# Patent

## Title
Camelina sativa variety ‘SO-60’

## Abstract

The invention relates to a Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz spring-type seed designated as ‘SO-60’ derived from a cross between camelina accessions with high yield and oil quality attributes following conventional breeding methodologies.

## Background
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to seed and any other plant material of a Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz variety named ‘SO-60’, which is a spring-type plant material with superior agronomic performance and broad adaptability to dryland, low-input agricultural systems in the USA. The seeds of the invention produce a significant large amount of seeds per plant, which constitute its major distinctive attribute.
BACKGROUND
Current trends in the international petroleum market and concerns on the excessive use of petroleum-derived fuels on the environment have led to increased interest in the development and adoption of renewable sources of energy in the USA. In some instances this has derived in the adoption of government policies, like the Energy Independency and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140, 2007), in others in the take-over of private initiatives, like that aimed at using plant-derived renewable fuels to partly satisfy the fuel demand of the aviation industry (Anonymous, 2009).
Among the several types of feedstocks proposed for the production of renewable fuel, use of industrial-grade oilseed crops are considered a viable option. Camelina (Camelina sativa, (L.) Crantz), an annual plant that belongs to the Brassicaceae family, is an oilseed crop that can produce decent yields under relative low inputs, exhibits a broad adaptability to a range of environmental conditions, and its seeds contain a relatively high amount of oil (Putnam et al., 1993; Budin et al., 1995; Vollman et al., 1996; Gugel and Falk, 2006). In addition, studies on the impact of camelina-derived fuel on the environment indicates that use of this fuel can reduce carbon emissions by up to 80% (Shonnard et al., 2010) conferring this crop a potential to be used as biofuel feedstock crop.
Although camelina is a plant with a rich history (Schultze-Motel, J., 1979; Bouby, 1998), in general little genetic improvement has been practiced on this crop. In the USA, although efforts were devoted to this crop in the past (Porcher, 1863, Robinson, 1987), currently the number of varieties available for commercial production is very limited. Consequently, there is a real need to develop camelina varieties with high productivity and broad adaptability, especially to low-input agricultural systems in the USA, to be used as reliable, commercial feedstocks for the emerging biofuel industry.
The main object of the invention is to provide seed of a superior camelina variety that provides high and stable yields and is suitable of commercial production under low-input agricultural areas in the USA.
Another object is to provide seed of a camelina variety that exhibits acceptable and stable agronomic characteristics.
Furthermore, another object is to provide seed of a camelina variety that has the ability to produce a large number of seeds per plant.
Yet another object is to provide seed of a camelina variety with an average fatty acid composition.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides camelina plants having increased grain yields and ability to grow efficiently and consistently under dryland, low-input conditions. In some embodiments, the camelina plant is a Camelina sativa (L.) variety. In some further embodiments, the Camelina sativa (L.) variety is the camelina plant designated as ‘SO-60’, a representative seed sample of which has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481 on Nov. 12, 2010. In some embodiments, the camelina plant is a plant having one or more, or all the physiological and morphological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’. In some embodiments, the camelina plant is derived from a cross between a first parent camelina plant and a second parent camelina plant, wherein the first and/or the second camelina plants are Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’, or camelina plants having one or more, or all the physiological and morphological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’.
The camelina plants of the present invention have higher yield compared to a check line. In some embodiments, the check line is ‘Calena’, ‘Blaine Creek’, ‘Celine’, ‘Galena’, ‘Ligena’, ‘Robinson’, or ‘Suneson’. In some embodiments, said camelina plants are developed through conventional breeding methods, having the ability to grow efficiently and consistently under dryland, low-input conditions. The plants of the invented seed provide high yields (1712 Lbs/ac) and are stable in their performance across a wide range of environmental conditions. In some embodiments, compared to a check line, the plants of the present invention are medium in maturity (e.g., about 105 days), mid-size in stature (e.g., about 33 inches), and produce a significant large amount of seed per plant (e.g., about 2085), one of its major distinctive attributes. In some embodiments, compared to a check line, the seeds of the camelina plants of the present invention contain an average amount of oil content (e.g., about 36.96%) and a high amount of oil yield (e.g., about 642 Lbs/ac).
