phenomenon wherein alleles on the same chromosome tend to segregate together more often than expected by chance if their transmission was independent.
Linkage disequilibrium: Refers to a phenomenon wherein alleles tend to remain together in linkage groups when segregating from parents to offspring, with a greater frequency than expected from their individual frequencies.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Locus: A locus confers one or more traits such as, for example, male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
The trait may be, for example, conferred by a naturally occurring gene introduced into the genome of the variety by backcrossing, a natural or induced mutation, or a transgene introduced through genetic transformation techniques. A locus may comprise one or more alleles integrated at a single chromosomal location.
Lodging resistance: Lodging is rated on a scale of 1 to 5. A score of 1 indicates erect plants.
A score of 5 indicates plants are lying on the ground.
Marker: A readily detectable phenotype, preferably inherited in codominant fashion (both alleles at a locus in a diploid heterozygote are readily detectable), with no environmental variance component, i.e., heritability of 1.
Marker assisted breeding or marker assisted selection (MAS): A process of selecting a desired trait or desired traits in a plant or plants by detecting one or more markers from the plant, where the marker is associated with the desired trait.
Maturity: The maturity of a variety is measured as the number of days between planting and physiological maturity. This is useful trait in distinguishing varieties relative to one another.
Moisture: The average percentage moisture in the seeds of the variety.
Oil content: This is measured as percent of the whole dried seed and is characteristic of different varieties. It can be determined using various analytical techniques such as NMR, NIR, and Soxhlet extraction.
Oil or Oil Percent: Seed oil content is measured and reported on a percentage basis.
Percent linolenic acid: Percent oil of the seed that is linolenic acid.
Percent oleic acid (OLE): Percent oil of the seed that is oleic acid.
Percentage of total fatty acids: This is determined by extracting a sample of oil from seed, producing the methyl esters of fatty acids present in that oil sample and analyzing the proportions of the various fatty acids in the sample using gas chromatography. The fatty acid composition can also be a distinguishing characteristic of a variety.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Petal color: The petal color on the first day a flower opens can be a distinguishing characteristic for a variety. It can be white, varying shades of yellow, or orange.
Phenotype: The detectable characteristics of a cell or organism, the characteristics of which are the manifestation of gene expression.
Plant: As used herein, the term "plant" includes reference to an immature or mature whole plant, including a plant from which seed or grain or anthers have been removed. Seed or embryo that will produce the plant is also considered to be the plant.
Plant height: This is the height of the plant at the end of flowering if the floral branches are extended upright (i.e., not lodged). This varies from variety to variety and although it can be influenced by environment, relative comparisons between varieties grown side by side are useful for variety identification.
Plant parts: As used herein, the term "plant parts" (or a canola plant, or a part thereof) includes protoplasts, leaves, stems, roots, root tips, anthers, pistils, seed, grain, embryo, pollen, ovules, cotyledon, hypocotyl, pod, flower, shoot, tissue, petiole, cells, meristematic cells, and the like.
Protein content: This is measured as percent of whole dried seed and is characteristic of different varieties. This can be determined using various analytical techniques such as NIR and Kjeldahl.
Quantitative trait loci (QTL): Quantitative trait loci (QTL) refer to genetic loci that control to some degree numerically representable traits that are usually continuously distributed.
Regeneration: The development of a plant from tissue culture.
Resistance to lodging: This measures the ability of a variety to stand up in the field under high yield conditions and severe environmental factors. A variety can have good (remains upright), fair, or poor (falls over) resistance to lodging. The degree of resistance to lodging is not expressed under all conditions but is most meaningful when there is some degree of lodging in a field trial.
Seed coat color: The color of the seed coat can be variety specific and can range from black through brown through yellow. Color can also be mixed for some varieties.
Seed coat mucilage: This is useful for differentiating between the two species of canola, with B. rapa varieties having mucilage present in their seed coats, while B. napus varieties do not have this Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 present. It is detected by imbibing seeds with water and monitoring the mucilage that is exuded by the seed.
Seed Weight (SWT): Canola seeds vary in size; therefore, the number of seeds required to make up one pound also varies. This affects the pounds of seed required to plant a given area and can also impact end uses. Seed weight may be expressed as grams per 1000 seeds.
Seedling growth habit: The rosette consists of the first 2-8 true leaves and a variety can be characterized as having a strong rosette (closely packed leaves) or a weak rosette (loosely arranged leaves).
Self-pollination: The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same plant.
Silique (pod) habit: This trait is variety-specific and is a measure of the orientation of the pods along the racemes (flowering stems). This trait can range from erect (pods angled close to racemes) through horizontal (pods perpendicular to racemes) through arching (pods show distinct arching habit).
Silique (pod) length of beak: The beak is the segment at the end of the pod that does not contain seed (it is a remnant of the stigma and style for the flower). The length of the beak can be variety specific and can range from short through medium through long.
Silique (pod) length of pedicel: The pedicel is the stem that attaches the pod to the raceme of flowering shoot. The length of the pedicel can be variety specific and can vary from short through medium through long.
Silique (pod) length: This is the length of the fully developed pods and can range from short to medium to long. It is best used by making comparisons relative to reference varieties.
Silique (pod) type: This is typically a bilateral single pod for both species of canola and is not really useful for variety identification within these species.
Silique (pod) width: This is the width of the fully developed pods and can range from narrow to medium to wide. It is best used by making comparisons relative to reference varieties.
Single gene converted (conversion): Single gene converted (conversion) plant refers to plants which are developed by a plant breeding technique called backcrossing, or via genetic engineering, wherein essentially all of the desired morphological and physiological characteristics of a variety are Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 recovered, in addition to the single gene transferred into the variety via the backcrossing technique or via genetic transformation.
Single Locus Converted (Conversion) Plant: Plants which are developed by a plant breeding technique called backcrossing, wherein essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of a canola variety are recovered in addition to the characteristics of the single locus transferred into the variety via the backcrossing technique and/or by genetic transformation.
Stem intensity of anthocyanin coloration: The stems and other organs of canola plants can have varying degrees of purple coloration which is due to the presence of anthocyanin (purple) pigments.
The degree of coloration is somewhat subject to growing conditions, but varieties typically show varying degrees of coloration ranging from: absent (no purple)/very weak to very strong (deep purple coloration).
Substantially Equivalent: A characteristic that, when compared, does not show a statistically significant difference (e.g., p = 0.05) from the mean.
Tissue Culture: A composition comprising isolated cells of the same or a different type or a collection of such cells organized into parts of a plant.
Total saturated (TOTSAT): Total percent oil of the seed of the saturated fats in the oil including C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0 and C24Ø
Transgene: A genetic locus comprising a sequence which has been introduced into the genome of a canola plant by transformation.
Spring canola variety 5CV941661 was developed from the initial cross SCV149064/SCV716861.
Generation Year Description Cross 2013 The cross was made in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Fl 2014 Fl seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fl plant was used as donor in doubled haploid induction process. DHO seed was bulked.
DHO 2014 DHO plant was grown and selfed to produce DH1 seed.
DH1 2016 DH1 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH2 seed.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 DH2 2016 DH2 seed was planted in Lethbridge, Alberta and selfed to produce DH3 seed.
DH3 2017 DH3 seed was planted in Lethbridge, Alberta and selfed to produce DH4 seed.
DH4 2017 DH4 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH5 seed.
DH5 2017 DH5 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH6 seed.
DH6 2019 DH6 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH7 seed.
The results of an objective evaluation of Canola variety SCV941661 are presented below, in Table 1. Those of skill in the art will recognize that these are typical values that may vary due to environment and that other values that are substantially equivalent are within the scope of the invention.
TABLE 1: Phenotypic Description of Canola Variety SCV941661 Trait Phenotype Classification:
Species Brassica napus L.
Season Type Spring habit Type of pollination control Cytoplasmic male sterility: INRA Ogura type Characteristics of Plants Before Flowering:
Cotyledon width Medium Seedling growth habit (leaf rosette) Medium rosette Stem anthocyanin intensity Weak Leaf type Intermediate/lyrate Leaf shape Intermediate elliptic Leaf color Dark green Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Trait Phenotype Leaf waxiness Medium Leaf lobing Weak/medium Leaf margin indentation Medium Leaf attachment to the stem Partial clasping Characteristics of Plants After Flowering:
Time to flowering 56 days Plant height at maturity Medium Plant growth habit Medium Flower bud location Buds above recently opened flowers Petal color Light yellow Pod length Long Pod angle Semi-erect Time to maturity 95 days Seed Characteristics Seed coat color Black Disease & Pest Reactions:
Blackleg Moderately resistant Club Root Resistant Fusarium wilt Resistant Herbicide Reactions:
Glyph osate Susceptible Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Trait Phenotype Glufosinate ammonium Susceptible This invention is also directed to methods for producing a canola plant by crossing a first parent canola plant with a second parent canola plant, wherein the first or second canola plant is the canola plant from the variety SCV941661. Further, both first and second parent canola plants may be from the variety SCV941661. Therefore, any methods using the variety SCV941661 are part of this invention:
selfing, backcrosses, hybrid breeding, and crosses to populations. Any plants produced using variety SCV941661 as a parent are within the scope of this invention.
Additional methods include, but are not limited to, expression vectors introduced into plant tissues using a direct gene transfer method such as microprojectile-mediated delivery, DNA injection, electroporation, and the like. More preferably, expression vectors may be introduced into plant tissues by using either microprojectile-mediated delivery with a ballistic device or by using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transformant plants obtained with the protoplasm of the invention are intended to be within the scope of this invention.
The advent of new molecular biological techniques has allowed the isolation and characterization of genetic elements with specific functions, such as encoding specific protein products. Scientists in the field of plant biology developed a strong interest in engineering the genome of plants to contain and express foreign genetic elements, or additional, or modified versions of native or endogenous genetic elements in order to alter the traits of a plant in a specific manner. Any DNA
sequences, whether from a different species or from the same species which are inserted into the genome using transformation, are referred to herein collectively as "transgenes." In some embodiments of the invention, a transgenic variant of 5CV941661 may contain at least one transgene but could contain at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and/or no more than 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2.
Over the last fifteen to twenty years, several methods for producing transgenic plants have been developed, and the present invention also relates to transgenic variants of the claimed canola variety 5CV941661.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 One embodiment of the invention is a process for producing canola variety SCV941661 further comprising a desired trait, said process comprising transforming a canola plant of variety SCV941661 with a transgene that confers a desired trait. Another embodiment is the product produced by this process. In one embodiment the desired trait may be one or more of herbicide resistance, insect resistance, disease resistance, modified seed yield, modified oil percent, modified protein percent, modified lodging resistance or modified fatty acid or carbohydrate metabolism.
The specific gene may be any known in the art or listed herein, including; a polynucleotide conferring resistance to imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, triazine, hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitor, protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor and benzonitrile; a polynucleotide encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding phytase, FAD-2, FAD-3, galactinol synthase or a raffinose synthetic enzyme; or a polynucleotide conferring resistance to blackleg, white rust or other common canola diseases.
Numerous methods for plant transformation have been developed, including biological and physical plant transformation protocols, all of which may be used with this invention. In addition, expression vectors and in vitro culture methods for plant cell or tissue transformation and regeneration of plants are available and may be used in conjunction with the invention.
In an embodiment, a genetic trait which has been engineered into the genome of a particular canola plant may be moved into the genome of another variety using traditional breeding techniques that are well known in the plant breeding arts. For example, a backcrossing approach may be used to move a transgene from a transformed canola variety into an already developed canola variety, and the resulting backcross conversion plant would then comprise the transgene(s).
In embodiments, various genetic elements can be introduced into the plant genome using transformation. These elements include any known in the art, specifically including, but not limited to genes, coding sequences, inducible, constitutive, and tissue specific promoters, enhancing sequences, and signal and targeting sequences.
Plant transformation involves the construction of an expression vector which will function in plant cells. Such a vector comprises DNA comprising a gene under control of or operatively linked to a regulatory element (for example, a promoter). The expression vector may contain one or more of such operably linked gene/regulatory element combinations. The vector(s) may be in the form of a plasmid Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 and can be used alone or in combination with other plasmids, to provide transformed canola plants, using transformation methods as described below to incorporate transgenes into the genetic material of the canola plant(s).
Included among various plant transformation techniques are methods permitting the site-specific modification of a plant genome. These modifications can include, but are not limited to, site-specific mutations, deletions, insertions, and replacements of nucleotides. These modifications can be made anywhere within the genome of a plant, for example, in genomic elements, including, among others, coding sequences, regulatory elements, and non-coding DNA sequences. Such methods may be used to modify a particular trait conferred by a locus. The techniques for making such modifications by genome editing are well known in the art and include, for example, use of CRISPR-Cas systems, zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), among others. A site-specific nuclease provided herein may be selected from the group consisting of a zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN), a meganuclease, an RNA-guided endonuclease, a TALE-endonuclease (TALEN), a recombinase, a transposase, or any combination thereof. See, e.g., Khandagale, K. et al., "Genome editing for targeted improvement in plants," Plant Biotechnol Rep 10: 327-343 (2016); and Gaj, T.
et al., "ZFN, TALEN
and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering," Trends Biotechnol.
31(7): 397-405 (2013).
A recombinase may be a serine recombinase attached to a DNA recognition motif, a tyrosine recombinase attached to a DNA recognition motif or other recombinase enzyme known in the art. A
recombinase or transposase may be a DNA transposase or recombinase attached to a DNA binding domain. A tyrosine recombinase attached to a DNA recognition motif may be selected from the group consisting of a Cre recombinase, a Flp recombinase, and a Tnpl recombinase.
According to some embodiments, a Cre recombinase or a Gin recombinase provided herein is tethered to a zinc-finger DNA
binding domain. In another embodiment, a serine recombinase attached to a DNA
recognition motif provided herein is selected from the group consisting of a PhiC31 integrase, an R4 integrase, and a TP-901 integrase. In another embodiment, a DNA transposase attached to a DNA
binding domain provided herein is selected from the group consisting of a TALE-piggyBac and TALE-Mutator. An RNA-guided endonuclease may be selected from the group consisting of Casl, Cas1B, Cas2, Cas3, Cas4, Cas5, Cas6, Cas7, Cas8, Cas9 (also known as Csnl and Csx12), Cas10, Csy 1, Csy2, Csy3, Csel, Cse2, Csc 1, Csc2, Csa5, Csn2, Csm2, Csm3, Csm4, Csm5, Csm6, Cmrl, Cmr3, Cmr4, Cmr5, Cmr6, Csb 1, Csb2, Csb3, Csx17, Csx14, Csx10, Csx16, CsaX, Csx3, Csxl, Csx15, Csfl, Csf2, Csf3, Csf4, Cpfl, CasX, CasY, Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 and homologs or modified versions thereof, Argonaute (non-limiting examples of Argonaute proteins include Thermus thermophilus Argonaute (TtAgo), Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute (PfAgo), Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute (NgAgo) and homologs or modified versions thereof. According to some embodiments, an RNA-guided endonuclease may be a Cas9 or Cpfl enzyme.
For example, the CRISPR/Cas9 system allows targeted cleavage of genomic sequences guided by a small noncoding RNA
in plants (WO 2015026883A1). As another example, Cpfl(Cas12a) acts as an endoribonuclease to process crRNA and an endodeoxyribonuclease to cleave targeted genomic sequences. The CRISPR/Cpfl system enables gene deletion, insertion, base editing, and locus tagging in monocot and dicot plants (Alok et al., Frontiers in Plant Science, 31 March 2020).
EXPRESSION VECTORS FOR CANOLA TRANSFORMATION: MARKER GENES
Expression vectors include at least one genetic marker operably linked to a regulatory element (a promoter, for example) that allows transformed cells containing the marker to be either recovered by negative selection, i.e., inhibiting growth of cells that do not contain the selectable marker gene, or by positive selection, i.e., screening for the product encoded by the genetic marker. Many commonly used selectable marker genes for plant transformation are well known in the transformation arts, and include, for example, genes that code for enzymes that metabolically detoxify a selective chemical agent which may be an antibiotic or an herbicide, or genes that encode an altered target which is insensitive to the inhibitor. A few positive selection methods are also known in the art.
One commonly used selectable marker gene for plant transformation is the neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) gene which, when under the control of plant regulatory signals, confers resistance to kanamycin. Another commonly used selectable marker gene is the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene which confers resistance to the antibiotic hygromycin.
Additional selectable marker genes of bacterial origin that confer resistance to antibiotics include gentamycin acetyl transferase, streptomycin phosphotransferase, aminoglycoside-3'-adenyl transferase and the bleomycin resistance determinant. Other selectable marker genes confer resistance to herbicides such as glyphosate, glufosinate or bromoxynil. Selectable marker genes for plant transformation not of bacterial origin include, for example, mouse dihydrofolate reductase, plant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase and plant acetolactate synthase.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Another class of marker genes for plant transformation requires screening of presumptively transformed plant cells rather than direct genetic selection of transformed cells for resistance to a toxic substance such as an antibiotic. These genes are particularly useful to quantify or visualize the spatial pattern of expression of a gene in specific tissues and are frequently referred to as reporter genes because they can be fused to a gene or gene regulatory sequence for the investigation of gene expression.
Commonly used genes for screening presumptively transformed cells include P-glucuronidase (GUS), 0-galactosidase, luciferase and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase. Any of the above, or other marker genes, may be utilized in the present invention.
In vivo methods for visualizing GUS activity that do not require destruction of plant tissue are available and can be used in embodiments of the invention. Additionally, Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) can be utilized as a marker for gene expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. GFP and mutants of GFP may be used as screenable markers.
