公开(公告)号：US10767189B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-08

申请号：US15237136

申请日：2016-08-15

Applicant: Monsanto Technology LLC

Inventor： Issa Coulibaly ,  Nilesh Dighe ,  Xuehui Feng ,  Richard H. Sheetz ,  Humphrey W. Wanjugi

IPC: A01H1/04 ,  C12N15/82 ,  C12Q1/6895 ,  C07K14/415 ,  A01H5/10

Abstract: The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding. The disclosure provides methods for breeding cotton plants having a staygreen trait using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides germplasm that stays green under high drought stress and provide yield advantage over non-staygreen germplasm. The disclosure also provides genetic markers associated with staygreen QTLs for introgressing these QTLs into elite germplasm in a breeding program and producing novel cotton germplasm that performs better under water-limited conditions.