The present invention also provides plant parts of the camelina plants of the present invention. In some embodiments, the plant part is the shoot, root, stem, seeds, racemes, stipules, leaves, petals, flowers, ovules, bracts, branches, petioles, internodes, pollen, stamen, or the like. In some embodiments, the plant part is the seed of the camelina plant designated as ‘SO-60’, a representative sample of which has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481 on Nov. 12, 2010.
The present invention also provides plant cells of the camelina plants of the present invention. In some embodiments, the plant cell can be cultured and use to produce a camelina plant having one or more, or all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the camelina plants of the present invention.
The present invention also provides tissue culture of the camelina plants of the present invention. In some embodiments, the tissue culture are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of embryos, meristematic cells, leaves, pollen, root, root tips, stems, anther, pistils, pods, flowers, and seeds. In some embodiments, the tissue culture can be used to regenerate a Camelina sativa (L.) plant, said plant having the morphological and physiological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’, wherein a representative sample of seed has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481 on Nov. 12, 2010.
The present invention also provides methods to produce the camelina plants of the present invention. In some embodiments, the plants are produced through conventional breeding methods.
The present invention further provides methods for producing a Camelina seed. In some embodiments, said methods comprise crossing a first parent Camelina plant with a second parent Camelina plant and harvesting the resultant hybrid bean seed, wherein said first parent Camelina plant or second parent Camelina plant is the Camelina sativa (L.) plant of the present invention. The present invention also provides methods for introducing one or more desired traits into camelina plants of the present application. In some embodiments, the methods comprise introducing one or more transgenes into the camelina plants of the present invention. In some other embodiments, the introducing step comprises crossing the camelina plants of the present invention to one or more transgenic plants, wherein the transgenic plants comprise one or more transgenes. In some embodiments, the transgene is a gene for herbicide resistance in a plant, and the herbicide is selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine, sethoxydim, and benzonitrile. In some embodiments, the transgene is a gene for insect resistance in a plant, for example, the transgene encodes a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin. In some embodiments, the transgene is a gene for disease resistant in a plant. In some embodiments, the transgene is a gene for water stress tolerance, heat tolerance, improved shelf life, and/or improved nutritional quality.
In some other embodiments, the methods comprise: (a) crossing a camelina plant of the present invention with another Camelina plant that comprises a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants; (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants; (c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the camelina plant of the present invention to produce backcross progeny plants; (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of the camelina plant of the present invention to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and (e) optionally, repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and the physiological and morphological characteristics of the camelina plant of the present invention. In some embodiments, the desired trait is, for example, selected from the group consisting of insect resistance, disease resistance, water stress tolerance, heat tolerance, improved shelf life, and improved nutritional quality.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Definitions
This document has been prepared using technical and scientific terms that are common to the field, thus, the term
“Days to 50% flowering” refers to period from germination of the seed to the manifestation of flowering in 50% of the plant population.
“Days to Maturity” refers to the period from germination of the seed to the period when fully developed seeds where developed in 50% of the plant population.
“Seed filling days” refers to the period from the beginning of seed growth until the seed is fully developed and has reached maximum dry weight.
“Plant height” refers to the height of the adult plant from the ground base where it is being grown to the tip of the main raceme.
“Racemes per plant” refers to the number of reproductive branches derived from the main stem of the plant.
“Main raceme length” refers to the length of the terminal raceme in the plant.
“Inflorescence length” refers to the length of the main inflorescence from its base to the tip of the terminal raceme.
“Inflorescence diameter” refers to the diameter of the inflorescence at its widest plane and is measured right after flowering has been completed.
