IP Library Granted Patent US 12,419,262
Granted Patent B2
US 12,419,262 · App. 18/159,890 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF

Inventors: Darren G. Jones (Lubbock, TX); Vivek Sharma (Sacramento, CT)
Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
A01H6/604A01H5/10
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Patent No.
US 12,419,262
App. No.
18/159,890
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 21R4221B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Claims (23)

1. A plant of cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF, wherein representative seed of said variety have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202210013.

2. A plant part of the plant of claim 1 , wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of the plant.

3. A seed that produces the plant of claim 1 .

4. A method of producing cotton seed, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself or a second, distinct cotton plant to produce the cotton seed.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of claim 1 with the second, distinct cotton plant to produce F 1 hybrid cotton seed.

6. An F 1 hybrid cotton seed produced by the method of claim 5 .

7. A cotton plant produced by growing the F 1 hybrid cotton seed of claim 6 .

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:

(a) crossing a plant grown from the F 1 hybrid cotton seed with itself or a different cotton plant to produce seed of a subsequent generation;

(b) growing a progeny plant of the subsequent generation from said seed and crossing the progeny plant with itself or a second plant to produce seed of a further subsequent generation; and

(c) repeating step (b) with sufficient inbreeding to produce seed of an inbred cotton plant derived from cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising crossing a plant grown from said seed of an inbred cotton plant derived from cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF with a plant of a different genotype to produce seed of a hybrid cotton plant derived from cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF.

10. A composition comprising the seed of claim 3 , wherein the seed is comprised in plant seed growth media.

11. The composition of claim 10 , wherein the plant seed growth media is soil or a synthetic cultivation media.

12. A seed of cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein representative seed of cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202210013.

13. The seed of claim 12 , wherein the single locus comprises a nucleic acid sequence that enables site-specific genetic recombination or confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect or pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and modified cotton fiber characteristics.

14. A plant grown from the seed of claim 12 .

15. A seed of cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF further comprising a transgene, wherein representative seed of cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF have been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202210013.

16. The seed of claim 15 , wherein the transgene comprises a nucleic acid sequence that enables site-specific genetic recombination or confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect or pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, modified carbohydrate metabolism, and modified cotton fiber characteristics.

17. A plant grown from the seed of claim 15 .

18. A method of modifying a cotton plant, wherein the method comprises introducing a transgene or a single locus conversion into the plant of claim 1 .

19. A method of producing a commodity plant product, wherein the method comprises obtaining the commodity plant product from the plant of claim 1 .

20. A commodity plant product that is produced by the method of claim 19 , wherein the commodity plant product comprises at least one cell of cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2024
From: JONES, DARREN G.; SHARMA, VIVEK
To: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Reel/Frame 069058/0882 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240251742A1 · Aug 1, 2024
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