EXPRESSION VECTORS FOR CANOLA TRANSFORMATION: PROMOTERS
Genes included in expression vectors must be driven by a nucleotide sequence comprising a regulatory element, for example, a promoter. Several types of promoters are well known in the transformation arts, as are other regulatory elements that can be used alone or in combination with promoters.
As used herein, "promoter" includes reference to a region of DNA upstream from the start of transcription and involved in recognition and binding of RNA polymerase and other proteins to initiate transcription. A "plant promoter" is a promoter capable of initiating transcription in plant cells.
Examples of promoters under developmental control include promoters that preferentially initiate transcription in certain tissues, such as leaves, roots, seeds, fibers, xylem vessels, tracheids, or sclerenchyma. Such promoters are referred to as "tissue-preferred". Promoters which initiate transcription only in certain tissues are referred to as "tissue-specific". A
"cell type" specific promoter primarily drives expression in certain cell types in one or more organs, for example, vascular cells in roots or leaves. An "inducible" promoter is a promoter which is under environmental control. Examples of environmental conditions that may affect transcription by inducible promoters include anaerobic conditions or the presence of light. Tissue-specific, tissue-preferred, cell type specific, and inducible promoters constitute the class of "non-constitutive" promoters. A
"constitutive" promoter is a promoter Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 which is active under most environmental conditions.
A. Inducible Promoters - An inducible promoter is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. Optionally, the inducible promoter is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence which is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. With an inducible promoter the rate of transcription increases in response to an inducing agent.
Any inducible promoter can be used in the instant invention. Exemplary inducible promoters include, but are not limited to, those from the ACEI system which respond to copper, the In2 gene from maize which responds to benzenesulfonamide herbicide safeners, or the Tet repressor from Tn10. A
particularly preferred inducible promoter is a promoter that responds to an inducing agent to which plants do not normally respond. An exemplary inducible promoter is the inducible promoter from a steroid hormone gene, the transcriptional activity of which is induced by a glucocorticosteroid hormone.
B. Constitutive Promoters - A constitutive promoter is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola or the constitutive promoter is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence which is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola.
Many different constitutive promoters can be utilized in the instant invention. Exemplary constitutive promoters include, but are not limited to, the promoters from plant viruses such as the 35S
promoter from CaMV and the promoters from such genes as rice actin, ubiquitin, pEMU, MAS, and maize H3 histone. The ALS promoter, Xbal/Ncol fragment 5' to the Brassica napus ALS3 structural gene (or a nucleotide sequence similarity to said Xbal/Ncol fragment) could also be utilized herein.
C. Tissue-specific or Tissue-preferred Promoters - A tissue-specific promoter is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. Optionally, the tissue-specific promoter is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence which is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. Plants transformed with a gene of interest operably linked to a tissue-specific promoter produce the protein product of the transgene exclusively, or preferentially, in a specific tissue.
Any tissue-specific or tissue-preferred promoter can be utilized in the instant invention.
Exemplary tissue-specific or tissue-preferred promoters include, but are not limited to, a root-preferred promoter such as that from the phaseolin gene, a leaf-specific and light-induced promoter such as that Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 from cab or rubisco, an anther-specific promoter such as that from LAT52, a pollen-specific promoter such as that from Zm13, or a microspore-preferred promoter such as that from apg.
SIGNAL SEQUENCES FOR TARGETING PROTEINS TO SUBCELLULAR
COMPARTMENTS
Transport of protein produced by transgenes to a subcellular compai _____________ intent such as the chloroplast, vacuole, peroxisome, glyoxysome, cell wall or mitochondrion or for secretion into the apoplast, is accomplished by means of operably linking the nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence to the
In another embodiment of the invention, the method of producing a canola plant derived from the canola variety SCV941661 further comprises: (a) crossing the canola variety SCV941661-derived canola plant with itself or another canola plant to yield additional canola variety SCV941661-derived progeny canola seed; (b) growing the progeny canola seed of step (a) under plant growth conditions to yield additional canola variety SCV941661-derived canola plants; and (c) repeating the crossing and growing steps of (a) and (b) to generate further canola variety SCV941661-derived canola plants. In specific embodiments, steps (a) and (b) may be repeated at least 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 or more times as desired.
The invention still further provides a canola plant produced by this and the foregoing methods.
In another embodiment of the invention, the method of producing a canola plant comprises transforming a canola plant of variety SCV941661 with a transgene that confers herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site specific genetic recombination, or modified carbohydrate metabolism, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002.
An aspect of the invention relates to a plant cell of a canola plant produced by a method comprising transforming a canola plant of variety SCV941661 with a transgene that confers herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site specific genetic recombination, or modified carbohydrate metabolism, wherein the plant cell comprises a full copy of the genome of canola variety SCV941661, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
Another aspect of the invention relates to a plant cell of a canola plant comprising a single locus conversion of the canola variety SCV941661, wherein the locus conversion may comprise a transgenic gene which has been introduced by genetic transformation into the canola variety SCV941661 or a Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 progenitor thereof, wherein the plant cell comprises a full copy of the genome of canola variety SCV941661, and wherein a sample of seed of canola variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.A further aspect of the invention is use of canola variety SCV941661 or a descendant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein the descendant expressed the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 listed in Table 1. A
descendant of canola variety SCV941661 may for instance express the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5%, 10%, 20%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 80%, 90%, or 95% significance level when grown under substantially similar environmental conditions. In certain embodiments, the invention provides the use of canola variety SCV941661 or a descendant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety SCV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, for instance to produce a cleaned seed for subsequent planting, to breed a canola plant, as a recipient of a single locus conversion, to cross with another canola plant, as a recipient of a transgene, for oil or protein production, to grow a crop, or to produce a genetic marker profile. In one embodiment, use of canola variety SCV941661 or a descendant of canola variety SCV941661 to produce a cleaned seed for subsequent planting comprises treating the seed with a seed treatment, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No.
202206002.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
DEFINITIONS
In the description and tables, a number of terms are used. In order to provide a clear and consistent understanding of the specification and claims, the following definitions are provided:
A: When used in conjunction with the word "comprising" or other open language in the claims, the words "a" and "an" denote "one or more."
Allele: Any of one or more alternative forms of a gene locus, all of which relate to one trait or characteristic. In a diploid cell or organism, the two alleles of a given gene occupy corresponding loci on a pair of homologous chromosomes.
Alter: The utilization of up-regulation, down-regulation, or gene silencing.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Anther arrangement: The orientation of the anthers in fully opened flowers can also be useful as an identifying trait. This can range from introse (facing inward toward pistil), erect (neither inward not outward), or extrose (facing outward away from pistil).
Anther dotting: The presence/absence of anther dotting (colored spots on the tips of anthers) and if present, the percentage of anther dotting on the tips of anthers in newly opened flowers is also a distinguishing trait for varieties.
Anther fertility: This is a measure of the amount of pollen produced on the anthers of a flower.
It can range from sterile (such as in female parents used for hybrid seed production) to fertile (all anthers shedding).
Backcrossing: A process in which a breeder repeatedly crosses hybrid progeny, for example a first generation hybrid (F1), back to one of the parents of the hybrid progeny. Backcrossing can be used to introduce one or more single locus conversions from one genetic background into another.
Blackleg (Leptosphaeria maculans): Virulent or severe blackleg of canola/rapeseed is a fungal canker or dry rot disease of the actively growing crop that causes stem girdling and lodging. In heavily infested crops, up to 100 per cent of the stems may be infected, resulting in major yield loss. For purposes of this application, resistance to blackleg is measured using ratings of "R"
(resistant), "MR" (medium resistant), "MS" (moderately susceptible) or "S" (susceptible).
Cell: Cell as used herein includes a plant cell, whether isolated, in tissue culture or incorporated in a plant or plant part.
Chromatography: A technique wherein a mixture of dissolved substances are bound to a solid support followed by passing a column of fluid across the solid support and varying the composition of the fluid. The components of the mixture are separated by selective elution.
Cotyledon width: The cotyledons are leaf structures that form in the developing seeds of canola which make up the majority of the mature seed of these species. When the seed germinates, the cotyledons are pushed out of the soil by the growing hypocotyls (segment of the seedling stem below the cotyledons and above the root) and they unfold as the first photosynthetic leafs of the plant. The width of the cotyledons varies by variety and can be classified as narrow, medium, or wide.
Crossing: The mating of two parent plants.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Cross-pollination: Fertilization by the union of two gametes from different plants.
Descendant plant: A plant that is descended from a particular other plant that is, a descendant plant is an offspring of a particular other plant Elite canola line or variety: A canola line or variety, per se, which has been sold commercially.
Elite canola parent line or variety: A canola line or variety which is a parent of a canola hybrid which has been commercially sold.
Emasculate: The removal of plant male sex organs or the inactivation of the organs with a cytoplasmic or nuclear genetic factor or a chemical agent conferring male sterility.
Embryo: The embryo is the small plant contained within a mature seed.
Emergence: The emergence score describes the ability of a seed to emerge from the soil after planting. Each genotype is given a 1 to 9 score based on its percent of emergence. A score of 1 indicates an excellent rate and percent of emergence, an intermediate score of 5 indicates an average rating and a 9 score indicates a very poor rate and percent of emergence.
Enzymes: Molecules which can act as catalysts in biological reactions.
Essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics: The characteristics of a plant are recovered that are otherwise present when compared in the same environment, other than occasional variant traits that might arise during backcrossing or direct introduction of a transgene.
Fi Hybrid: The first generation progeny of the cross of two nonisogenic plants.
FAME analysis: Fatty Acid Methyl Ester analysis is a method that allows for accurate quantification of the fatty acids that make up complex lipid classes.
Flower bud location. The location of the unopened flower buds relative to the adjacent opened flowers is useful in distinguishing between the canola species. For example, unopened buds are held above the most recently opened flowers in B. napus, and they are positioned below the most recently opened flower buds in B. rapa.
Flowering date: This is measured by the number of days from planting to the stage when 50%
of the plants in a population have one or more open flowers. This varies from variety to variety.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Fusarium Wilt: Fusarium wilt, largely caused by Fusarium oxysporum, is a disease of canola that causes part or all of a plant to wilt, reducing yield by up to 30% or more on badly affected fields.
For purposes of this application, resistance to Fusarium wilt is measured using ratings of "R" (resistant), "MR" (medium resistant), "MS" (moderately susceptible) or "S" (susceptible).
Gene silencing: Gene silencing means the interruption or suppression of the expression of a gene at the level of transcription or translation.
Genomic Estimated Breeding Value (GEBV): An estimation of genotyped populations using statistical model or models to predict the breeding values of a plant or plants Genomic Selection (GS) or Genome-wide selection (GWS): A use of genome-wide genotypic data to predict genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) for selection purposes in breeding process.
Genotype: The genetic constitution of a cell or organism.
Glucosinolates: These are measured in micromoles (um) of total alipathic glucosinolates per gram of air-dried oil-free meal. The level of glucosinolates is somewhat influenced by the sulfur fertility of the soil but is also controlled by the genetic makeup of each variety and thus can be useful in characterizing varieties.
Growth habit: At the end of flowering, the angle relative to the ground surface of the outermost fully expanded leaf petioles is a variety specific trait. This trait can range from erect (very upright along the stem) to prostrate (almost horizontal and parallel with the ground surface).
Haploid: A cell or organism having one set of the two sets of chromosomes in a diploid.
Industrial product: Refers to the result of crushing canola seed for oil and any components extracted from the leftover oil-free canola meal. Crushing in this connection refers to the process of grinding canola grain and extracting oil, leaving protein-rich canola meal as a by-product. Industrial products encompass components comprising plant cells or components being purified plant cell constituents not comprising plant cells as such. Industrial products comprise crushed canola grain, canola hulls, canola meal, canola flour, livestock feed, protein concentrate, unblended canola oil, salad oil, cooking oil, frying oil, vegetable oil, a blended oil, and biofuel.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Leaf attachment to the stem: This trait is especially useful for distinguishing between the two canola species. For example, the base of the leaf blade of the upper stem leaves of B. rapa completely clasp the stem, whereas those of the B. napus only partially clasp the stem.
Those of the mustard species do not clasp the stem at all.
Leaf blade color: The color of the leaf blades is variety-specific and can range from light to medium dark green to blue green.
Leaf development of lobes: The leaves on the upper portion of the stem can show varying degrees of development of lobes, which are disconnected from one another along the petiole of the leaf.
The degree of lobing is variety specific and can range from absent (no lobes)/weak through very strong (abundant lobes).
Leaf glaucosity: This refers to the waxiness of the leaves and is characteristic of specific varieties, although environment can have some effect on the degree of waxiness. This trait can range from absent (no waxiness)/weak through very strong. The degree of waxiness can be best determined by rubbing the leaf surface and noting the degree of wax present.
Leaf indentation of margin: The leaves on the upper portion of the stem can also show varying degrees of serration along the leaf margins. The degree of serration or indentation of the leaf margins can vary from absent (smooth margin)/weak to strong (heavy saw-tooth like margin).
Leaf pubescence: The leaf pubescence is the degree of hairiness of the leaf surface and is especially useful for distinguishing between the canola species. There are two main classes of pubescence, which are glabrous (smooth/not hairy), and pubescent (hairy), which mainly differentiate between the B. napus and B. rapa species, respectively.
Leaf surface: The leaf surface can also be used to distinguish between varieties. The surface can be smooth or rugose (lumpy), with varying degrees between the two extremes.
Linkage: A phenomenon wherein alleles on the same chromosome tend to segregate together more often than expected by chance if their transmission was independent.
Linkage disequilibrium: Refers to a phenomenon wherein alleles tend to remain together in linkage groups when segregating from parents to offspring, with a greater frequency than expected from their individual frequencies.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Locus: A locus confers one or more traits such as, for example, male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
The trait may be, for example, conferred by a naturally occurring gene introduced into the genome of the variety by backcrossing, a natural or induced mutation, or a transgene introduced through genetic transformation techniques. A locus may comprise one or more alleles integrated at a single chromosomal location.
Lodging resistance: Lodging is rated on a scale of 1 to 5. A score of 1 indicates erect plants.
A score of 5 indicates plants are lying on the ground.
Marker: A readily detectable phenotype, preferably inherited in codominant fashion (both alleles at a locus in a diploid heterozygote are readily detectable), with no environmental variance component, i.e., heritability of 1.
Marker assisted breeding or marker assisted selection (MAS): A process of selecting a desired trait or desired traits in a plant or plants by detecting one or more markers from the plant, where the marker is associated with the desired trait.
Maturity: The maturity of a variety is measured as the number of days between planting and physiological maturity. This is useful trait in distinguishing varieties relative to one another.
Moisture: The average percentage moisture in the seeds of the variety.
Oil content: This is measured as percent of the whole dried seed and is characteristic of different varieties. It can be determined using various analytical techniques such as NMR, NIR, and Soxhlet extraction.
Oil or Oil Percent: Seed oil content is measured and reported on a percentage basis.
Percent linolenic acid: Percent oil of the seed that is linolenic acid.
Percent oleic acid (OLE): Percent oil of the seed that is oleic acid.
Percentage of total fatty acids: This is determined by extracting a sample of oil from seed, producing the methyl esters of fatty acids present in that oil sample and analyzing the proportions of the various fatty acids in the sample using gas chromatography. The fatty acid composition can also be a distinguishing characteristic of a variety.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Petal color: The petal color on the first day a flower opens can be a distinguishing characteristic for a variety. It can be white, varying shades of yellow, or orange.
Phenotype: The detectable characteristics of a cell or organism, the characteristics of which are the manifestation of gene expression.
Plant: As used herein, the term "plant" includes reference to an immature or mature whole plant, including a plant from which seed or grain or anthers have been removed. Seed or embryo that will produce the plant is also considered to be the plant.
Plant height: This is the height of the plant at the end of flowering if the floral branches are extended upright (i.e., not lodged). This varies from variety to variety and although it can be influenced by environment, relative comparisons between varieties grown side by side are useful for variety identification.
Plant parts: As used herein, the term "plant parts" (or a canola plant, or a part thereof) includes protoplasts, leaves, stems, roots, root tips, anthers, pistils, seed, grain, embryo, pollen, ovules, cotyledon, hypocotyl, pod, flower, shoot, tissue, petiole, cells, meristematic cells, and the like.
Protein content: This is measured as percent of whole dried seed and is characteristic of different varieties. This can be determined using various analytical techniques such as NIR and Kjeldahl.
Quantitative trait loci (QTL): Quantitative trait loci (QTL) refer to genetic loci that control to some degree numerically representable traits that are usually continuously distributed.
Regeneration: The development of a plant from tissue culture.
Resistance to lodging: This measures the ability of a variety to stand up in the field under high yield conditions and severe environmental factors. A variety can have good (remains upright), fair, or poor (falls over) resistance to lodging. The degree of resistance to lodging is not expressed under all conditions but is most meaningful when there is some degree of lodging in a field trial.
Seed coat color: The color of the seed coat can be variety specific and can range from black through brown through yellow. Color can also be mixed for some varieties.
Seed coat mucilage: This is useful for differentiating between the two species of canola, with B. rapa varieties having mucilage present in their seed coats, while B. napus varieties do not have this Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 present. It is detected by imbibing seeds with water and monitoring the mucilage that is exuded by the seed.
Seed Weight (SWT): Canola seeds vary in size; therefore, the number of seeds required to make up one pound also varies. This affects the pounds of seed required to plant a given area and can also impact end uses. Seed weight may be expressed as grams per 1000 seeds.
