Cotton event MON15985 and compositions and methods for detection thereof

摘要

The present invention provides cotton plants, cotton tissues, and cotton seeds that include the MON15985 event, which confers resistance to Lepidopteran insect damage. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the MON15985 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the cotton genome that resulted in the MON15985 event and/or the genomic sequences flanking the insertion site.

主权项

1. A pair of isolated DNA molecules comprising a first and second DNA molecules to function as DNA primers or probes diagnostic for DNA extracted from a cotton plant comprising event MON15985 or progeny thereof, wherein said first DNA molecule comprises at least fifteen contiguous nucleotides from positions 1-673 of SEQ ID NO:12, and said second DNA molecule comprises at least fifteen contiguous nucleotides from positions 350-1360 of SEQ ID NO:12, wherein at least one of said first and second DNA molecules comprises a nucleotide sequence spanning a region that overlaps positions 340-359 of SEQ ID NO:12.