Patent ID: 9394576
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A01H,C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for selecting a cotton plant comprising in its genome the root knot nematode resistance loci RKN-1 and RKN-2, comprising the steps of: a. providing a population of cotton plants; b. genotyping at least one cotton plant from said population with respect to the RKN-1 locus using at least one SNP marker selected from Table 3 and with respect to the RKN-2 locus using at least one SNP marker selected from Table 3A; and c. selecting a cotton plant comprising a desirable genotype at each of the RKN-1 locus and the RKN-2 locus, wherein said desirable genotype confers resistance to root knot nematode in said identified cotton plant.