Seedling growth habit: The rosette consists of the first 2-8 true leaves and a variety can be characterized as having a strong rosette (closely packed leaves) or a weak rosette (loosely arranged leaves).
Self-pollination: The transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of the same plant.
Silique (pod) habit: This trait is variety-specific and is a measure of the orientation of the pods along the racemes (flowering stems). This trait can range from erect (pods angled close to racemes) through horizontal (pods perpendicular to racemes) through arching (pods show distinct arching habit).
Silique (pod) length of beak: The beak is the segment at the end of the pod that does not contain seed (it is a remnant of the stigma and style for the flower). The length of the beak can be variety specific and can range from short through medium through long.
Silique (pod) length of pedicel: The pedicel is the stem that attaches the pod to the raceme of flowering shoot. The length of the pedicel can be variety specific and can vary from short through medium through long.
Silique (pod) length: This is the length of the fully developed pods and can range from short to medium to long. It is best used by making comparisons relative to reference varieties.
Silique (pod) type: This is typically a bilateral single pod for both species of canola and is not really useful for variety identification within these species.
Silique (pod) width: This is the width of the fully developed pods and can range from narrow to medium to wide. It is best used by making comparisons relative to reference varieties.
Single gene converted (conversion): Single gene converted (conversion) plant refers to plants which are developed by a plant breeding technique called backcrossing, or via genetic engineering, wherein essentially all of the desired morphological and physiological characteristics of a variety are Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 recovered, in addition to the single gene transferred into the variety via the backcrossing technique or via genetic transformation.
Single Locus Converted (Conversion) Plant: Plants which are developed by a plant breeding technique called backcrossing, wherein essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of a canola variety are recovered in addition to the characteristics of the single locus transferred into the variety via the backcrossing technique and/or by genetic transformation.
Stem intensity of anthocyanin coloration: The stems and other organs of canola plants can have varying degrees of purple coloration which is due to the presence of anthocyanin (purple) pigments.
The degree of coloration is somewhat subject to growing conditions, but varieties typically show varying degrees of coloration ranging from: absent (no purple)/very weak to very strong (deep purple coloration).
Substantially Equivalent: A characteristic that, when compared, does not show a statistically significant difference (e.g., p = 0.05) from the mean.
Tissue Culture: A composition comprising isolated cells of the same or a different type or a collection of such cells organized into parts of a plant.
Total saturated (TOTSAT): Total percent oil of the seed of the saturated fats in the oil including C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0 and C24Ø
Transgene: A genetic locus comprising a sequence which has been introduced into the genome of a canola plant by transformation.
Spring canola variety 5CV941661 was developed from the initial cross SCV149064/SCV716861.
Generation Year Description Cross 2013 The cross was made in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Fl 2014 Fl seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fl plant was used as donor in doubled haploid induction process. DHO seed was bulked.
DHO 2014 DHO plant was grown and selfed to produce DH1 seed.
DH1 2016 DH1 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH2 seed.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 DH2 2016 DH2 seed was planted in Lethbridge, Alberta and selfed to produce DH3 seed.
DH3 2017 DH3 seed was planted in Lethbridge, Alberta and selfed to produce DH4 seed.
DH4 2017 DH4 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH5 seed.
DH5 2017 DH5 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH6 seed.
DH6 2019 DH6 seed was planted in Winnipeg, Manitoba and selfed to produce DH7 seed.
The results of an objective evaluation of Canola variety SCV941661 are presented below, in Table 1. Those of skill in the art will recognize that these are typical values that may vary due to environment and that other values that are substantially equivalent are within the scope of the invention.
TABLE 1: Phenotypic Description of Canola Variety SCV941661 Trait Phenotype Classification:
Species Brassica napus L.
Season Type Spring habit Type of pollination control Cytoplasmic male sterility: INRA Ogura type Characteristics of Plants Before Flowering:
Cotyledon width Medium Seedling growth habit (leaf rosette) Medium rosette Stem anthocyanin intensity Weak Leaf type Intermediate/lyrate Leaf shape Intermediate elliptic Leaf color Dark green Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Trait Phenotype Leaf waxiness Medium Leaf lobing Weak/medium Leaf margin indentation Medium Leaf attachment to the stem Partial clasping Characteristics of Plants After Flowering:
Time to flowering 56 days Plant height at maturity Medium Plant growth habit Medium Flower bud location Buds above recently opened flowers Petal color Light yellow Pod length Long Pod angle Semi-erect Time to maturity 95 days Seed Characteristics Seed coat color Black Disease & Pest Reactions:
Blackleg Moderately resistant Club Root Resistant Fusarium wilt Resistant Herbicide Reactions:
Glyph osate Susceptible Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Trait Phenotype Glufosinate ammonium Susceptible This invention is also directed to methods for producing a canola plant by crossing a first parent canola plant with a second parent canola plant, wherein the first or second canola plant is the canola plant from the variety SCV941661. Further, both first and second parent canola plants may be from the variety SCV941661. Therefore, any methods using the variety SCV941661 are part of this invention:
selfing, backcrosses, hybrid breeding, and crosses to populations. Any plants produced using variety SCV941661 as a parent are within the scope of this invention.
Additional methods include, but are not limited to, expression vectors introduced into plant tissues using a direct gene transfer method such as microprojectile-mediated delivery, DNA injection, electroporation, and the like. More preferably, expression vectors may be introduced into plant tissues by using either microprojectile-mediated delivery with a ballistic device or by using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Transformant plants obtained with the protoplasm of the invention are intended to be within the scope of this invention.
The advent of new molecular biological techniques has allowed the isolation and characterization of genetic elements with specific functions, such as encoding specific protein products. Scientists in the field of plant biology developed a strong interest in engineering the genome of plants to contain and express foreign genetic elements, or additional, or modified versions of native or endogenous genetic elements in order to alter the traits of a plant in a specific manner. Any DNA
sequences, whether from a different species or from the same species which are inserted into the genome using transformation, are referred to herein collectively as "transgenes." In some embodiments of the invention, a transgenic variant of 5CV941661 may contain at least one transgene but could contain at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and/or no more than 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2.
Over the last fifteen to twenty years, several methods for producing transgenic plants have been developed, and the present invention also relates to transgenic variants of the claimed canola variety 5CV941661.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 One embodiment of the invention is a process for producing canola variety SCV941661 further comprising a desired trait, said process comprising transforming a canola plant of variety SCV941661 with a transgene that confers a desired trait. Another embodiment is the product produced by this process. In one embodiment the desired trait may be one or more of herbicide resistance, insect resistance, disease resistance, modified seed yield, modified oil percent, modified protein percent, modified lodging resistance or modified fatty acid or carbohydrate metabolism.
The specific gene may be any known in the art or listed herein, including; a polynucleotide conferring resistance to imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, triazine, hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitor, protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor and benzonitrile; a polynucleotide encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis polypeptide, a polynucleotide encoding phytase, FAD-2, FAD-3, galactinol synthase or a raffinose synthetic enzyme; or a polynucleotide conferring resistance to blackleg, white rust or other common canola diseases.
Numerous methods for plant transformation have been developed, including biological and physical plant transformation protocols, all of which may be used with this invention. In addition, expression vectors and in vitro culture methods for plant cell or tissue transformation and regeneration of plants are available and may be used in conjunction with the invention.
In an embodiment, a genetic trait which has been engineered into the genome of a particular canola plant may be moved into the genome of another variety using traditional breeding techniques that are well known in the plant breeding arts. For example, a backcrossing approach may be used to move a transgene from a transformed canola variety into an already developed canola variety, and the resulting backcross conversion plant would then comprise the transgene(s).
In embodiments, various genetic elements can be introduced into the plant genome using transformation. These elements include any known in the art, specifically including, but not limited to genes, coding sequences, inducible, constitutive, and tissue specific promoters, enhancing sequences, and signal and targeting sequences.
Plant transformation involves the construction of an expression vector which will function in plant cells. Such a vector comprises DNA comprising a gene under control of or operatively linked to a regulatory element (for example, a promoter). The expression vector may contain one or more of such operably linked gene/regulatory element combinations. The vector(s) may be in the form of a plasmid Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 and can be used alone or in combination with other plasmids, to provide transformed canola plants, using transformation methods as described below to incorporate transgenes into the genetic material of the canola plant(s).
Included among various plant transformation techniques are methods permitting the site-specific modification of a plant genome. These modifications can include, but are not limited to, site-specific mutations, deletions, insertions, and replacements of nucleotides. These modifications can be made anywhere within the genome of a plant, for example, in genomic elements, including, among others, coding sequences, regulatory elements, and non-coding DNA sequences. Such methods may be used to modify a particular trait conferred by a locus. The techniques for making such modifications by genome editing are well known in the art and include, for example, use of CRISPR-Cas systems, zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), and transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), among others. A site-specific nuclease provided herein may be selected from the group consisting of a zinc-finger nuclease (ZFN), a meganuclease, an RNA-guided endonuclease, a TALE-endonuclease (TALEN), a recombinase, a transposase, or any combination thereof. See, e.g., Khandagale, K. et al., "Genome editing for targeted improvement in plants," Plant Biotechnol Rep 10: 327-343 (2016); and Gaj, T.
et al., "ZFN, TALEN
and CRISPR/Cas-based methods for genome engineering," Trends Biotechnol.
31(7): 397-405 (2013).
A recombinase may be a serine recombinase attached to a DNA recognition motif, a tyrosine recombinase attached to a DNA recognition motif or other recombinase enzyme known in the art. A
recombinase or transposase may be a DNA transposase or recombinase attached to a DNA binding domain. A tyrosine recombinase attached to a DNA recognition motif may be selected from the group consisting of a Cre recombinase, a Flp recombinase, and a Tnpl recombinase.
According to some embodiments, a Cre recombinase or a Gin recombinase provided herein is tethered to a zinc-finger DNA
binding domain. In another embodiment, a serine recombinase attached to a DNA
recognition motif provided herein is selected from the group consisting of a PhiC31 integrase, an R4 integrase, and a TP-901 integrase. In another embodiment, a DNA transposase attached to a DNA
binding domain provided herein is selected from the group consisting of a TALE-piggyBac and TALE-Mutator. An RNA-guided endonuclease may be selected from the group consisting of Casl, Cas1B, Cas2, Cas3, Cas4, Cas5, Cas6, Cas7, Cas8, Cas9 (also known as Csnl and Csx12), Cas10, Csy 1, Csy2, Csy3, Csel, Cse2, Csc 1, Csc2, Csa5, Csn2, Csm2, Csm3, Csm4, Csm5, Csm6, Cmrl, Cmr3, Cmr4, Cmr5, Cmr6, Csb 1, Csb2, Csb3, Csx17, Csx14, Csx10, Csx16, CsaX, Csx3, Csxl, Csx15, Csfl, Csf2, Csf3, Csf4, Cpfl, CasX, CasY, Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 and homologs or modified versions thereof, Argonaute (non-limiting examples of Argonaute proteins include Thermus thermophilus Argonaute (TtAgo), Pyrococcus furiosus Argonaute (PfAgo), Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute (NgAgo) and homologs or modified versions thereof. According to some embodiments, an RNA-guided endonuclease may be a Cas9 or Cpfl enzyme.
For example, the CRISPR/Cas9 system allows targeted cleavage of genomic sequences guided by a small noncoding RNA
in plants (WO 2015026883A1). As another example, Cpfl(Cas12a) acts as an endoribonuclease to process crRNA and an endodeoxyribonuclease to cleave targeted genomic sequences. The CRISPR/Cpfl system enables gene deletion, insertion, base editing, and locus tagging in monocot and dicot plants (Alok et al., Frontiers in Plant Science, 31 March 2020).
EXPRESSION VECTORS FOR CANOLA TRANSFORMATION: MARKER GENES
Expression vectors include at least one genetic marker operably linked to a regulatory element (a promoter, for example) that allows transformed cells containing the marker to be either recovered by negative selection, i.e., inhibiting growth of cells that do not contain the selectable marker gene, or by positive selection, i.e., screening for the product encoded by the genetic marker. Many commonly used selectable marker genes for plant transformation are well known in the transformation arts, and include, for example, genes that code for enzymes that metabolically detoxify a selective chemical agent which may be an antibiotic or an herbicide, or genes that encode an altered target which is insensitive to the inhibitor. A few positive selection methods are also known in the art.
One commonly used selectable marker gene for plant transformation is the neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) gene which, when under the control of plant regulatory signals, confers resistance to kanamycin. Another commonly used selectable marker gene is the hygromycin phosphotransferase gene which confers resistance to the antibiotic hygromycin.
Additional selectable marker genes of bacterial origin that confer resistance to antibiotics include gentamycin acetyl transferase, streptomycin phosphotransferase, aminoglycoside-3'-adenyl transferase and the bleomycin resistance determinant. Other selectable marker genes confer resistance to herbicides such as glyphosate, glufosinate or bromoxynil. Selectable marker genes for plant transformation not of bacterial origin include, for example, mouse dihydrofolate reductase, plant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase and plant acetolactate synthase.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Another class of marker genes for plant transformation requires screening of presumptively transformed plant cells rather than direct genetic selection of transformed cells for resistance to a toxic substance such as an antibiotic. These genes are particularly useful to quantify or visualize the spatial pattern of expression of a gene in specific tissues and are frequently referred to as reporter genes because they can be fused to a gene or gene regulatory sequence for the investigation of gene expression.
Commonly used genes for screening presumptively transformed cells include P-glucuronidase (GUS), 0-galactosidase, luciferase and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase. Any of the above, or other marker genes, may be utilized in the present invention.
In vivo methods for visualizing GUS activity that do not require destruction of plant tissue are available and can be used in embodiments of the invention. Additionally, Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) can be utilized as a marker for gene expression in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. GFP and mutants of GFP may be used as screenable markers.
EXPRESSION VECTORS FOR CANOLA TRANSFORMATION: PROMOTERS
Genes included in expression vectors must be driven by a nucleotide sequence comprising a regulatory element, for example, a promoter. Several types of promoters are well known in the transformation arts, as are other regulatory elements that can be used alone or in combination with promoters.
As used herein, "promoter" includes reference to a region of DNA upstream from the start of transcription and involved in recognition and binding of RNA polymerase and other proteins to initiate transcription. A "plant promoter" is a promoter capable of initiating transcription in plant cells.
Examples of promoters under developmental control include promoters that preferentially initiate transcription in certain tissues, such as leaves, roots, seeds, fibers, xylem vessels, tracheids, or sclerenchyma. Such promoters are referred to as "tissue-preferred". Promoters which initiate transcription only in certain tissues are referred to as "tissue-specific". A
"cell type" specific promoter primarily drives expression in certain cell types in one or more organs, for example, vascular cells in roots or leaves. An "inducible" promoter is a promoter which is under environmental control. Examples of environmental conditions that may affect transcription by inducible promoters include anaerobic conditions or the presence of light. Tissue-specific, tissue-preferred, cell type specific, and inducible promoters constitute the class of "non-constitutive" promoters. A
"constitutive" promoter is a promoter Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 which is active under most environmental conditions.
A. Inducible Promoters - An inducible promoter is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. Optionally, the inducible promoter is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence which is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. With an inducible promoter the rate of transcription increases in response to an inducing agent.
Any inducible promoter can be used in the instant invention. Exemplary inducible promoters include, but are not limited to, those from the ACEI system which respond to copper, the In2 gene from maize which responds to benzenesulfonamide herbicide safeners, or the Tet repressor from Tn10. A
particularly preferred inducible promoter is a promoter that responds to an inducing agent to which plants do not normally respond. An exemplary inducible promoter is the inducible promoter from a steroid hormone gene, the transcriptional activity of which is induced by a glucocorticosteroid hormone.
B. Constitutive Promoters - A constitutive promoter is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola or the constitutive promoter is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence which is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola.
Many different constitutive promoters can be utilized in the instant invention. Exemplary constitutive promoters include, but are not limited to, the promoters from plant viruses such as the 35S
promoter from CaMV and the promoters from such genes as rice actin, ubiquitin, pEMU, MAS, and maize H3 histone. The ALS promoter, Xbal/Ncol fragment 5' to the Brassica napus ALS3 structural gene (or a nucleotide sequence similarity to said Xbal/Ncol fragment) could also be utilized herein.
C. Tissue-specific or Tissue-preferred Promoters - A tissue-specific promoter is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. Optionally, the tissue-specific promoter is operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence which is operably linked to a gene for expression in canola. Plants transformed with a gene of interest operably linked to a tissue-specific promoter produce the protein product of the transgene exclusively, or preferentially, in a specific tissue.
Any tissue-specific or tissue-preferred promoter can be utilized in the instant invention.
Exemplary tissue-specific or tissue-preferred promoters include, but are not limited to, a root-preferred promoter such as that from the phaseolin gene, a leaf-specific and light-induced promoter such as that Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 from cab or rubisco, an anther-specific promoter such as that from LAT52, a pollen-specific promoter such as that from Zm13, or a microspore-preferred promoter such as that from apg.
SIGNAL SEQUENCES FOR TARGETING PROTEINS TO SUBCELLULAR
COMPARTMENTS
Transport of protein produced by transgenes to a subcellular compai _____________ intent such as the chloroplast, vacuole, peroxisome, glyoxysome, cell wall or mitochondrion or for secretion into the apoplast, is accomplished by means of operably linking the nucleotide sequence encoding a signal sequence to the
5' and/or 3' region of a gene encoding the protein of interest. Targeting sequences at the 5' and/or 3' end of the structural gene may determine, during protein synthesis and processing, where the encoded protein is ultimately compaiimentalized. The presence of a signal sequence directs a polypeptide to either an intracellular organelle or subcellular compaiiment or for secretion to the apoplast. Many signal sequences are known in the art and can be utilized in the present invention.