“Pod number” refers to the total number of pods in the plant bearing seeds.
“Pod weight” refers to the weight of a pod once the plant has reached maturity and consequently is ready to be harvested.
“Seeds per pod” refers to the number of fully developed seed contained inside a pod in the plant.
“Seeds per plant” refers to the total number of fully developed seeds the plant has produced.
“Seed weight” refers to the total weight of a fully developed seed, usually expressed in weight per thousand seeds.
“Test weight” refers to a measure of the seed weight in pounds for a given bushel volume.
“Grain yield” refers to a measure of the harvested clean seed weight in pounds in one acre of land area.
“Oil content” refers to the fraction of total oil contained in the mature seed.
“Oil yield” refers to a measure of the seed oil weight collected in pounds in one acre of land area.
“Variety” refers to a homogeneous, highly homozygous group of individuals that are genetically distinct from other groups of individuals within the species.
“Cross” refers to the process by which pollen from one flower from a plant is artificially transferred to the stigma from the flower of another plant.
“Progeny” refers to the offspring derived from an artificial cross between two plants.
“Selfing” refers to the manifestation of the process of self-pollination, which in turn refers to the transfer of pollen from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower or different flowers on the same plant.
“Single plant selection” refers to a form of selection in which plants with specific desirable attributes are identified and individually selected.
“Seed increase” refers to the process of sowing, growing and harvesting seed from a specific plant material for the purpose of creating a larger volume of seed.
As used herein, the verb “comprise” as is used in this description and in the claims and its conjugations are used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded.
As used herein, the term “plant” refers to any living organism belonging to the kingdom Plantae (i.e., any genus/species in the Plant Kingdom). For example, the plant is a species in the tribe of Camelineae, such as C. alyssum, C. anomala, C. grandiflora, C. hispida, C. laxa, C. microcarpa, C. microphylla, C. persisters, C. rumelica, C. sativa, C. Stiefelhagenii, or any hybrid thereof.
As used herein, the term “plant part” refers to any part of a plant including but not limited to the shoot, root, stem, seeds, racemes, stipules, leaves, petals flowers, ovules, bracts, branches, petioles, internodes, tiller, pollen, stamen, and the like. The two main parts of plants grown in some sort of media, such as soil, are often referred to as the “above-ground” part, also often referred to as the “shoots”, and the “below-ground” part, also often referred to as the “roots”.
The term “a” or “an” refers to one or more of that entity; for example, “a gene” refers to one or more genes or at least one gene. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more” and “at least one” are used interchangeably herein. In addition, reference to “an element” by the indefinite article “a” or “an” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements are present, unless the context clearly requires that there is one and only one of the elements.
As used herein, the term “cross”, “crossing”, “cross pollination” or “cross-breeding” refer to the process by which the pollen of one flower on one plant is applied (artificially or naturally) to the ovule (stigma) of a flower on another plant.
As used herein, the term “gene” refers to any segment of DNA associated with a biological function. Thus, genes include, but are not limited to, coding sequences and/or the regulatory sequences required for their expression. Genes can also include nonexpressed DNA segments that, for example, form recognition sequences for other proteins. Genes can be obtained from a variety of sources, including cloning from a source of interest or synthesizing from known or predicted sequence information, and may include sequences designed to have desired parameters.
Camelina sativa 
Camelina sativa, usually known in English as camelina, gold-of-pleasure, or false flax, also occasionally wild flax, linseed dodder, German sesame, and Siberian oilseed, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae which includes mustard, cabbage, rapeseed, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, brussels sprouts. It is native to Northern Europe and to Central Asian areas, but has been introduced to North America, possibly as a weed in flax.
