Method for disease control in MON89788 soybean

• US 7,608,761 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2006
• Issued: 10/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC (Bayer AG)
• Original Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC (Bayer AG)
• Inventors: Taylor, Jeremey H., Kohn, Frank C., Baley, George Jamie, Pitkin, John W., Rinehart, Jennifer
• Primary Examiner(s): Kruse; David H
• Application Number:
  US11/441,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20060288447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,250 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 800/300
• CPC Class Codes: A01H 6/542 Glycine max [soybean]
• CPC Class Codes: A01N 57/20 containing acyclic or cycloaliphatic radicals
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/821 Non-antibiotic resistance markers, e.g. morphogenetic, metabolic markers
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8275 Glyphosate
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 15/8286 for insect resistance
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/146 Genetically Modified [GMO] plants, e.g. transgenic plants

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method to control diseases of MON89788 soybean by treatment with formulations and mixtures containing glyphosate. In particular, the formulations and mixtures are effective at controlling fungal diseases of MON89788. More specifically, the invention relates to a method to control the severity of leaf rust disease on MON89788.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a disease in an event MON89788-containing soybean plant comprising,

(a) identifying a soybean plant as being at risk of disease caused by a pathogen, said soybean plant identified as comprising event MON89788 conferring glyphosate tolerance to the soybean plant, wherein representative soybean seed comprising event MON89788 have been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-6708;

and

(b) treating the soybean plant with a formulation or mixture comprising glyphosate, whereby the disease is controlled by the glyphosate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the disease is caused by a pathogen that is a member of Uredinales, Ustilaginales, Erysiphales, Ascomycetes, Deuteromycetes, or Oomycetes.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the disease is caused by a Colletotrichum sp., Phakopsora sp., Cercospora sp., Septoria sp., Macrophomina sp., Phymatotrichum sp, Peronospora sp., Microsphaera sp, Diaporthe sp., Scierotium sp., Rhizoctonia sp., or Alternaria sp.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising,

(a) identifying the soybean plant as being infected by Phakopsora pachyrhizi;

and

(b) applying said formulation or mixture comprising glyphosate to said soybean plant or a portion thereof, whereby the disease is controlled.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising,

(a) identifying the soybean plant as being infected by Rhizoctonia solani;

and

(b) applying said formulation or mixture comprising glyphosate to said soybean plant or a portion thereof, whereby the disease is controlled.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising,

(a) identifying the soybean plant as being infected by Microsphaera diffusa;

and

(b) applying said formulation or mixture comprising glyphosate to said soybean plant or a portion thereof, whereby the disease is controlled.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising,

(a) identifying the soybean plant as being infected by Cercospora sojina;

and

(b) applying said formulation or mixture comprising glyphosate to said soybean plant or a portion thereof, whereby said disease is controlled.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising,

(a) identifying the soybean plant as being infected by Cercospora carotae;

and

(b) applying said formulation or mixture comprising glyphosate to said soybean plant or a portion thereof, whereby said disease is controlled.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said formulation or mixture comprises a fungicide.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said fungicide is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobin, benomyl, blasticidin-S, Bordeaux mixture, tribasic copper sulfate, bromuconazole, captafol, captan, carbendazim, chloroneb, chlorothalonil, copper oxychloride, copper salts, cymoxanil, cyproconazole, cyprodinil, diclomezine, dicloran, difenoconazole, dimethomorph, diniconazole, diniconazole-M, dodine, edifenphos, epoxiconazole, famoxadone, fenarimol, fenbuconazole, fenpiclonil, fenpropidin, fenpropimorph, fluazinam, fluquinconazole, flusilazole, flutolanil, flutriafol, folpet, fosetyl-aluminum, furalaxyl, hexaconazole, ipconazole, iprobenfos, iprodione, isoprothiolane, kasugamycin, kresoxim-methyl, mancozeb, maneb, mepronil, metalaxyl, metconazole, S-methyl 7-benzothiazolecarbothioate, myclobutanil, ferric methanearsonate, oxadixyl, penconazole, pencycuron, probenazole, prochloraz, propiconazole, pyrifenox, pyroquilon, quinoxyfen, spiroxamine, sulfur, tebuconazole, tetraconazole, thiabendazole, thiophanate-methyl, thiram, triadimefon, triadimenol, tricyclazole, trifloxystrobin, triticonazole, validamycin and vinclozolin and combinations thereof.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said treatment with glyphosate controls weeds.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said treatment with glyphosate comprises more than one treatment.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said treatment with glyphosate is preceded by a treatment with a fungicide.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein said treatment with glyphosate is followed by a treatment with a fungicide.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein seed is harvested from said treated soybean plants.