FOREIGN PROTEIN GENES AND AGRONOMIC GENES
With transgenic plants according to the present invention, a foreign protein can be produced in commercial quantities. Thus, techniques for the selection and propagation of transformed plants, which are well understood in the art, are within the scope of the invention. In an embodiment, a foreign protein then can be extracted from a tissue of interest or from the total biomass by known methods.
According to a preferred embodiment, the transgenic plant provided for commercial production of foreign protein is a canola plant. In another preferred embodiment, the biomass of interest is seed.
For the relatively small number of transgenic plants that show higher levels of expression, a genetic map can be generated, primarily via conventional RFLP, PCR and SSR analysis, which identifies the approximate chromosomal location of the integrated DNA molecule. Map information concerning chromosomal location is useful for proprietary protection of a subject transgenic plant. If unauthorized propagation is undertaken and crosses are made with other germplasm, the map of the integration region can be compared to similar maps for suspect plants, to determine if the latter have a common parentage with the subject plant. Map comparisons would involve hybridizations, RFLP, PCR, SSR and sequencing, all of which are conventional techniques. SNPs may also be used alone or in combination with other techniques.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Likewise, by means of the present invention, plants can be genetically engineered to express various phenotypes of agronomic interest. Through the transformation of canola, the expression of genes can be altered to enhance disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide resistance, agronomic, grain quality and other traits. Transformation can also be used to insert DNA
sequences which control, or help control, male-sterility. DNA sequences native to canola, as well as non-native DNA sequences, can be transformed into canola 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 or other genetic elements such as a FRT, Lox or other site specific integration site), antisense technology, co-suppression, RNA interference, virus-induced gene silencing, target-RNA-specific ribozymes, hairpin structures, MicroRNA, ribozymes, oligonucleotide-mediated targeted modification, Zn-finger targeted molecules, and other methods or combinations of the above methods known to those of skill in the art.
Likewise, by means of the present invention, agronomic genes can be expressed in transformed plants. More particularly, plants can be genetically engineered to express various phenotypes of agronomic interest. Exemplary genes implicated in this regard include, but are not limited to, those categorized below:
1. Genes That Confer Resistance to Pests or Disease and That Encode:
A. Plant disease resistance genes. Plant defences are often activated by specific interaction between the product of a disease resistance gene (R) in the plant and the product of a corresponding avirulence (Avr) gene in the pathogen. A plant variety can be transformed with cloned resistance genes to engineer plants that are resistant to specific pathogen strains.
B. A gene conferring resistance to fungal pathogens, such as oxalate oxidase or oxalate decarboxylase.
C. A Bacillus thuringiensis protein, a derivative thereof, or a synthetic polypeptide modeled Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 thereon, for example, a Bt 6-endotoxin gene.
D. A lectin.
E. A vitamin-binding protein such as avidin or a homolog.
F. An enzyme inhibitor, for example, a protease or proteinase inhibitor or an amylase inhibitor.
G. An insect-specific hormone or pheromone such as an ecdysteroid or juvenile hormone, a variant thereof, a mimetic based thereon, or an antagonist or agonist thereof.
H. An insect-specific peptide or neuropeptide which, upon expression, disrupts the physiology of the affected pest.
I. An insect-specific venom produced in nature by a snake, a wasp, etc.
J. An enzyme responsible for a hyperaccumulation of a monoterpene, a sesquiterpene, a steroid, hydroxamic acid, a phenylpropanoid derivative or another non-protein molecule with insecticidal activity.
K. An enzyme involved in the modification, including the post-translational modification, of a biologically active molecule; for example, a glycolytic enzyme, a proteolytic enzyme, a lipolytic enzyme, a nuclease, a cyclase, a transaminase, an esterase, a hydrolase, a phosphatase, a kinase, a phosphorylase, a polymerase, an elastase, a chitinase and a glucanase, whether natural or synthetic.
L. A molecule that stimulates signal transduction.
M. A hydrophobic moment peptide.
N. A membrane permease, a channel former or a channel blocker.
0. A viral-invasive protein or a complex toxin derived therefrom. For example, the accumulation of viral coat proteins in transformed plant cells imparts resistance to viral infection and/or disease development effected by the virus from which the coat protein gene is derived, as well as by related viruses. Coat protein-mediated resistance has been conferred upon transformed plants against alfalfa mosaic virus, cucumber mosaic virus, tobacco streak virus, potato virus X, potato virus Y, tobacco etch virus, tobacco rattle virus and tobacco mosaic virus.
P. An insect-specific antibody or an immunotoxin derived therefrom. An antibody targeted to a Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 critical metabolic function in the insect gut would inactivate an affected enzyme, killing the insect.
Q. A virus-specific antibody.
R. A developmental-arrestive protein produced in nature by a pathogen or a parasite. Thus, fungal endo-a-1, 4-D-polygalacturonases facilitate fungal colonization and plant nutrient release by solubilizing plant cell wall homo-a-1, 4-D-galacturonase.
S. A developmental-arrestive protein produced in nature by a plant.
T. Genes involved in the Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) Response and/or the pathogenesis-related genes.
U. Antifungal genes.
V. Detoxification genes, such as for fumonisin, beauvericin, moniliformin and zearalenone and their structurally related derivatives.
W. Cystatin and cysteine proteinase inhibitors.
X. Defensin genes.
Y. Genes that confer resistance to Phytophthora root rot, such as the Brassica equivalents of the Rps 1, Rps 1-a, Rps 1-b, Rps 1-c, Rps 1-d, Rps 1-e, Rps 1-k, Rps 2, Rps 3-a, Rps 3-b, Rps 3-c, Rps 4, Rps 5, Rps 6, Rps 7 and other Rps genes.
2. Genes That Confer Resistance to an Herbicide, for Example:
A. An herbicide that inhibits the growing point or meristem, such as an imidazolinone or a sulfonylurea.
B.
Glyphosate (resistance conferred by mutant 5 -enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSP) and aroA genes, respectively) and other phosphono compounds such as glufosinate (phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (PAT) and Streptomyces hygroscopicus PAT
bar genes), and pyridinoxy or phenoxy propionic acids and cyclohexanediones (ACCase inhibitor-encoding genes).
Glyphosate resistance is also imparted to plants that express a gene that encodes a glyphosate oxido-reductase enzyme. In addition glyphosate resistance can be imparted to plants by the over expression of genes encoding glyphosate N-acetyltransferase. Nucleotide sequences of glutamine synthetase genes which confer resistance to herbicides such as L-phosphinothricin are known and can be used herein. The Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 nucleotide sequence of a PAT gene is also known and can be used. Exemplary of genes conferring resistance to phenoxy propionic acids and cyclohexanediones, such as sethoxydim and haloxyfop are the Accl- Sl, Accl-S2 and Accl -S3 genes.
C. An herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis, such as a triazine (psbA and gs+
genes) and a benzonitrile (nitrilase gene). The transformation of Chlamydomonas with plasmids encoding mutant psbA genes are known and can be used.
D. Acetohydroxy acid synthase, which has been found to make plants that express this enzyme resistant to multiple types of herbicides. Other genes that confer tolerance to herbicides include a gene encoding a chimeric protein of rat cytochrome P4507A1 and yeast NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase, genes for glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase, and genes for various phosphotransferases.
E. Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (protox), which is necessary for the production of chlorophyll.
The protox enzyme serves as the target for a variety of herbicidal compounds.
These herbicides also inhibit growth of all the different species of plants present, causing their total destruction.
3. Genes That Confer or Contribute to a Value-Added Trait, Such as:
A. Modified fatty acid metabolism, for example, by transforming a plant with an antisense gene of stearyl-ACP desaturase to increase stearic acid content of the plant.
B. Decreased phytate content. Introduction of a phytase-encoding gene, such as Aspergillus niger phytase gene, may enhance breakdown of phytate, adding more free phosphate to the transformed plant.
Alternatively, a gene could be introduced that reduces phytate content. In maize for example, this could be accomplished by cloning and then reintroducing DNA associated with the single allele which is responsible for maize mutants characterized by low levels of phytic acid.
C. Modified carbohydrate composition effected, for example, by transforming plants with a gene coding for an enzyme that alters the branching pattern of starch, or, a gene altering thioredoxin such as NTR and/or TRX and/or a gamma zein knock out or mutant such as cs27 or TUSC27 or en27. Any known fatty acid modification genes may also be used to affect starch content and/or composition through the interrelationship of the starch and oil pathways.
D. Elevated oleic acid via FAD-2 gene modification and/or decreased linolenic acid via FAD-3 Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 gene modification.
E. Altering conjugated linolenic or linoleic acid content. Altering LEC1, AGP, Dekl, Superall, mi 1ps, various Ipa genes such as Ipal, Ipa3, hpt or hggt.
F. Altered antioxidant content or composition, such as alteration of tocopherol or tocotrienols.
In an embodiment, antioxidant levels may be manipulated through alteration of a phytl prenyl transferase (ppt) or through alteration of a homogentisate geranyl geranyl transferase (hggt).
G. Altered essential seed amino acids.
4. Genes that Control Male Sterility There are several methods of conferring genetic male sterility available and within the scope of the invention. As one example, nuclear male sterility may be accomplished by identifying a gene which is critical to male fertility, silencing this native gene which is critical to male fertility, removing the native promoter from the essential male fertility gene and replacing it with an inducible promoter, inserting this genetically engineered gene back into the plant, and thus creating a plant that is male sterile because the inducible promoter is not "on," resulting in the male fertility gene not being transcribed.
Fertility is restored by inducing, or turning "on", the promoter, which in turn allows the gene that confers male fertility to be transcribed. Other possible examples include the introduction of a deacetylase gene under the control of a tapetum-specific promoter and with the application of the chemical N-Ac-PPT, the introduction of various stamen-specific promoters, or the introduction of the barnase and the barstar genes.
5. Genes that create a site for site specific DNA integration.
This may include the introduction of FRT sites that may be used in the FLP/FRT
system and/or Lox sites that may be used in the Cre/Loxp system. Other systems that may be used include the Gin recombinase of phage Mu, the Pin recombinase of E. coli, and the R/RS system of the pSR1 plasmid.
FOREIGN PROTEIN GENES AND AGRONOMIC GENES
With transgenic plants according to the present invention, a foreign protein can be produced in commercial quantities. Thus, techniques for the selection and propagation of transformed plants, which are well understood in the art, are within the scope of the invention. In an embodiment, a foreign protein then can be extracted from a tissue of interest or from the total biomass by known methods.
According to a preferred embodiment, the transgenic plant provided for commercial production of foreign protein is a canola plant. In another preferred embodiment, the biomass of interest is seed.
For the relatively small number of transgenic plants that show higher levels of expression, a genetic map can be generated, primarily via conventional RFLP, PCR and SSR analysis, which identifies the approximate chromosomal location of the integrated DNA molecule. Map information concerning chromosomal location is useful for proprietary protection of a subject transgenic plant. If unauthorized propagation is undertaken and crosses are made with other germplasm, the map of the integration region can be compared to similar maps for suspect plants, to determine if the latter have a common parentage with the subject plant. Map comparisons would involve hybridizations, RFLP, PCR, SSR and sequencing, all of which are conventional techniques. SNPs may also be used alone or in combination with other techniques.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Likewise, by means of the present invention, plants can be genetically engineered to express various phenotypes of agronomic interest. Through the transformation of canola, the expression of genes can be altered to enhance disease resistance, insect resistance, herbicide resistance, agronomic, grain quality and other traits. Transformation can also be used to insert DNA
sequences which control, or help control, male-sterility. DNA sequences native to canola, as well as non-native DNA sequences, can be transformed into canola 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 or other genetic elements such as a FRT, Lox or other site specific integration site), antisense technology, co-suppression, RNA interference, virus-induced gene silencing, target-RNA-specific ribozymes, hairpin structures, MicroRNA, ribozymes, oligonucleotide-mediated targeted modification, Zn-finger targeted molecules, and other methods or combinations of the above methods known to those of skill in the art.
Likewise, by means of the present invention, agronomic genes can be expressed in transformed plants. More particularly, plants can be genetically engineered to express various phenotypes of agronomic interest. Exemplary genes implicated in this regard include, but are not limited to, those categorized below:
1. Genes That Confer Resistance to Pests or Disease and That Encode:
A. Plant disease resistance genes. Plant defences are often activated by specific interaction between the product of a disease resistance gene (R) in the plant and the product of a corresponding avirulence (Avr) gene in the pathogen. A plant variety can be transformed with cloned resistance genes to engineer plants that are resistant to specific pathogen strains.
B. A gene conferring resistance to fungal pathogens, such as oxalate oxidase or oxalate decarboxylase.
C. A Bacillus thuringiensis protein, a derivative thereof, or a synthetic polypeptide modeled Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 thereon, for example, a Bt 6-endotoxin gene.
D. A lectin.
E. A vitamin-binding protein such as avidin or a homolog.
F. An enzyme inhibitor, for example, a protease or proteinase inhibitor or an amylase inhibitor.
G. An insect-specific hormone or pheromone such as an ecdysteroid or juvenile hormone, a variant thereof, a mimetic based thereon, or an antagonist or agonist thereof.
H. An insect-specific peptide or neuropeptide which, upon expression, disrupts the physiology of the affected pest.
I. An insect-specific venom produced in nature by a snake, a wasp, etc.
J. An enzyme responsible for a hyperaccumulation of a monoterpene, a sesquiterpene, a steroid, hydroxamic acid, a phenylpropanoid derivative or another non-protein molecule with insecticidal activity.
K. An enzyme involved in the modification, including the post-translational modification, of a biologically active molecule; for example, a glycolytic enzyme, a proteolytic enzyme, a lipolytic enzyme, a nuclease, a cyclase, a transaminase, an esterase, a hydrolase, a phosphatase, a kinase, a phosphorylase, a polymerase, an elastase, a chitinase and a glucanase, whether natural or synthetic.
L. A molecule that stimulates signal transduction.
M. A hydrophobic moment peptide.
N. A membrane permease, a channel former or a channel blocker.
0. A viral-invasive protein or a complex toxin derived therefrom. For example, the accumulation of viral coat proteins in transformed plant cells imparts resistance to viral infection and/or disease development effected by the virus from which the coat protein gene is derived, as well as by related viruses. Coat protein-mediated resistance has been conferred upon transformed plants against alfalfa mosaic virus, cucumber mosaic virus, tobacco streak virus, potato virus X, potato virus Y, tobacco etch virus, tobacco rattle virus and tobacco mosaic virus.
P. An insect-specific antibody or an immunotoxin derived therefrom. An antibody targeted to a Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 critical metabolic function in the insect gut would inactivate an affected enzyme, killing the insect.
Q. A virus-specific antibody.
R. A developmental-arrestive protein produced in nature by a pathogen or a parasite. Thus, fungal endo-a-1, 4-D-polygalacturonases facilitate fungal colonization and plant nutrient release by solubilizing plant cell wall homo-a-1, 4-D-galacturonase.
S. A developmental-arrestive protein produced in nature by a plant.
T. Genes involved in the Systemic Acquired Resistance (SAR) Response and/or the pathogenesis-related genes.
U. Antifungal genes.
V. Detoxification genes, such as for fumonisin, beauvericin, moniliformin and zearalenone and their structurally related derivatives.
W. Cystatin and cysteine proteinase inhibitors.
X. Defensin genes.
Y. Genes that confer resistance to Phytophthora root rot, such as the Brassica equivalents of the Rps 1, Rps 1-a, Rps 1-b, Rps 1-c, Rps 1-d, Rps 1-e, Rps 1-k, Rps 2, Rps 3-a, Rps 3-b, Rps 3-c, Rps 4, Rps 5, Rps 6, Rps 7 and other Rps genes.
2. Genes That Confer Resistance to an Herbicide, for Example:
A. An herbicide that inhibits the growing point or meristem, such as an imidazolinone or a sulfonylurea.
B.
Glyphosate (resistance conferred by mutant 5 -enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSP) and aroA genes, respectively) and other phosphono compounds such as glufosinate (phosphinothricin acetyl transferase (PAT) and Streptomyces hygroscopicus PAT
bar genes), and pyridinoxy or phenoxy propionic acids and cyclohexanediones (ACCase inhibitor-encoding genes).
Glyphosate resistance is also imparted to plants that express a gene that encodes a glyphosate oxido-reductase enzyme. In addition glyphosate resistance can be imparted to plants by the over expression of genes encoding glyphosate N-acetyltransferase. Nucleotide sequences of glutamine synthetase genes which confer resistance to herbicides such as L-phosphinothricin are known and can be used herein. The Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 nucleotide sequence of a PAT gene is also known and can be used. Exemplary of genes conferring resistance to phenoxy propionic acids and cyclohexanediones, such as sethoxydim and haloxyfop are the Accl- Sl, Accl-S2 and Accl -S3 genes.
C. An herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis, such as a triazine (psbA and gs+
genes) and a benzonitrile (nitrilase gene). The transformation of Chlamydomonas with plasmids encoding mutant psbA genes are known and can be used.
D. Acetohydroxy acid synthase, which has been found to make plants that express this enzyme resistant to multiple types of herbicides. Other genes that confer tolerance to herbicides include a gene encoding a chimeric protein of rat cytochrome P4507A1 and yeast NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase, genes for glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase, and genes for various phosphotransferases.
E. Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (protox), which is necessary for the production of chlorophyll.
