Cotton event MON 88913 and compositions and methods for detection thereof

1. A glyphosate tolerant transgenic cotton plant, cell, tissue, or DNA-containing part thereof, for which representative seeds have been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection under accession number PTA-4854.

2. A glyphosate tolerant cotton plant, or DNA-containing part thereof, comprising incorporated into the plant's genome a DNA insert having two sequences each encoding EPSPS, wherein the sequence overlapping the junction between the cotton genomic DNA and the 5′-end of the insert is comprised of SEQ ID NO:1, and the sequence overlapping the junction between the cotton genomic DNA and the 3′-end of the insert is comprised of SEQ ID NO:2.

3. The glyphosate tolerant cotton plant, or DNA-containing part thereof, of claim 2 , wherein the sequence overlapping the junction between the cotton genomic DNA and the 5′-end of the insert is further comprised of SEQ ID NO:3, and the sequence overlapping the junction between the cotton genomic DNA and the 3′-end of the insert is further comprised of SEQ ID NO:4.

4. The glyphosate tolerant cotton plant, or DNA-containing part thereof, of claim 2 , wherein the genomic DNA of said cotton plant, or part thereof, is capable of producing at least one amplicon comprising SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2 diagnostic for the DNA insert using primers having the sequences of SEQ ID NO:21, SEQ ID NO:22 and SEQ ID NO:23 in a DNA amplification method.

5. The glyphosate tolerant cotton plant, or DNA-containing part thereof, of claim 2 , wherein said part thereof comprises pollen, ovules, flowers, bolls, shoots, roots, or leaves.

6. The glyphosate tolerant cotton plant, or DNA-containing part thereof, of claim 2 , wherein the cotton plant or part is heterozygous for the DNA insert.

7. The glyphosate tolerant cotton plant, or DNA-containing part thereof, of claim 2 , wherein the cotton plant or part is homozygous for the DNA insert.

8. A transgenic seed of the plant of any one of claims 1 - 4 and 6 - 7 .

9. A glyphosate tolerant transgenic cotton plant, cell, tissue, or DNA-containing part thereof, for which representative seeds have been deposited with the American Type Culture Collection under accession number PTA-4854, wherein said plant, cell, tissue, or DNA-containing part thereof is identifiable by the presence of a nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2.

10. A method of producing a glyphosate tolerant cotton plant comprising:

(a) crossing the plant of any one of claims 1 - 4 and 6 - 7 with another cotton plant; and

(b) selecting glyphosate tolerant progeny by analyzing for the presence of at least one nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:1-4.

11. A method of producing a cotton plant that tolerates application of glyphosate herbicide comprising:

(a) sexually crossing a first glyphosate tolerant parent cotton plant according to any one of claims 1 - 3 , with a second parent cotton plant that lacks the tolerance to glyphosate herbicide, thereby producing a plurality of first progeny plants;

(b) selecting a first progeny plant that is tolerant to glyphosate;

(c) selfing said first progeny plant, thereby producing a plurality of second progeny plants; and

(d) selecting from said second progeny plants a plant that is glyphosate tolerant.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of backcrossing the first progeny plant that is tolerant to glyphosate or the second progeny plant that is glyphosate tolerant to the second parent plant or a third parent plant, thereby producing a plant that tolerates the application of glyphosate.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second progeny plant is identifiable by the presence of a nucleotide sequence comprised of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2.

14. A method for controlling weeds in a crop of glyphosate tolerant cotton plants according to any one of claims 1 - 3 , comprising the step of applying an effective dose of a glyphosate-containing herbicide to said crop of cotton plants.