Patent ID: 11968951
Assignee: SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS, INC.
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of introducing a trait into a bean plant, the method comprising:
(a) utilizing as a recurrent parent the plant of claim 1 by crossing the plant with a donor bean plant that comprises a trait to produce F1 progeny;
(b) selecting an F1 progeny that comprises the trait;
(c) backcrossing the selected F1 progeny with a plant of the same bean line used as the recurrent parent in step (a) to produce backcross progeny;
(d) selecting a backcross progeny comprising the trait and otherwise comprising all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of the recurrent parent bean line used in step (a); and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce a selected fourth or higher backcross progeny.