The protox enzyme serves as the target for a variety of herbicidal compounds.
These herbicides also inhibit growth of all the different species of plants present, causing their total destruction.
3. Genes That Confer or Contribute to a Value-Added Trait, Such as:
A. Modified fatty acid metabolism, for example, by transforming a plant with an antisense gene of stearyl-ACP desaturase to increase stearic acid content of the plant.
B. Decreased phytate content. Introduction of a phytase-encoding gene, such as Aspergillus niger phytase gene, may enhance breakdown of phytate, adding more free phosphate to the transformed plant.
Alternatively, a gene could be introduced that reduces phytate content. In maize for example, this could be accomplished by cloning and then reintroducing DNA associated with the single allele which is responsible for maize mutants characterized by low levels of phytic acid.
C. Modified carbohydrate composition effected, for example, by transforming plants with a gene coding for an enzyme that alters the branching pattern of starch, or, a gene altering thioredoxin such as NTR and/or TRX and/or a gamma zein knock out or mutant such as cs27 or TUSC27 or en27. Any known fatty acid modification genes may also be used to affect starch content and/or composition through the interrelationship of the starch and oil pathways.
D. Elevated oleic acid via FAD-2 gene modification and/or decreased linolenic acid via FAD-3 Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 gene modification.
E. Altering conjugated linolenic or linoleic acid content. Altering LEC1, AGP, Dekl, Superall, mi 1ps, various Ipa genes such as Ipal, Ipa3, hpt or hggt.
F. Altered antioxidant content or composition, such as alteration of tocopherol or tocotrienols.
In an embodiment, antioxidant levels may be manipulated through alteration of a phytl prenyl transferase (ppt) or through alteration of a homogentisate geranyl geranyl transferase (hggt).
G. Altered essential seed amino acids.
4. Genes that Control Male Sterility There are several methods of conferring genetic male sterility available and within the scope of the invention. As one example, nuclear male sterility may be accomplished by identifying a gene which is critical to male fertility, silencing this native gene which is critical to male fertility, removing the native promoter from the essential male fertility gene and replacing it with an inducible promoter, inserting this genetically engineered gene back into the plant, and thus creating a plant that is male sterile because the inducible promoter is not "on," resulting in the male fertility gene not being transcribed.
Fertility is restored by inducing, or turning "on", the promoter, which in turn allows the gene that confers male fertility to be transcribed. Other possible examples include the introduction of a deacetylase gene under the control of a tapetum-specific promoter and with the application of the chemical N-Ac-PPT, the introduction of various stamen-specific promoters, or the introduction of the barnase and the barstar genes.
5. Genes that create a site for site specific DNA integration.
This may include the introduction of FRT sites that may be used in the FLP/FRT
system and/or Lox sites that may be used in the Cre/Loxp system. Other systems that may be used include the Gin recombinase of phage Mu, the Pin recombinase of E. coli, and the R/RS system of the pSR1 plasmid.
6. Genes that affect abiotic stress resistance (including but not limited to flowering, pod and seed development, enhancement of nitrogen utilization efficiency, altered nitrogen responsiveness, drought resistance or tolerance, cold resistance or tolerance, and salt resistance or tolerance) and increased yield under stress.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Genes and transcription factors that affect plant growth and agronomic traits such as yield, flowering, plant growth and/or plant structure, can be introduced or introgressed into plants.
METHODS FOR CANOLA TRANSFORMATION
Numerous methods for plant transformation have been developed, including biological and physical plant transformation protocols. In addition, expression vectors and in vitro culture methods for plant cell or tissue transformation and regeneration of plants are available.
A. Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation - One method for introducing an expression vector into plants is based on the natural transformation system of Agrobacterium. A.
tumefaciens and A.
rhizogenes are plant pathogenic soil bacteria which genetically transform plant cells. The Ti and Ri plasmids of A. tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes, respectively, carry genes responsible for genetic transformation of the plant. Agrobacterium vector systems and methods for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer can be used in the present invention.
B. Direct Gene Transfer - Several methods of plant transformation, collectively referred to as direct gene transfer, have been developed as an alternative to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.
A generally applicable method of plant transformation is microprojectile-mediated transformation wherein DNA is carried on the surface of microprojectiles measuring 1 to 4 !um. The expression vector is introduced into plant tissues with a ballistic device that accelerates the microprojectiles to speeds of 300 to 600 m/s which is sufficient to penetrate plant cell walls and membranes. Another method for physical delivery of DNA to plants is sonication of target cells, which may be used herein. Alternatively, liposome and spheroplast fusion may be used to introduce expression vectors into plants. Direct uptake of DNA into protoplasts using CaCl2 precipitation, polyvinyl alcohol or poly-L-ornithine may also be useful. Electroporation of protoplasts and whole cells and tissues may also be utilized.
Following transformation of canola target tissues, expression of the above-described selectable marker genes allows for preferential selection of transformed cells, tissues and/or plants, using regeneration and selection methods well known in the art.
The foregoing methods for transformation would typically be used for producing a transgenic variety. The transgenic variety could then be crossed with another (non-transformed or transformed) variety in order to produce a new transgenic variety. Alternatively, a genetic trait which has been Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 engineered into a particular canola variety using the foregoing transformation techniques could be moved into another variety using traditional backcrossing techniques that are well known in the plant breeding arts. For example, a backcrossing approach could be used to move an engineered trait from a public, non-elite variety into an elite variety, or from a variety containing a foreign gene in its genome into a variety or varieties which do not contain that gene. As used herein, "crossing" can refer to a simple X
by Y cross, or the process of backcrossing, depending on the context.
GENETIC MARKER PROFILE THROUGH SSR AND FIRST GENERATION PROGENY
In addition to phenotypic observations, a plant can also be identified by its genotype. The genotype of a plant can be characterized through a genetic marker profile which can identify plants of the same variety or a related variety or be used to determine or validate a pedigree. Genetic marker profiles can be obtained by techniques such as 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), Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) which are also referred to as Microsatellites, and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs).
Particular markers used for these purposes are not limited to any particular set of markers, but are envisioned to include any type of marker and marker profile which provides a means of distinguishing varieties. One method of comparison is to use only homozygous loci for 5CV941661.
In addition to being used for identification of canola variety SCV941661 and plant parts and plant cells of variety 5CV941661, the genetic profile may be used to identify a canola plant produced through the use of 5CV941661 or to verify a pedigree for progeny plants produced through the use of 5CV941661. The genetic marker profile is also useful in breeding and developing backcross conversions.
The present invention comprises a canola plant characterized by molecular and physiological data obtained from the representative sample of said variety deposited with the Provasoli-Guillar National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544 USA. Further provided by the invention is a canola plant formed by the combination of the disclosed canola plant or plant cell with another canola plant or cell and comprising the homozygous alleles of the variety.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Means of performing genetic marker profiles using SSR polymorphisms are well known in the art. SSRs are genetic markers based on polymorphisms in repeated nucleotide sequences, such as microsatellites. A marker system based on SSRs can be highly informative in linkage analysis relative to other marker systems in that multiple alleles may be present. Another advantage of this type of marker is that, through use of flanking primers, detection of SSRs can be achieved, for example, by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), thereby eliminating the need for labor-intensive Southern hybridization. The PCR detection is done by use of two oligonucleotide primers flanking the polymorphic segment of repetitive DNA. Repeated cycles of heat denaturation of the DNA followed by annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences at low temperatures, and extension of the annealed primers with DNA polymerase, comprise the major part of the methodology.
Following amplification, markers can be scored by electrophoresis of the amplification products.
Scoring of marker genotype is based on the size of the amplified fragment, which may be measured by the number of base pairs of the fragment. While variation in the primer used or in laboratory procedures can affect the reported fragment size, relative values should remain constant regardless of the specific primer or laboratory used. When comparing varieties it is preferable if all SSR profiles are performed in the same lab.
The SSR profile of canola plant 5CV941661 can be used to identify plants comprising 5CV941661 as a parent, since such plants will comprise the same homozygous alleles as 5CV941661.
Because the canola 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 Fi 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 F 1 progeny will be xy (heterozygous) at that locus.
Subsequent generations of progeny produced by selection and breeding are expected to be of genotype x (homozygous), y (homozygous), or xy (heterozygous) for that locus position.
When the F 1 plant is selfed or sibbed for successive filial generations, the locus should be either x or y for that position.
In addition, plants and plant parts substantially benefiting from the use of 5CV941661 in their development, such as SCV941661 comprising a backcross conversion, transgene, or genetic sterility factor, may be identified by having a molecular marker profile with a high percent identity to 5CV941661. Such a percent identity might be 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 99.5% or 99.9% identical to Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 SCV941661.
The SSR profile of SCV941661 also can be used to identify essentially derived varieties and other progeny varieties developed from the use of SCV941661, as well as cells and other plant parts thereof. Progeny plants and plant parts produced using SCV941661 may be identified 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 canola variety, as measured by either percent identity or percent similarity. Such progeny may be further characterized as being within a pedigree distance of 5CV941661, such as within 1 ,2, 3 ,4 or 5 or less cross-pollinations to a canola plant other than 5CV941661 or a plant that has 5CV941661 as a progenitor. Unique molecular profiles may be identified with other molecular tools such as SNPs and RFLPs.
While determining the SSR genetic marker profile of the plants described supra, several unique SSR profiles may also be identified which did not appear in either parent of such plant. Such unique SSR profiles may arise during the breeding process from recombination or mutation. A combination of several unique alleles provides a means of identifying a plant variety, an Fi progeny produced from such variety, and progeny produced from such variety.
SINGLE-GENE CONVERSIONS
When the term "canola plant" is used in the context of the present invention, this also includes any single gene conversions of that variety. The term single gene converted plant as used herein refers to those canola plants which are developed by backcrossing, wherein essentially all of the desired morphological and physiological characteristics of a variety are recovered in addition to the single gene transferred into the variety via the backcrossing technique. Backcrossing methods can be used with the present invention to improve or introduce a characteristic into the variety. A
hybrid progeny may be backcrossed to the recurrent parent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or more times as part of this invention. The parental canola plant that contributes the gene for the desired characteristic is termed the nonrecurrent or donor parent. This terminology refers to the fact that the nonrecurrent parent is used one time in the backcross protocol and therefore does not recur. The parental canola plant to which the gene or genes from the nonrecurrent parent are transferred is known as the recurrent parent as it is used for several rounds in the backcrossing protocol. In a typical backcross protocol, the original variety of interest Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 (recurrent parent) is crossed to a second variety (nonrecurrent parent) that carries the single gene of interest to be transferred. The resulting progeny from this cross are then crossed again to the recurrent parent and the process is repeated until a canola plant is obtained wherein essentially all of the desired morphological and physiological characteristics of the recurrent parent are recovered in the converted plant, in addition to the single transferred gene from the nonrecurrent parent.
The selection of a suitable recurrent parent is an important step for a successful backcrossing procedure. The goal of a backcross protocol is to alter or substitute a single trait or characteristic in the original variety. To accomplish this, a single gene of the recurrent variety is modified or substituted with the desired gene from the nonrecurrent parent, while retaining essentially all of the rest of the desired genetic, and therefore the desired morphological and physiological, constitution of the original variety. The choice of the particular nonrecurrent parent will depend on the purpose of the backcross;
one of the major purposes is to add some agronomically important trait to the plant. The exact backcrossing protocol will depend on the characteristic or trait being altered to determine an appropriate testing protocol. Although backcrossing methods are simplified when the characteristic being transferred is a dominant allele, a recessive allele may also be transferred.
In this instance it may be necessary to introduce a test of the progeny to determine if the desired characteristic has been successfully transferred.
Many single gene traits have been identified that are not regularly selected for in the development of a new variety but that can be improved by backcrossing techniques. Single gene traits may or may not be transgenic; examples of these traits include but are not limited to, male sterility, waxy starch, herbicide resistance, resistance for bacterial, fungal, or viral disease, insect resistance, male fertility, enhanced nutritional quality, industrial usage, yield stability and yield enhancement.
These genes are generally inherited through the nucleus.
Variety 5CV941661 represents a new base genetic variety into which a new locus or trait may be introgressed. Direct transformation and backcrossing represent two methods that can be used to accomplish such an introgression. The term backcross conversion and single locus conversion are used interchangeably to designate the product of a backcrossing program.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 A backcross conversion of SCV941661 may occur when DNA sequences are introduced through backcrossing with SCV941661 utilized as the recurrent parent. Both naturally occurring and transgenic DNA sequences may be introduced through backcrossing techniques. Molecular marker assisted breeding or selection may be utilized to reduce the number of backcrosses necessary to achieve the backcross conversion.
The complexity of the backcross conversion method depends on the type of trait being transferred (single genes or closely linked genes as vs. unlinked genes), the level of expression of the trait, the type of inheritance (cytoplasmic or nuclear) and the types of parents included in the cross. It is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that for single gene traits that are relatively easy to classify, the backcross method is effective and relatively easy to manage. Desired traits that may be transferred through backcross conversion include, but are not limited to, sterility (nuclear and cytoplasmic), fertility restoration, nutritional enhancements, drought tolerance, nitrogen utilization, altered fatty acid profile, altered seed amino acid levels, altered seed oil levels, low phytate, industrial enhancements, disease resistance (bacterial, fungal or viral), insect resistance and herbicide resistance. In addition, an introgression site itself, such as an FRT site, Lox site or other site specific integration site, may be inserted by backcrossing and utilized for direct insertion of one or more genes of interest into a specific plant variety. In some embodiments of the invention, the number of loci that may be backcrossed into SCV941661 is at least 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and/or no more than 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2. A
single locus may contain several transgenes, such as a transgene for disease resistance that, in the same expression vector, also contains a transgene for herbicide resistance. The gene for herbicide resistance may be used as a selectable marker and/or as a phenotypic trait. A single locus conversion of site specific integration system allows for the integration of multiple genes at the converted loci.
The backcross conversion may result from either the transfer of a dominant allele or a recessive allele. Selection of progeny containing the trait of interest is accomplished by direct selection for a trait associated with a dominant allele. Transgenes transferred via backcrossing typically function as a dominant single gene trait and are relatively easy to classify. Selection of progeny for a trait that is transferred via a recessive allele requires growing and selfing the first backcross generation to determine which plants carry the recessive alleles. Recessive traits may require additional progeny testing in Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 successive backcross generations to determine the presence of the locus of interest. The last backcross generation is usually selfed to give pure breeding progeny for the gene(s) being transferred, although a backcross conversion with a stably introgressed trait may also be maintained by further backcrossing to the recurrent parent with selection for the converted trait.
Along with selection for the trait of interest, progeny are selected for the phenotype of the recurrent parent. The backcross is a form of inbreeding, and the features of the recurrent parent are automatically recovered after successive backcrosses. As noted above, the number of backcrosses necessary can be reduced with the use of molecular markers. Other factors, such as a genetically similar donor parent, may also reduce the number of backcrosses necessary. As noted, backcrossing is easiest for simply inherited, dominant and easily recognized traits.
One process for adding or modifying a trait or locus in canola variety SCV941661 comprises crossing SCV941661 plants grown from SCV941661 seed with plants of another canola variety that comprise the desired trait or locus, selecting Fi progeny plants that comprise the desired trait or locus to produce selected Fi progeny plants, crossing the selected progeny plants with the SCV941661 plants to produce backcross progeny plants, selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait or locus and the morphological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and backcrossing to SCV941661 three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise said trait or locus.
The modified SCV941661 may be further characterized as having essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 listed in Table 1 and/or may be characterized by percent similarity or identity to SCV941661 as determined by SSR markers. The above method may be utilized with fewer backcrosses in appropriate situations, such as when the donor parent is highly related or markers are used in the selection step. Desired traits that may be used include those nucleic acids known in the art, some of which are listed herein, that will affect traits through nucleic acid expression or inhibition. Desired loci include the introgression of FRT, Lox and other sites for site specific integration, which may also affect a desired trait if a functional nucleic acid is inserted at the integration site.
In addition, the above process and other similar processes described herein may be used to produce first generation progeny canola seed by adding a step at the end of the process that comprises crossing SCV941661 with the introgressed trait or locus with a different canola plant and harvesting the Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 resultant first generation progeny canola seed.
TISSUE CULTURE OF CANOLA
Further production of the SCV941661 variety can occur by tissue culture and regeneration.
Culture of various tissues of canola and regeneration of plants therefrom is known and widely published.
Thus, another aspect of this invention is to provide cells which upon growth and differentiation produce canola plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661.
As used herein, the term "tissue culture" indicates a composition comprising isolated cells of the same or a different type or a collection of such cells organized into parts of a plant. Exemplary types of tissue cultures are protoplasts, calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that can generate tissue culture that are intact in plants or parts of plants, such as embryos, pollen, flowers, seeds, pods, leaves, stems, roots, root tips, anthers, pistils and the like. Means for preparing and maintaining plant tissue culture are well known in the art. Tissue culture comprising organs can be used in the present invention to produce regenerated plants.
Canola varieties such as SCV941661 are typically developed for use in seed and grain production. However, canola varieties such as SCV941661 also provide a source of breeding material that may be used to develop new canola varieties. Plant breeding techniques known in the art and used in a canola plant breeding program include, but are not limited to, recurrent selection, mass selection, bulk selection, mass selection, backcrossing, pedigree breeding, open pollination breeding, restriction fragment length polymorphism enhanced selection, genetic marker enhanced selection, making double haploids, and transformation. Often combinations of these techniques are used.
The development of canola varieties in a plant breeding program requires, in general, the development and evaluation of homozygous varieties.