The crop is now being researched due to its exceptionally high levels (up to 45%) of omega-3 fatty acids, which is uncommon in vegetable sources. Camelina has a fatty acid composition with high levels of both polyunsaturated fatty acids such as 18:2 and 18:3 (52-54%) as well as long chain fatty acids such as 20:1 (11-15%) and 22:1 (2-5%). Over 50% of the fatty acids in cold pressed camelina oil are polyunsaturated. The major components are alpha-linolenic acid—C18:3 (omega-3-fatty acid, approx 35-45%) and linoleic acid—C18:2 (omega-6 fatty acid, approx 15-20%). The oil is also very rich in natural antioxidants, such as tocopherols, making this highly stable oil very resistant to oxidation and rancidity. It has 1-3% erucic acid. The vitamin E content of camelina oil is approximately 110 mg/100 g. It is well suited for use as a cooking oil. It has an almond-like flavor and aroma. It may become more commonly known and become an important food oil for the future (Pilgeram et al., 2007, Camelina sativa, A Montana Omega-3 and Fuel Crop, Issues in new crops and new use; Vollmann et al., Improvement of Camelina sativa, an Underexploited Oilseed; Putnam et al., Camelina: A Promising Low-input Oilseed; Berti and Schneiter, Preliminary Agronomic Evaluation of New Crops for North Dakota; Pavlista and Baltensperger, Phenology of Oilseed Crops for Bio-Diesel in the High Plains, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety).
Camelina can be used for as commercial feed (US FDA clarification to states, Currently allowed practices for use of Camelina sativa meal as a commercial feed in Montana, September 2010). Camelina also produce useful chemicals, for example, camalexins (Browne et al., Tetrahedron, Volume 47, Issue 24, 1991, Pages 3909-3914).
Methods of transforming camelina plant have been described in US20040031076, US20090151028, US20090151023, WO/2002/038779A1, and WO/2009/117555A1, each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Methods for camelina tissue culture have been described previously. For example, Camelina sativa shoots have been regenerated from leaf explants (Tattersall and Millam, Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 55:147-149, 1999). Camelina sativa has also been used in a somatic fusion with other Brassica species (Narasimhulu et al., Plant Cell Rep. 13:657-660, 1994; Hansen, Crucifer. News 19:55-56, 1997; Sigareva and Earle, Theor. Appl. Genet. 98:164-170, 1999) and regenerated interspecific hybrid plants were obtained (Sigareva and Earle, Theor. Appl. Genet. 98:164-170, 1999). More tissue culture techniques for Camelina can be found in Bhojwani and Razdan (Plant tissue culture: theory and practice, Elsevier, 1996, ISBN 97804448162328), Trigiano and Gray (Plant tissue culture concepts and laboratory exercises, Volume 1999, CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 0849320291, 9780849320293), Kumar (Plant Tissue Culture And Molecular Markers: Their Role In Improving Crop Productivity, I. K. International Pvt Ltd, 2009, ISBN 8189866109, 9788189866105), George et al., (Plant Propagation by Tissue Culture 3rd Edition: Volume 1. the Background, ISBN 1402050046, 9781402050046). Sathyanarayana (Plant Tissue Culture: Practices and New Experimental Protocols, I. K. International Pvt Ltd, 2007, ISBN 8189866117, 9788189866112), Pierik (In vitro culture of higher plants, Springer, 1997, ISBN 0792345274, 9780792345275), and Vasil (Plant cell and tissue culture, Springer, 1994, ISBN 0792324935, 9780792324935), each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein for all purposes.
Camelina sativa (L.) Variety ‘SO-60’
Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ is a true-bred camelina selected from a cross between accession ‘A3U7761’, a material originated in Austria, and accession ‘Ames 26665’, a material originated in Denmark. A representative sample of seeds of ‘SO-60’ has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481 on Nov. 12, 2010.
