Cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR
A cotton cultivar, designated DP 515 BG/RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR, to the plants of cotton DP 515 BG/RR and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 515 BG/RR with itself or another cotton variety. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar DP 515 BG/RR with another cotton cultivar.
1. A seed of cotton cultivar designated DP 515 BG/RR, wherein a representative sample of seed of said cultivar was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-7135.
2. A cotton plant, or a regenerable part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1 .
3. A tissue culture of cells produced from the plant of claim 2 , wherein said cells of the tissue culture are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaves, pollen, embryos, cotyledons, hypocotyl, meristematic cells, roots, root tips, pistils, anthers, flowers, stems and boils.
4. A protoplast produced from the plant of claim 2 .
5. A protoplast produced from the tissue culture of claim 3 .
6. A cotton plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 3 , wherein the plant has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of cultivar DP 515 BG/RR as listed in Table 1.
7. A method for producing an F 1 hybrid cotton seed, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 2 with a different cotton plant and harvesting the resultant F 1 hybrid cotton seed.
8. A hybrid cotton seed produced by the method of claim 7 .
9. A hybrid cotton plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing said hybrid seed of claim 8 .
10. A method of producing an herbicide resistant cotton plant wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene wherein the transgene confers resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
11. An herbicide resistant cotton plant produced by the method of claim 10 .
12. A method of producing an insect resistant cotton plant wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers insect resistance.
13. An insect resistant cotton plant produced by the method of claim 12 .
14. The cotton plant of claim 13 , wherein the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
15. A method of producing a disease resistant cotton plant wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers disease resistance.
16. A disease resistant cotton plant produced by the method of claim 15 .
17. A method of producing a cotton plant with modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism wherein the method comprises transforming the cotton plant of claim 2 with a transgene encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, α-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or encoding an antisense of stearyl-ACP desaturase.
18. A cotton plant having modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism produced by the method of claim 17 .
19. A method of introducing a desired trait into cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR, wherein the method comprises:
(a) crossing a DP 515 BG/RR plant, wherein a representative sample of seed of said cultivar was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-7135, with a plant of another cotton cultivar that comprises a desired trait to produce progeny plants wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide resistance, insect resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and resistance to bacterial disease, fungal disease or viral disease;
(b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the DP 515 BG/RR plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR listed in Table 1 to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR listed in Table 1.
20. A cotton plant produced by the method of claim 19 , wherein the plant has the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cotton cultivar DP 515 BG/RR listed in Table 1.
21. The cotton plant of claim 20 , wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine and benzonitrile.
22. The cotton plant of claim 20 , wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.
23. The cotton plant of claim 20 , wherein the desired trait is modified fatty acid metabolism or modified carbohydrate metabolism and said desired trait is conferred by a nucleic acid encoding a protein selected from the group consisting of phytase, fructosyltransferase, levansucrase, α-amylase, invertase and starch branching enzyme or encoding an antisense of stearyl-ACP desaturase.