ADDITIONAL BREEDING METHODS
This invention is directed to methods for producing a canola plant by crossing a first parent canola plant with a second parent canola plant wherein either the first or second parent canola plant is variety SCV941661. The other parent may be any other canola plant, such as a canola plant that is part of a synthetic or natural population. Any such methods using canola variety SCV941661 are part of this Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 invention: selfing, sibbing, backcrosses, mass selection, pedigree breeding, bulk selection, hybrid production, crosses to populations, and the like. These methods are well known in the art and some of the more commonly used breeding methods are described below.
The following describes breeding methods that may be used with canola variety SCV941661 in the development of further canola plants. One such embodiment is a method for developing a variety SCV941661 progeny canola plant in a canola plant breeding program comprising:
obtaining the canola plant, or a part thereof, of variety SCV941661 utilizing said plant or plant part as a source of breeding material and selecting a canola variety SCV941661 progeny plant with molecular markers in common with variety SCV941661 and/or with morphological and/or physiological characteristics selected from the characteristics listed in Table 1. Breeding steps that may be used in the canola plant breeding program include pedigree breeding, backcrossing, mutation breeding, and recurrent selection. In conjunction with these steps, techniques such as RFLP-enhanced selection, genetic marker enhanced selection (for example SSR markers) and the making of double haploids may be utilized.
Another method involves producing a population of canola variety SCV941661 progeny canola plants, comprising crossing variety SCV941661 with another canola plant, thereby producing a population of canola plants, which, on average, derive 50% of their alleles from canola variety SCV941661. A plant of this population may be selected and repeatedly selfed or sibbed with a canola variety resulting from these successive filial generations. One embodiment of this invention is the canola variety produced by this method and that has obtained at least 50% of its alleles from canola variety SCV941661.
One of ordinary skill in the art of plant breeding would know how to evaluate the traits of two plant varieties to determine if there is no significant difference between the two traits expressed by those varieties. Thus the invention includes canola variety SCV941661 progeny canola plants comprising a combination of at least two variety SCV941661 traits selected from the group consisting of those listed in Table 1 or the variety SCV941661 combination of traits listed in the Summary of the Invention, so that said progeny canola plant is not significantly different for said traits than canola variety SCV941661 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions. Using techniques described herein, molecular markers may be used to identify said progeny plant as a canola variety SCV941661 progeny plant. Mean trait values may be used to determine whether trait differences Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 are significant, and preferably the traits are measured on plants grown under the same environmental conditions. Once such a variety is developed its value is substantial since it is important to advance the germplasm base as a whole in order to maintain or improve traits such as yield, disease resistance, pest resistance, and plant performance in extreme environmental conditions.
Progeny of canola variety SCV941661 may also be characterized through their filial relationship with canola variety SCV941661, as for example, being within a certain number of breeding crosses of canola variety SCV941661. A breeding cross is a cross made to introduce new genetics into the progeny, and is distinguished from a cross, such as a self or a sib cross, made to select among existing genetic alleles. The lower the number of breeding crosses in the pedigree, the closer the relationship between canola variety SCV941661 and its progeny. For example, progeny produced by the methods described herein may be within 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 breeding crosses of canola variety SCV941661.
As used herein, the term "plant" includes plant cells, plant protoplasts, plant cell tissue cultures from which canola plants can be regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants, such as embryos, pollen, ovules, flowers, shoots, pods, leaves, roots, root tips, anthers, cotyledons, hypocotyls, meristematic cells, stems, pistils, petiole, seeds, and the like.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 PEDIGREE BREEDING
Pedigree breeding starts with the crossing of two genotypes, such as SCV941661 and another canola variety having one or more desirable characteristics that is lacking or which complements SCV941661. If the two original parents do not provide all the desired characteristics, other sources can be included in the breeding population. In the pedigree method, superior plants are selfed and selected in successive filial generations. In the succeeding filial generations the heterozygous condition gives way to homogeneous varieties as a result of self-pollination and selection.
Typically, in the pedigree method of breeding, five or more successive filial generations of selfing and selection is practiced: Fi to F2; F2 to F3; F3 to F4; F4 to F5, etc. After a sufficient amount of inbreeding, successive filial generations will serve to increase seed of the developed variety. Preferably, the developed variety comprises homozygous alleles at about 95% or more of its loci.
In addition to being used to create a backcross conversion, backcrossing can also be used in combination with pedigree breeding. As discussed previously, backcrossing can be used to transfer one or more specifically desirable traits from one variety, the donor parent, to a developed variety called the recurrent parent, which has overall good agronomic characteristics yet lacks that desirable trait or traits.
However, the same procedure can be used to move the progeny toward the genotype of the recurrent parent but at the same time retain many components of the non-recurrent parent by stopping the backcrossing at an early stage and proceeding with selfing and selection. For example, a canola variety may be crossed with another variety to produce a first generation progeny plant. The first generation progeny plant may then be backcrossed to one of its parent varieties to create a BC1 or BC2. Progeny are selfed and selected so that the newly developed variety has many of the attributes of the recurrent parent and yet several of the desired attributes of the non-recurrent parent.
This approach leverages the value and strengths of the recurrent parent for use in new canola varieties.
Therefore, an embodiment of this invention is a method of making a backcross conversion of canola variety SCV941661, comprising the steps of crossing a plant of canola variety SCV941661 with a donor plant comprising a desired trait, selecting an Fi progeny plant comprising the desired trait, and backcrossing the selected Fi progeny plant to a plant of canola variety SCV941661. This method may further comprise the step of obtaining a molecular marker profile of canola variety SCV941661 and using the molecular marker profile to select for a progeny plant with the desired trait and the molecular Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 marker profile of SCV941661. In one embodiment the desired trait is a mutant gene or transgene present in the donor parent.
RECURRENT SELECTION AND MASS SELECTION
Recurrent selection is a method used in a plant breeding program to improve a population of plants. SCV941661 is suitable for use in a recurrent selection program. The method entails individual plants cross pollinating with each other to form progeny. The progeny are grown and the superior progeny selected by any number of selection methods, which include individual plant, half-sib progeny, full-sib progeny and selfed progeny. The selected progeny are cross pollinated with each other to form progeny for another population. This population is planted and again superior plants are selected to cross pollinate with each other. Recurrent selection is a cyclical process and therefore can be repeated as many times as desired. The objective of recurrent selection is to improve the traits of a population. The improved population can then be used as a source of breeding material to obtain new varieties for commercial or breeding use, including the production of a synthetic variety. A
synthetic variety is the resultant progeny formed by the intercrossing of several selected varieties.
Mass selection is a useful technique when used in conjunction with molecular marker enhanced selection. In mass selection seeds from individuals are selected based on phenotype or genotype. These selected seeds are then bulked and used to grow the next generation. Bulk selection requires growing a population of plants in a bulk plot, allowing the plants to self-pollinate, harvesting the seed in bulk and then using a sample of the seed harvested in bulk to plant the next generation. Also, instead of self pollination, directed pollination could be used as part of the breeding program.
MUTATION BREEDING
Mutation breeding is another method of introducing new traits into canola variety SCV941661.
Mutations that occur spontaneously or are artificially induced can be useful sources of variability for a plant breeder. The goal of artificial mutagenesis is to increase the rate of mutation for a desired characteristic. Mutation rates can be increased by many different means including temperature, long-term seed storage, tissue culture conditions, radiation; such as X-rays, Gamma rays (e.g. cobalt 60 or cesium 137), neutrons, (product of nuclear fission by uranium 235 in an atomic reactor), Beta radiation (emitted from radioisotopes such as phosphorus 32 or carbon 14), or ultraviolet radiation (preferably from 2500 to 2900 nm), or chemical mutagens (such as base analogues (5-bromo-uracil), related Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 compounds (8-ethoxy caffeine), antibiotics (streptonigrin), alkylating agents (sulfur mustards, nitrogen mustards, epoxides, ethylenamines, sulfates, sulfonates, sulfones, lactones), azide, hydroxylamine, nitrous acid, or acridines. Once a desired trait is observed through mutagenesis the trait may then be incorporated into existing germplasm by traditional breeding techniques. In addition, mutations created in other canola plants may be used to produce a backcross conversion of canola variety SCV941661 that comprises such mutation.
BREEDING WITH MOLECULAR MARKERS
Molecular markers, which include markers identified through the use of techniques such as 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), Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), may be used in plant breeding methods utilizing canola variety 5CV941661.
One use of molecular markers is Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) mapping. QTL
mapping is the use of markers, which are known to be closely linked to alleles that have measurable effects on a quantitative trait. Selection in the breeding process is based upon the accumulation of markers linked to the positive effecting alleles and/or the elimination of the markers linked to the negative effecting alleles from the plant's genome.
Molecular markers can also be used during the breeding process for the selection of qualitative traits. For example, markers closely linked to alleles or markers containing sequences within the actual alleles of interest can be used to select plants that contain the alleles of interest during a backcrossing breeding program. The markers can also be used to select for the genome of the recurrent parent and against the genome of the donor parent. Using this procedure can minimize the amount of genome from the donor parent that remains in the selected plants. It can also be used to reduce the number of crosses back to the recurrent parent needed in a backcrossing program. The use of molecular markers in the selection process is often called genetic marker enhanced selection. Molecular markers may also be used to identify and exclude certain sources of germplasm as parental varieties or ancestors of a plant by providing a means of tracking genetic profiles through crosses.
Genome-wide selection (GWS)/genomic selection (GS) can also be used as an alternative to, or in Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 combination to, marker assisted selection and phenotype selection. GS utilizes quantitative models over a large number of markers distributed across the genome to predict the genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) of individual plants that has been genotyped but not phenotyped. GS can improve complex traits or combination of multiple traits without the need to identify markers associated with the traits. GS can replace phenotyping in a few selection cycles, thus reducing the cost and the time required for variety development (Crossa et al., Trends in Plant Science, November 2017, Vol. 22, No.11).
PRODUCTION OF DOUBLE HAPLOIDS
The production of double haploids can also be used for the development of plants with a homozygous phenotype in the breeding program. For example, a canola plant for which canola variety SCV941661 is a parent can be used to produce double haploid plants. Double haploids are produced by the doubling of a set of chromosomes (1 N) from a heterozygous plant to produce a completely homozygous individual. This can be advantageous because the process omits the generations of selfing needed to obtain a homozygous plant from a heterozygous source.
Haploid induction systems have been developed for various plants to produce haploid tissues, plants and seeds. Thus, an embodiment of this invention is a process for making a substantially homozygous 5CV941661 progeny plant by producing or obtaining a seed from the cross of 5CV941661 and another canola plant and applying double haploid methods to the F 1 seed or F 1 plant or to any successive filial generation. Based on studies in maize and currently being conducted in canola, such methods would decrease the number of generations required to produce a variety with similar genetics or characteristics to 5CV941661.
In particular, a process of making seed retaining the molecular marker profile of canola variety 5CV941661 is contemplated, such process comprising obtaining or producing Fi seed for which canola variety SCV941661 is a parent, inducing doubled haploids to create progeny without the occurrence of meiotic segregation, obtaining the molecular marker profile of canola variety 5CV941661, and selecting progeny that retain the molecular marker profile of 5CV941661.
A pollination control system and effective transfer of pollen from one parent to the other offers improved plant breeding and an effective method for producing hybrid canola seed and plants. For example, the ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) system, developed via protoplast fusion between radish (Raphanus sativus) and rapeseed (Brassica napus) is one of the most frequently used methods of Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 hybrid production. It provides stable expression of the male sterility trait and an effective nuclear restorer gene.
In developing improved new Brassica hybrid varieties, breeders use self-incompatible (SI), cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) and nuclear male sterile (NMS) Brassica plants as the female parent. In using these plants, breeders are attempting to improve the efficiency of seed production and the quality of the Fi hybrids and to reduce the breeding costs. When hybridization is conducted without using SI, CMS or NMS plants, it is more difficult to obtain and isolate the desired traits in the progeny (Fi generation) because the parents are capable of undergoing both cross-pollination and self-pollination. If one of the parents is a SI, CMS or NMS plant that is incapable of producing pollen, only cross pollination will occur. By eliminating the pollen of one parental variety in a cross, a plant breeder is assured of obtaining hybrid seed of uniform quality, provided that the parents are of uniform quality and the breeder conducts a single cross.
In one instance, production of Fi hybrids includes crossing a CMS Brassica female parent, with a pollen producing male Brassica parent. To reproduce effectively, however, the male parent of the F 1 hybrid must have a fertility restorer gene (Rf gene). The presence of an Rf gene means that the Fi generation will not be completely or partially sterile, so that either self-pollination or cross pollination may occur. Self pollination of the Fi generation to produce several subsequent generations is important to ensure that a desired trait is heritable and stable and that a new variety has been isolated.
An example of a Brassica plant which is cytoplasmic male sterile and used for breeding is ogura (OGU) cytoplasmic male sterile. A fertility restorer for ogura cytoplasmic male sterile plants has been transferred from Raphanus sativus (radish) to Brassica. The restorer gene is Rf 1, originating from radish.
Improved versions of this restorer have been developed as well. Other sources and refinements of CMS
sterility in canola include the Polima cytoplasmic male sterile plant.
Further, as a result of the advances in sterility systems, varieties are developed that can be used as an open pollinated line (i.e. a pure line sold to the grower for planting) and/or as a sterile inbred (female) used in the production of Fi hybrid seed. In the latter case, favorable combining ability with a restorer (male) would be desirable. The resulting hybrid seed would then be sold to the grower for planting.
The development of a canola hybrid in a canola plant breeding program involves three steps: (1) Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 the selection of plants from various germplasm pools for initial breeding crosses; (2) the selfing of the selected plants from the breeding crosses for several generations to produce a series of inbred lines, which, although different from each other, breed true and are highly uniform;
and (3) crossing the selected inbred lines with different inbred lines to produce the hybrids.
During the inbreeding process in canola, the vigor of the lines decreases. Vigor is restored when two different inbred lines are crossed to produce the hybrid. An important consequence of the homozygosity and homogeneity of the inbred lines is that the hybrid between a defined pair of inbreds will always be the same.
Once the inbreds that give a superior hybrid have been identified, the hybrid seed can be reproduced indefinitely as long as the homogeneity of the inbred parents is maintained.
Combining ability of a line, as well as the performance of the line per se, is a factor in the selection of improved canola varieties that may be used as inbreds. Combining ability refers to a line's contribution as a parent when crossed with other lines to form hybrids. The hybrids formed for the purpose of selecting superior lines are designated test crosses. One way of measuring combining ability is by using breeding values. Breeding values are based on the overall mean of a number of test crosses. This mean is then adjusted to remove environmental effects and is adjusted for known genetic relationships among the lines.
Hybrid seed production requires inactivation of pollen produced by the female parent. Incomplete inactivation of the pollen provides the potential for self-pollination. This inadvertently self-pollinated seed may be unintentionally harvested and packaged with hybrid seed.
Similarly, because the male parent is grown next to the female parent in the field, there is also the potential that the male selfed seed could be unintentionally harvested and packaged with the hybrid seed. Once the seed from the hybrid bag is planted, it is possible to identify and select these self-pollinated plants. These self-pollinated plants will be genetically equivalent to one of the inbred lines used to produce the hybrid. Though the possibility of inbreds being included in hybrid seed bags exists, the occurrence is rare because much care is taken to avoid such inclusions. These self-pollinated plants can be identified and selected by one skilled in the art, either through visual or molecular methods.
Brassica napus canola plants, absent the use of sterility systems, are recognized to commonly be self-fertile with approximately 70 to 90 percent of the seed normally forming as the result of self-pollination. The percentage of cross pollination may be further enhanced when populations of recognized Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 insect pollinators at a given growing site are greater. Thus open pollination is often used in commercial canola production.
INDUSTRIAL USES
Currently Brassica napus canola is recognized as an increasingly important oilseed crop and a source of meal in many parts of the world. The oil as removed from the seeds commonly contains a lesser concentration of endogenously formed saturated fatty acids than other vegetable oils and is well suited for use in the production of salad oil or other food products or in cooking or frying applications.
The oil also finds utility in industrial applications. Additionally, the meal component of the seeds can be used as a nutritious protein concentrate for livestock.
Canola oil has the lowest level of saturated fatty acids of all vegetable oils. "Canola" refers to rapeseed (Brassica) which has an erucic acid (C22 1) content of at most 2 percent by weight based on the total fatty acid content of a seed, and which produces, after crushing, an air-dried meal containing less than 30 micromoles ( mol) per gram of defatted (oil-free) meal. These types of rapeseed are distinguished by their edibility in comparison to more traditional varieties of the species.
Canola variety SCV941661 can be used in the production of an edible vegetable oil or other food products in accordance with known techniques. The solid meal component derived from seeds can be used as a nutritious livestock feed. Parts of the plant not used for human or animal food can be used for biofuel.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 DEPOSIT INFORMATION
A deposit of the canola variety SCV941661, which is disclosed herein above and referenced in the claims, was made with the Provasoli-Guillar National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544 USA. The date of deposit was June 1, 2022 and the accession number for those deposited seeds of canola variety 5CV941661 is NCMA Accession No.
202206002.
This deposit will be maintained under the terms of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure. These deposits are not an admission that a deposit is required under Section 27(3) and 38.1(1) of the Patent Act.
While a number of exemplary aspects and embodiments have been discussed above, those of skill in the art will recognize certain modifications, permutations, additions and sub-combinations thereof. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims and claims hereafter introduced are interpreted to include all such modifications, permutations, additions and sub-combinations as are within their true spirit and scope.