Breeding Methods
Open-Pollinated Populations. The improvement of open-pollinated populations of such crops as rye, many maizes and sugar beets, herbage grasses, legumes such as alfalfa and clover, and tropical tree crops such as cacao, coconuts, oil palm and some rubber, depends essentially upon changing gene-frequencies towards fixation of favorable alleles while maintaining a high (but far from maximal) degree of heterozygosity. Uniformity in such populations is impossible and trueness-to-type in an open-pollinated variety is a statistical feature of the population as a whole, not a characteristic of individual plants. Thus, the heterogeneity of open-pollinated populations contrasts with the homogeneity (or virtually so) of inbred lines, clones and hybrids.
Population improvement methods fall naturally into two groups, those based on purely phenotypic selection, normally called mass selection, and those based on selection with progeny testing. Interpopulation improvement utilizes the concept of open breeding populations; allowing genes to flow from one population to another. Plants in one population (cultivar, strain, ecotype, or any germplasm source) are crossed either naturally (e.g., by wind) or by hand or by bees (commonly Apis mellifera L. or Megachile rotundata F.) with plants from other populations. Selection is applied to improve one (or sometimes both) population(s) by isolating plants with desirable traits from both sources.
There are several primary methods of open-pollinated population improvement. First, there is the situation in which a population is changed en masse by a chosen selection procedure. The outcome is an improved population that is indefinitely propagable by random-mating within itself in isolation. Second, the synthetic variety attains the same end result as population improvement but is not itself propagable as such; it has to be reconstructed from parental lines or clones. Third, a method used in plant species that are largely self-pollinated in nature, such as soybeans, wheat, rice, safflower, camelina and others is pedigree selection. In this situation, crosses are made and individual plants and lines from individual plants are selected for desired traits. These lines are then advanced as genetically homogeneous varieties. Since the individuals are largely self pollinated these lines are analogous to an inbred line with favorable agronomic characteristics. These plant breeding procedures for improving open-pollinated populations are well known to those skilled in the art and comprehensive reviews of breeding procedures routinely used for improving cross-pollinated plants are provided in numerous texts and articles, including: Allard, Principles of Plant Breeding, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1960); Simmonds, Principles of Crop Improvement, Longman Group Limited (1979); Hanauer and Miranda, Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding, Iowa State University Press (1981); and, Jensen, Plant Breeding Methodology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1988).
Mass Selection. In mass selection, desirable individual plants are chosen, harvested, and the seed composited without progeny testing to produce the following generation. Since selection is based on the maternal parent only, and there is no control over pollination, mass selection amounts to a form of random mating with selection. As stated above, the purpose of mass selection is to increase the proportion of superior genotypes in the population.
Synthetics. A synthetic variety is produced by crossing inter se a number of genotypes selected for good combining ability in all possible hybrid combinations, with subsequent maintenance of the variety by open pollination. Whether parents are (more or less inbred) seed-propagated lines, as in some sugar beet and beans (Vicia) or clones, as in herbage grasses, clovers and alfalfa, makes no difference in principle. Parents are selected on general combining ability, sometimes by test crosses or toperosses, more generally by polycrosses. Parental seed lines may be deliberately inbred (e.g. by selfing or sib crossing). However, even if the parents are not deliberately inbred, selection within lines during line maintenance will ensure that some inbreeding occurs. Clonal parents will, of course, remain unchanged and highly heterozygous.
Whether a synthetic can go straight from the parental seed production plot to the farmer or must first undergo one or two cycles of multiplication depends on seed production and the scale of demand for seed. In practice, grasses and clovers are generally multiplied once or twice and are thus considerably removed from the original synthetic.
While mass selection is sometimes used, progeny testing is generally preferred for polycrosses, because of their operational simplicity and obvious relevance to the objective, namely exploitation of general combining ability in a synthetic.
The number of parental lines or clones that enter a synthetic vary widely. In practice, numbers of parental lines range from 10 to several hundred, with 100-200 being the average. Broad based synthetics formed from 100 or more clones would be expected to be more stable during seed multiplication than narrow based synthetics.