The scope of the claims should not be limited by the preferred embodiments set forth herein, but should be given the broadest interpretation consistent with the description as a whole.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Genes and transcription factors that affect plant growth and agronomic traits such as yield, flowering, plant growth and/or plant structure, can be introduced or introgressed into plants.
METHODS FOR CANOLA TRANSFORMATION
Numerous methods for plant transformation have been developed, including biological and physical plant transformation protocols. In addition, expression vectors and in vitro culture methods for plant cell or tissue transformation and regeneration of plants are available.
A. Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation - One method for introducing an expression vector into plants is based on the natural transformation system of Agrobacterium. A.
tumefaciens and A.
rhizogenes are plant pathogenic soil bacteria which genetically transform plant cells. The Ti and Ri plasmids of A. tumefaciens and A. rhizogenes, respectively, carry genes responsible for genetic transformation of the plant. Agrobacterium vector systems and methods for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer can be used in the present invention.
B. Direct Gene Transfer - Several methods of plant transformation, collectively referred to as direct gene transfer, have been developed as an alternative to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.
A generally applicable method of plant transformation is microprojectile-mediated transformation wherein DNA is carried on the surface of microprojectiles measuring 1 to 4 !um. The expression vector is introduced into plant tissues with a ballistic device that accelerates the microprojectiles to speeds of 300 to 600 m/s which is sufficient to penetrate plant cell walls and membranes. Another method for physical delivery of DNA to plants is sonication of target cells, which may be used herein. Alternatively, liposome and spheroplast fusion may be used to introduce expression vectors into plants. Direct uptake of DNA into protoplasts using CaCl2 precipitation, polyvinyl alcohol or poly-L-ornithine may also be useful. Electroporation of protoplasts and whole cells and tissues may also be utilized.
Following transformation of canola target tissues, expression of the above-described selectable marker genes allows for preferential selection of transformed cells, tissues and/or plants, using regeneration and selection methods well known in the art.
The foregoing methods for transformation would typically be used for producing a transgenic variety. The transgenic variety could then be crossed with another (non-transformed or transformed) variety in order to produce a new transgenic variety. Alternatively, a genetic trait which has been Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 engineered into a particular canola variety using the foregoing transformation techniques could be moved into another variety using traditional backcrossing techniques that are well known in the plant breeding arts. For example, a backcrossing approach could be used to move an engineered trait from a public, non-elite variety into an elite variety, or from a variety containing a foreign gene in its genome into a variety or varieties which do not contain that gene. As used herein, "crossing" can refer to a simple X
by Y cross, or the process of backcrossing, depending on the context.
GENETIC MARKER PROFILE THROUGH SSR AND FIRST GENERATION PROGENY
In addition to phenotypic observations, a plant can also be identified by its genotype. The genotype of a plant can be characterized through a genetic marker profile which can identify plants of the same variety or a related variety or be used to determine or validate a pedigree. Genetic marker profiles can be obtained by techniques such as 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), Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) which are also referred to as Microsatellites, and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs).
Particular markers used for these purposes are not limited to any particular set of markers, but are envisioned to include any type of marker and marker profile which provides a means of distinguishing varieties. One method of comparison is to use only homozygous loci for 5CV941661.
In addition to being used for identification of canola variety SCV941661 and plant parts and plant cells of variety 5CV941661, the genetic profile may be used to identify a canola plant produced through the use of 5CV941661 or to verify a pedigree for progeny plants produced through the use of 5CV941661. The genetic marker profile is also useful in breeding and developing backcross conversions.
The present invention comprises a canola plant characterized by molecular and physiological data obtained from the representative sample of said variety deposited with the Provasoli-Guillar National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544 USA. Further provided by the invention is a canola plant formed by the combination of the disclosed canola plant or plant cell with another canola plant or cell and comprising the homozygous alleles of the variety.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 Means of performing genetic marker profiles using SSR polymorphisms are well known in the art. SSRs are genetic markers based on polymorphisms in repeated nucleotide sequences, such as microsatellites. A marker system based on SSRs can be highly informative in linkage analysis relative to other marker systems in that multiple alleles may be present. Another advantage of this type of marker is that, through use of flanking primers, detection of SSRs can be achieved, for example, by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), thereby eliminating the need for labor-intensive Southern hybridization. The PCR detection is done by use of two oligonucleotide primers flanking the polymorphic segment of repetitive DNA. Repeated cycles of heat denaturation of the DNA followed by annealing of the primers to their complementary sequences at low temperatures, and extension of the annealed primers with DNA polymerase, comprise the major part of the methodology.
Following amplification, markers can be scored by electrophoresis of the amplification products.
Scoring of marker genotype is based on the size of the amplified fragment, which may be measured by the number of base pairs of the fragment. While variation in the primer used or in laboratory procedures can affect the reported fragment size, relative values should remain constant regardless of the specific primer or laboratory used. When comparing varieties it is preferable if all SSR profiles are performed in the same lab.
The SSR profile of canola plant 5CV941661 can be used to identify plants comprising 5CV941661 as a parent, since such plants will comprise the same homozygous alleles as 5CV941661.
Because the canola 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 Fi 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 F 1 progeny will be xy (heterozygous) at that locus.
Subsequent generations of progeny produced by selection and breeding are expected to be of genotype x (homozygous), y (homozygous), or xy (heterozygous) for that locus position.
When the F 1 plant is selfed or sibbed for successive filial generations, the locus should be either x or y for that position.
In addition, plants and plant parts substantially benefiting from the use of 5CV941661 in their development, such as SCV941661 comprising a backcross conversion, transgene, or genetic sterility factor, may be identified by having a molecular marker profile with a high percent identity to 5CV941661. Such a percent identity might be 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, 99.5% or 99.9% identical to Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 SCV941661.
The SSR profile of SCV941661 also can be used to identify essentially derived varieties and other progeny varieties developed from the use of SCV941661, as well as cells and other plant parts thereof. Progeny plants and plant parts produced using SCV941661 may be identified 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 canola variety, as measured by either percent identity or percent similarity. Such progeny may be further characterized as being within a pedigree distance of 5CV941661, such as within 1 ,2, 3 ,4 or 5 or less cross-pollinations to a canola plant other than 5CV941661 or a plant that has 5CV941661 as a progenitor. Unique molecular profiles may be identified with other molecular tools such as SNPs and RFLPs.
While determining the SSR genetic marker profile of the plants described supra, several unique SSR profiles may also be identified which did not appear in either parent of such plant. Such unique SSR profiles may arise during the breeding process from recombination or mutation. A combination of several unique alleles provides a means of identifying a plant variety, an Fi progeny produced from such variety, and progeny produced from such variety.
SINGLE-GENE CONVERSIONS
When the term "canola plant" is used in the context of the present invention, this also includes any single gene conversions of that variety. The term single gene converted plant as used herein refers to those canola plants which are developed by backcrossing, wherein essentially all of the desired morphological and physiological characteristics of a variety are recovered in addition to the single gene transferred into the variety via the backcrossing technique. Backcrossing methods can be used with the present invention to improve or introduce a characteristic into the variety. A
hybrid progeny may be backcrossed to the recurrent parent 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or more times as part of this invention. The parental canola plant that contributes the gene for the desired characteristic is termed the nonrecurrent or donor parent. This terminology refers to the fact that the nonrecurrent parent is used one time in the backcross protocol and therefore does not recur. The parental canola plant to which the gene or genes from the nonrecurrent parent are transferred is known as the recurrent parent as it is used for several rounds in the backcrossing protocol. In a typical backcross protocol, the original variety of interest Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 (recurrent parent) is crossed to a second variety (nonrecurrent parent) that carries the single gene of interest to be transferred. The resulting progeny from this cross are then crossed again to the recurrent parent and the process is repeated until a canola plant is obtained wherein essentially all of the desired morphological and physiological characteristics of the recurrent parent are recovered in the converted plant, in addition to the single transferred gene from the nonrecurrent parent.
The selection of a suitable recurrent parent is an important step for a successful backcrossing procedure. The goal of a backcross protocol is to alter or substitute a single trait or characteristic in the original variety. To accomplish this, a single gene of the recurrent variety is modified or substituted with the desired gene from the nonrecurrent parent, while retaining essentially all of the rest of the desired genetic, and therefore the desired morphological and physiological, constitution of the original variety. The choice of the particular nonrecurrent parent will depend on the purpose of the backcross;
one of the major purposes is to add some agronomically important trait to the plant. The exact backcrossing protocol will depend on the characteristic or trait being altered to determine an appropriate testing protocol. Although backcrossing methods are simplified when the characteristic being transferred is a dominant allele, a recessive allele may also be transferred.
In this instance it may be necessary to introduce a test of the progeny to determine if the desired characteristic has been successfully transferred.
Many single gene traits have been identified that are not regularly selected for in the development of a new variety but that can be improved by backcrossing techniques. Single gene traits may or may not be transgenic; examples of these traits include but are not limited to, male sterility, waxy starch, herbicide resistance, resistance for bacterial, fungal, or viral disease, insect resistance, male fertility, enhanced nutritional quality, industrial usage, yield stability and yield enhancement.
These genes are generally inherited through the nucleus.
Variety 5CV941661 represents a new base genetic variety into which a new locus or trait may be introgressed. Direct transformation and backcrossing represent two methods that can be used to accomplish such an introgression. The term backcross conversion and single locus conversion are used interchangeably to designate the product of a backcrossing program.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 A backcross conversion of SCV941661 may occur when DNA sequences are introduced through backcrossing with SCV941661 utilized as the recurrent parent. Both naturally occurring and transgenic DNA sequences may be introduced through backcrossing techniques. Molecular marker assisted breeding or selection may be utilized to reduce the number of backcrosses necessary to achieve the backcross conversion.
The complexity of the backcross conversion method depends on the type of trait being transferred (single genes or closely linked genes as vs. unlinked genes), the level of expression of the trait, the type of inheritance (cytoplasmic or nuclear) and the types of parents included in the cross. It is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that for single gene traits that are relatively easy to classify, the backcross method is effective and relatively easy to manage. Desired traits that may be transferred through backcross conversion include, but are not limited to, sterility (nuclear and cytoplasmic), fertility restoration, nutritional enhancements, drought tolerance, nitrogen utilization, altered fatty acid profile, altered seed amino acid levels, altered seed oil levels, low phytate, industrial enhancements, disease resistance (bacterial, fungal or viral), insect resistance and herbicide resistance. In addition, an introgression site itself, such as an FRT site, Lox site or other site specific integration site, may be inserted by backcrossing and utilized for direct insertion of one or more genes of interest into a specific plant variety. In some embodiments of the invention, the number of loci that may be backcrossed into SCV941661 is at least 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 and/or no more than 6, 5, 4, 3, or 2. A
single locus may contain several transgenes, such as a transgene for disease resistance that, in the same expression vector, also contains a transgene for herbicide resistance. The gene for herbicide resistance may be used as a selectable marker and/or as a phenotypic trait. A single locus conversion of site specific integration system allows for the integration of multiple genes at the converted loci.
The backcross conversion may result from either the transfer of a dominant allele or a recessive allele. Selection of progeny containing the trait of interest is accomplished by direct selection for a trait associated with a dominant allele. Transgenes transferred via backcrossing typically function as a dominant single gene trait and are relatively easy to classify. Selection of progeny for a trait that is transferred via a recessive allele requires growing and selfing the first backcross generation to determine which plants carry the recessive alleles. Recessive traits may require additional progeny testing in Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 successive backcross generations to determine the presence of the locus of interest. The last backcross generation is usually selfed to give pure breeding progeny for the gene(s) being transferred, although a backcross conversion with a stably introgressed trait may also be maintained by further backcrossing to the recurrent parent with selection for the converted trait.
Along with selection for the trait of interest, progeny are selected for the phenotype of the recurrent parent. The backcross is a form of inbreeding, and the features of the recurrent parent are automatically recovered after successive backcrosses. As noted above, the number of backcrosses necessary can be reduced with the use of molecular markers. Other factors, such as a genetically similar donor parent, may also reduce the number of backcrosses necessary. As noted, backcrossing is easiest for simply inherited, dominant and easily recognized traits.
One process for adding or modifying a trait or locus in canola variety SCV941661 comprises crossing SCV941661 plants grown from SCV941661 seed with plants of another canola variety that comprise the desired trait or locus, selecting Fi progeny plants that comprise the desired trait or locus to produce selected Fi progeny plants, crossing the selected progeny plants with the SCV941661 plants to produce backcross progeny plants, selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait or locus and the morphological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and backcrossing to SCV941661 three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise said trait or locus.
The modified SCV941661 may be further characterized as having essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661 listed in Table 1 and/or may be characterized by percent similarity or identity to SCV941661 as determined by SSR markers. The above method may be utilized with fewer backcrosses in appropriate situations, such as when the donor parent is highly related or markers are used in the selection step. Desired traits that may be used include those nucleic acids known in the art, some of which are listed herein, that will affect traits through nucleic acid expression or inhibition. Desired loci include the introgression of FRT, Lox and other sites for site specific integration, which may also affect a desired trait if a functional nucleic acid is inserted at the integration site.
In addition, the above process and other similar processes described herein may be used to produce first generation progeny canola seed by adding a step at the end of the process that comprises crossing SCV941661 with the introgressed trait or locus with a different canola plant and harvesting the Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 resultant first generation progeny canola seed.
TISSUE CULTURE OF CANOLA
Further production of the SCV941661 variety can occur by tissue culture and regeneration.
Culture of various tissues of canola and regeneration of plants therefrom is known and widely published.
Thus, another aspect of this invention is to provide cells which upon growth and differentiation produce canola plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of canola variety SCV941661.
As used herein, the term "tissue culture" indicates a composition comprising isolated cells of the same or a different type or a collection of such cells organized into parts of a plant. Exemplary types of tissue cultures are protoplasts, calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that can generate tissue culture that are intact in plants or parts of plants, such as embryos, pollen, flowers, seeds, pods, leaves, stems, roots, root tips, anthers, pistils and the like. Means for preparing and maintaining plant tissue culture are well known in the art. Tissue culture comprising organs can be used in the present invention to produce regenerated plants.
Canola varieties such as SCV941661 are typically developed for use in seed and grain production. However, canola varieties such as SCV941661 also provide a source of breeding material that may be used to develop new canola varieties. Plant breeding techniques known in the art and used in a canola plant breeding program include, but are not limited to, recurrent selection, mass selection, bulk selection, mass selection, backcrossing, pedigree breeding, open pollination breeding, restriction fragment length polymorphism enhanced selection, genetic marker enhanced selection, making double haploids, and transformation. Often combinations of these techniques are used.
The development of canola varieties in a plant breeding program requires, in general, the development and evaluation of homozygous varieties.
ADDITIONAL BREEDING METHODS
This invention is directed to methods for producing a canola plant by crossing a first parent canola plant with a second parent canola plant wherein either the first or second parent canola plant is variety SCV941661. The other parent may be any other canola plant, such as a canola plant that is part of a synthetic or natural population. Any such methods using canola variety SCV941661 are part of this Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 invention: selfing, sibbing, backcrosses, mass selection, pedigree breeding, bulk selection, hybrid production, crosses to populations, and the like. These methods are well known in the art and some of the more commonly used breeding methods are described below.
The following describes breeding methods that may be used with canola variety SCV941661 in the development of further canola plants. One such embodiment is a method for developing a variety SCV941661 progeny canola plant in a canola plant breeding program comprising:
obtaining the canola plant, or a part thereof, of variety SCV941661 utilizing said plant or plant part as a source of breeding material and selecting a canola variety SCV941661 progeny plant with molecular markers in common with variety SCV941661 and/or with morphological and/or physiological characteristics selected from the characteristics listed in Table 1. Breeding steps that may be used in the canola plant breeding program include pedigree breeding, backcrossing, mutation breeding, and recurrent selection. In conjunction with these steps, techniques such as RFLP-enhanced selection, genetic marker enhanced selection (for example SSR markers) and the making of double haploids may be utilized.
Another method involves producing a population of canola variety SCV941661 progeny canola plants, comprising crossing variety SCV941661 with another canola plant, thereby producing a population of canola plants, which, on average, derive 50% of their alleles from canola variety SCV941661. A plant of this population may be selected and repeatedly selfed or sibbed with a canola variety resulting from these successive filial generations. One embodiment of this invention is the canola variety produced by this method and that has obtained at least 50% of its alleles from canola variety SCV941661.
One of ordinary skill in the art of plant breeding would know how to evaluate the traits of two plant varieties to determine if there is no significant difference between the two traits expressed by those varieties. Thus the invention includes canola variety SCV941661 progeny canola plants comprising a combination of at least two variety SCV941661 traits selected from the group consisting of those listed in Table 1 or the variety SCV941661 combination of traits listed in the Summary of the Invention, so that said progeny canola plant is not significantly different for said traits than canola variety SCV941661 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions. Using techniques described herein, molecular markers may be used to identify said progeny plant as a canola variety SCV941661 progeny plant. Mean trait values may be used to determine whether trait differences Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 are significant, and preferably the traits are measured on plants grown under the same environmental conditions. Once such a variety is developed its value is substantial since it is important to advance the germplasm base as a whole in order to maintain or improve traits such as yield, disease resistance, pest resistance, and plant performance in extreme environmental conditions.
Progeny of canola variety SCV941661 may also be characterized through their filial relationship with canola variety SCV941661, as for example, being within a certain number of breeding crosses of canola variety SCV941661. A breeding cross is a cross made to introduce new genetics into the progeny, and is distinguished from a cross, such as a self or a sib cross, made to select among existing genetic alleles. The lower the number of breeding crosses in the pedigree, the closer the relationship between canola variety SCV941661 and its progeny. For example, progeny produced by the methods described herein may be within 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 breeding crosses of canola variety SCV941661.
As used herein, the term "plant" includes plant cells, plant protoplasts, plant cell tissue cultures from which canola plants can be regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants, such as embryos, pollen, ovules, flowers, shoots, pods, leaves, roots, root tips, anthers, cotyledons, hypocotyls, meristematic cells, stems, pistils, petiole, seeds, and the like.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 PEDIGREE BREEDING
Pedigree breeding starts with the crossing of two genotypes, such as SCV941661 and another canola variety having one or more desirable characteristics that is lacking or which complements SCV941661. If the two original parents do not provide all the desired characteristics, other sources can be included in the breeding population. In the pedigree method, superior plants are selfed and selected in successive filial generations. In the succeeding filial generations the heterozygous condition gives way to homogeneous varieties as a result of self-pollination and selection.
Typically, in the pedigree method of breeding, five or more successive filial generations of selfing and selection is practiced: Fi to F2; F2 to F3; F3 to F4; F4 to F5, etc. After a sufficient amount of inbreeding, successive filial generations will serve to increase seed of the developed variety. Preferably, the developed variety comprises homozygous alleles at about 95% or more of its loci.
In addition to being used to create a backcross conversion, backcrossing can also be used in combination with pedigree breeding. As discussed previously, backcrossing can be used to transfer one or more specifically desirable traits from one variety, the donor parent, to a developed variety called the recurrent parent, which has overall good agronomic characteristics yet lacks that desirable trait or traits.
However, the same procedure can be used to move the progeny toward the genotype of the recurrent parent but at the same time retain many components of the non-recurrent parent by stopping the backcrossing at an early stage and proceeding with selfing and selection. For example, a canola variety may be crossed with another variety to produce a first generation progeny plant. The first generation progeny plant may then be backcrossed to one of its parent varieties to create a BC1 or BC2. Progeny are selfed and selected so that the newly developed variety has many of the attributes of the recurrent parent and yet several of the desired attributes of the non-recurrent parent.
This approach leverages the value and strengths of the recurrent parent for use in new canola varieties.
Therefore, an embodiment of this invention is a method of making a backcross conversion of canola variety SCV941661, comprising the steps of crossing a plant of canola variety SCV941661 with a donor plant comprising a desired trait, selecting an Fi progeny plant comprising the desired trait, and backcrossing the selected Fi progeny plant to a plant of canola variety SCV941661. This method may further comprise the step of obtaining a molecular marker profile of canola variety SCV941661 and using the molecular marker profile to select for a progeny plant with the desired trait and the molecular Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 marker profile of SCV941661. In one embodiment the desired trait is a mutant gene or transgene present in the donor parent.
RECURRENT SELECTION AND MASS SELECTION
Recurrent selection is a method used in a plant breeding program to improve a population of plants. SCV941661 is suitable for use in a recurrent selection program. The method entails individual plants cross pollinating with each other to form progeny. The progeny are grown and the superior progeny selected by any number of selection methods, which include individual plant, half-sib progeny, full-sib progeny and selfed progeny. The selected progeny are cross pollinated with each other to form progeny for another population. This population is planted and again superior plants are selected to cross pollinate with each other. Recurrent selection is a cyclical process and therefore can be repeated as many times as desired. The objective of recurrent selection is to improve the traits of a population. The improved population can then be used as a source of breeding material to obtain new varieties for commercial or breeding use, including the production of a synthetic variety. A
synthetic variety is the resultant progeny formed by the intercrossing of several selected varieties.
Mass selection is a useful technique when used in conjunction with molecular marker enhanced selection. In mass selection seeds from individuals are selected based on phenotype or genotype. These selected seeds are then bulked and used to grow the next generation. Bulk selection requires growing a population of plants in a bulk plot, allowing the plants to self-pollinate, harvesting the seed in bulk and then using a sample of the seed harvested in bulk to plant the next generation. Also, instead of self pollination, directed pollination could be used as part of the breeding program.
MUTATION BREEDING
Mutation breeding is another method of introducing new traits into canola variety SCV941661.
Mutations that occur spontaneously or are artificially induced can be useful sources of variability for a plant breeder. The goal of artificial mutagenesis is to increase the rate of mutation for a desired characteristic. Mutation rates can be increased by many different means including temperature, long-term seed storage, tissue culture conditions, radiation; such as X-rays, Gamma rays (e.g. cobalt 60 or cesium 137), neutrons, (product of nuclear fission by uranium 235 in an atomic reactor), Beta radiation (emitted from radioisotopes such as phosphorus 32 or carbon 14), or ultraviolet radiation (preferably from 2500 to 2900 nm), or chemical mutagens (such as base analogues (5-bromo-uracil), related Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 compounds (8-ethoxy caffeine), antibiotics (streptonigrin), alkylating agents (sulfur mustards, nitrogen mustards, epoxides, ethylenamines, sulfates, sulfonates, sulfones, lactones), azide, hydroxylamine, nitrous acid, or acridines. Once a desired trait is observed through mutagenesis the trait may then be incorporated into existing germplasm by traditional breeding techniques. In addition, mutations created in other canola plants may be used to produce a backcross conversion of canola variety SCV941661 that comprises such mutation.
BREEDING WITH MOLECULAR MARKERS
Molecular markers, which include markers identified through the use of techniques such as 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), Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) and Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), may be used in plant breeding methods utilizing canola variety 5CV941661.
One use of molecular markers is Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) mapping. QTL
mapping is the use of markers, which are known to be closely linked to alleles that have measurable effects on a quantitative trait. Selection in the breeding process is based upon the accumulation of markers linked to the positive effecting alleles and/or the elimination of the markers linked to the negative effecting alleles from the plant's genome.
Molecular markers can also be used during the breeding process for the selection of qualitative traits. For example, markers closely linked to alleles or markers containing sequences within the actual alleles of interest can be used to select plants that contain the alleles of interest during a backcrossing breeding program. The markers can also be used to select for the genome of the recurrent parent and against the genome of the donor parent. Using this procedure can minimize the amount of genome from the donor parent that remains in the selected plants. It can also be used to reduce the number of crosses back to the recurrent parent needed in a backcrossing program. The use of molecular markers in the selection process is often called genetic marker enhanced selection. Molecular markers may also be used to identify and exclude certain sources of germplasm as parental varieties or ancestors of a plant by providing a means of tracking genetic profiles through crosses.
Genome-wide selection (GWS)/genomic selection (GS) can also be used as an alternative to, or in Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 combination to, marker assisted selection and phenotype selection. GS utilizes quantitative models over a large number of markers distributed across the genome to predict the genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) of individual plants that has been genotyped but not phenotyped. GS can improve complex traits or combination of multiple traits without the need to identify markers associated with the traits. GS can replace phenotyping in a few selection cycles, thus reducing the cost and the time required for variety development (Crossa et al., Trends in Plant Science, November 2017, Vol. 22, No.11).
PRODUCTION OF DOUBLE HAPLOIDS
The production of double haploids can also be used for the development of plants with a homozygous phenotype in the breeding program. For example, a canola plant for which canola variety SCV941661 is a parent can be used to produce double haploid plants. Double haploids are produced by the doubling of a set of chromosomes (1 N) from a heterozygous plant to produce a completely homozygous individual. This can be advantageous because the process omits the generations of selfing needed to obtain a homozygous plant from a heterozygous source.
Haploid induction systems have been developed for various plants to produce haploid tissues, plants and seeds. Thus, an embodiment of this invention is a process for making a substantially homozygous 5CV941661 progeny plant by producing or obtaining a seed from the cross of 5CV941661 and another canola plant and applying double haploid methods to the F 1 seed or F 1 plant or to any successive filial generation. Based on studies in maize and currently being conducted in canola, such methods would decrease the number of generations required to produce a variety with similar genetics or characteristics to 5CV941661.
In particular, a process of making seed retaining the molecular marker profile of canola variety 5CV941661 is contemplated, such process comprising obtaining or producing Fi seed for which canola variety SCV941661 is a parent, inducing doubled haploids to create progeny without the occurrence of meiotic segregation, obtaining the molecular marker profile of canola variety 5CV941661, and selecting progeny that retain the molecular marker profile of 5CV941661.
A pollination control system and effective transfer of pollen from one parent to the other offers improved plant breeding and an effective method for producing hybrid canola seed and plants. For example, the ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) system, developed via protoplast fusion between radish (Raphanus sativus) and rapeseed (Brassica napus) is one of the most frequently used methods of Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 hybrid production. It provides stable expression of the male sterility trait and an effective nuclear restorer gene.
In developing improved new Brassica hybrid varieties, breeders use self-incompatible (SI), cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) and nuclear male sterile (NMS) Brassica plants as the female parent. In using these plants, breeders are attempting to improve the efficiency of seed production and the quality of the Fi hybrids and to reduce the breeding costs. When hybridization is conducted without using SI, CMS or NMS plants, it is more difficult to obtain and isolate the desired traits in the progeny (Fi generation) because the parents are capable of undergoing both cross-pollination and self-pollination. If one of the parents is a SI, CMS or NMS plant that is incapable of producing pollen, only cross pollination will occur. By eliminating the pollen of one parental variety in a cross, a plant breeder is assured of obtaining hybrid seed of uniform quality, provided that the parents are of uniform quality and the breeder conducts a single cross.
In one instance, production of Fi hybrids includes crossing a CMS Brassica female parent, with a pollen producing male Brassica parent. To reproduce effectively, however, the male parent of the F 1 hybrid must have a fertility restorer gene (Rf gene). The presence of an Rf gene means that the Fi generation will not be completely or partially sterile, so that either self-pollination or cross pollination may occur. Self pollination of the Fi generation to produce several subsequent generations is important to ensure that a desired trait is heritable and stable and that a new variety has been isolated.
An example of a Brassica plant which is cytoplasmic male sterile and used for breeding is ogura (OGU) cytoplasmic male sterile. A fertility restorer for ogura cytoplasmic male sterile plants has been transferred from Raphanus sativus (radish) to Brassica. The restorer gene is Rf 1, originating from radish.
Improved versions of this restorer have been developed as well. Other sources and refinements of CMS
sterility in canola include the Polima cytoplasmic male sterile plant.
Further, as a result of the advances in sterility systems, varieties are developed that can be used as an open pollinated line (i.e. a pure line sold to the grower for planting) and/or as a sterile inbred (female) used in the production of Fi hybrid seed. In the latter case, favorable combining ability with a restorer (male) would be desirable. The resulting hybrid seed would then be sold to the grower for planting.
The development of a canola hybrid in a canola plant breeding program involves three steps: (1) Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 the selection of plants from various germplasm pools for initial breeding crosses; (2) the selfing of the selected plants from the breeding crosses for several generations to produce a series of inbred lines, which, although different from each other, breed true and are highly uniform;
and (3) crossing the selected inbred lines with different inbred lines to produce the hybrids.
During the inbreeding process in canola, the vigor of the lines decreases. Vigor is restored when two different inbred lines are crossed to produce the hybrid. An important consequence of the homozygosity and homogeneity of the inbred lines is that the hybrid between a defined pair of inbreds will always be the same.
Once the inbreds that give a superior hybrid have been identified, the hybrid seed can be reproduced indefinitely as long as the homogeneity of the inbred parents is maintained.
Combining ability of a line, as well as the performance of the line per se, is a factor in the selection of improved canola varieties that may be used as inbreds. Combining ability refers to a line's contribution as a parent when crossed with other lines to form hybrids. The hybrids formed for the purpose of selecting superior lines are designated test crosses. One way of measuring combining ability is by using breeding values. Breeding values are based on the overall mean of a number of test crosses. This mean is then adjusted to remove environmental effects and is adjusted for known genetic relationships among the lines.
Hybrid seed production requires inactivation of pollen produced by the female parent. Incomplete inactivation of the pollen provides the potential for self-pollination. This inadvertently self-pollinated seed may be unintentionally harvested and packaged with hybrid seed.
Similarly, because the male parent is grown next to the female parent in the field, there is also the potential that the male selfed seed could be unintentionally harvested and packaged with the hybrid seed. Once the seed from the hybrid bag is planted, it is possible to identify and select these self-pollinated plants. These self-pollinated plants will be genetically equivalent to one of the inbred lines used to produce the hybrid. Though the possibility of inbreds being included in hybrid seed bags exists, the occurrence is rare because much care is taken to avoid such inclusions. These self-pollinated plants can be identified and selected by one skilled in the art, either through visual or molecular methods.
Brassica napus canola plants, absent the use of sterility systems, are recognized to commonly be self-fertile with approximately 70 to 90 percent of the seed normally forming as the result of self-pollination. The percentage of cross pollination may be further enhanced when populations of recognized Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 insect pollinators at a given growing site are greater. Thus open pollination is often used in commercial canola production.
INDUSTRIAL USES
Currently Brassica napus canola is recognized as an increasingly important oilseed crop and a source of meal in many parts of the world. The oil as removed from the seeds commonly contains a lesser concentration of endogenously formed saturated fatty acids than other vegetable oils and is well suited for use in the production of salad oil or other food products or in cooking or frying applications.
The oil also finds utility in industrial applications. Additionally, the meal component of the seeds can be used as a nutritious protein concentrate for livestock.
Canola oil has the lowest level of saturated fatty acids of all vegetable oils. "Canola" refers to rapeseed (Brassica) which has an erucic acid (C22 1) content of at most 2 percent by weight based on the total fatty acid content of a seed, and which produces, after crushing, an air-dried meal containing less than 30 micromoles ( mol) per gram of defatted (oil-free) meal. These types of rapeseed are distinguished by their edibility in comparison to more traditional varieties of the species.
Canola variety SCV941661 can be used in the production of an edible vegetable oil or other food products in accordance with known techniques. The solid meal component derived from seeds can be used as a nutritious livestock feed. Parts of the plant not used for human or animal food can be used for biofuel.
Date Recue/Date Received 2022-09-28 DEPOSIT INFORMATION
A deposit of the canola variety SCV941661, which is disclosed herein above and referenced in the claims, was made with the Provasoli-Guillar National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota (NCMA) at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544 USA. The date of deposit was June 1, 2022 and the accession number for those deposited seeds of canola variety 5CV941661 is NCMA Accession No.
202206002.
This deposit will be maintained under the terms of the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure. These deposits are not an admission that a deposit is required under Section 27(3) and 38.1(1) of the Patent Act.
While a number of exemplary aspects and embodiments have been discussed above, those of skill in the art will recognize certain modifications, permutations, additions and sub-combinations thereof. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims and claims hereafter introduced are interpreted to include all such modifications, permutations, additions and sub-combinations as are within their true spirit and scope.
The scope of the claims should not be limited by the preferred embodiments set forth herein, but should be given the broadest interpretation consistent with the description as a whole.
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Claims (20)
The embodiments of the present invention for which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A plant cell of a canola plant of variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
2. The plant cell of claim 1, wherein the plant cell is from a tissue selected from the group consisting of leaf, pollen, embryo, cotyledon, hypocotyl, meristematic cell, root, root tip, anther, pistil, flower, shoot, stem, petiole, and pod.
3. A cell of a canola seed produced by crossing a plant of canola variety SCV941661 with itself, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No.
202206002.
Accession No.
202206002.
4. Use of a plant of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, and a second canola plant to produce a canola seed or a descendant plant.
5. A cell of a canola plant produced by growing a seed produced by crossing a plant of canola variety 5CV941661 with itself, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
6. A method of producing a canola plant comprising transfonning a canola plant of variety 5CV941661 with a transgene that confers herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site specific genetic recombination, or modified carbohydrate metabolism, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No.
202206002.
Accession No.
202206002.
7. An industrial product produced from a plant comprising the plant cell as defined in claim 1, wherein the industrial product is selected from the group consisting of crushed canola grain, canola hulls, canola meal, and canola flour.
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8. Use of seed of a plant of canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002 to produce an industrial product selected from the group consisting of canola meal, livestock feed, protein concentrate, unblended canola oil, salad oil, cooking oil, frying oil, vegetable oil, a blended oil, and a biofuel.
9. A method of producing a plant comprising a single locus conversion comprising introducing the single locus conversion into canola variety 5CV941661, wherein the single locus conversion was introduced into canola variety 5CV941661 by genetic transformation and wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA
Accession No. 202206002.
Accession No. 202206002.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, modified seed yield, modified oil percent, modified protein percent, altered seed amino acid composition, modified lodging resistance, site specific genetic recombination, modified carbohydrate metabolism, resistance to bacterial disease, resistance to fungal disease, and resistance to viral disease.
11. A plant cell of a canola plant produced by the method of claim 6 or 9, wherein the plant cell comprises a full copy of the genome of canola variety 5CV941661, and wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
12. Use of a seed of canola variety 5CV941661 to produce a cleaned seed for subsequent planting, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, and wherein the use comprises a seed treatment.
13. Use of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, to breed a canola plant or to cross with another canola plant.
14. Use of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, as a recipient of a single locus conversion or as a recipient of a transgene.
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15. Use of canola variety SCV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, for oil or protein producti on.
16. Use of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, to grow a crop.
17. Use of canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002, to produce a genetic marker profile.
18. Crushed non-viable canola seed from canola variety 5CV941661, wherein a sample of seed of canola variety 5CV941661 has been deposited under NCMA Accession No.
202206002.
202206002.
19. A plant cell of a canola plant of variety 5CV941661, further comprising a transgene or a single converted locus, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202206002.
20. A cell of a tissue culture of cells of claim 1.
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