Pedigreed varieties. A pedigreed variety is a superior genotype developed from selection of individual plants out of a segregating population followed by propagation and seed increase of self pollinated offspring and careful testing of the genotype over several generations. This is an open pollinated method that works well with naturally self pollinating species. This method can be used in combination with mass selection in variety development. Variations in pedigree and mass selection in combination are the most common methods for generating varieties in self pollinated crops.
Hybrids. A hybrid is an individual plant resulting from a cross between parents of differing genotypes. Commercial hybrids are now used extensively in many crops, including corn (maize), sorghum, sugarbeet, sunflower and broccoli. Hybrids can be formed in a number of different ways, including by crossing two parents directly (single cross hybrids), by crossing a single cross hybrid with another parent (three-way or triple cross hybrids), or by crossing two different hybrids (four-way or double cross hybrids).
Strictly speaking, most individuals in an out breeding (i.e., open-pollinated) population are hybrids, but the term is usually reserved for cases in which the parents are individuals whose genomes are sufficiently distinct for them to be recognized as different species or subspecies. Hybrids may be fertile or sterile depending on qualitative and/or quantitative differences in the genomes of the two parents. Heterosis, or hybrid vigor, is usually associated with increased heterozygosity that results in increased vigor of growth, survival, and fertility of hybrids as compared with the parental lines that were used to form the hybrid. Maximum heterosis is usually achieved by crossing two genetically different, highly inbred lines.
The production of hybrids is a well-developed industry, involving the isolated production of both the parental lines and the hybrids which result from crossing those lines. For a detailed discussion of the hybrid production process, see, e.g., Wright, Commercial Hybrid Seed Production 8:161-176, In Hybridization of Crop Plants.
Additional breeding methods have been known to one of ordinary skill in the art, e.g., methods discussed in Chahal and Gosal (Principles and procedures of plant breeding: biotechnological and conventional approaches, CRC Press, 2002, ISBN 084931321X, 9780849313219), Taji et al. (In vitro plant breeding, Routledge, 2002, ISBN 156022908X, 9781560229087), Richards (Plant breeding systems, Taylor & Francis US, 1997, ISBN 0412574500, 9780412574504), Hayes (Methods of Plant Breeding, READ BOOKS, 2007, ISBN 1406737062, 9781406737066), and Lorz et al. (Molecular marker systems in plant breeding and crop improvement, Springer, 2005, ISBN 3540206892, 9783540206897), each of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
DEPOSIT INFORMATION
A deposit of the seed of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ is maintained by Sustainable Oils, LLC, Sustainable Oils, LLC, 214 Shepherd Trail, Suite F, Bozeman, Mont. 59718, USA. In addition, a sample of the seed of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ has been deposited by Sustainable Oils, LLC, with American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), 10801 University Blvd. Manassas, Va. 20110-2209, USA.
To satisfy the enablement requirements of 35 U.S.C. §112, and to certify that the deposit of the seeds of the present invention meets the criteria set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§1.801-1.809, Applicants hereby make the following statements regarding the deposited seed of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ (deposited as ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481 on Nov. 12, 2010):
1. During the pendency of this application, access to the invention will be afforded to the Commissioner upon request;
2. Upon granting of the patent the strain will be available to the public under conditions specified in 37 CFR 1.808;
3. The deposit will be maintained in a public repository for a period of 30 years or 5 years after the last request or for the enforceable life of the patent, whichever is longer;
4. The viability of the biological material at the time of deposit will be tested; and
5. The deposit will be replaced if it should ever become unavailable.
Access to this deposit will be available during the pendency of this application to persons determined by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to be entitled thereto under 37 C.F.R. §1.14 and 35 U.S.C. §122. Upon allowance of any claims in this application, all restrictions on the availability to the public of the variety will be irrevocably removed by affording access to a deposit of at least 2,500 seeds of the same seed source with ATCC.
EXAMPLES
Testing of Seed Quality Traits
Oil Content Determination in Camelina Seeds
Determination of Oil Content—method based on a contiguous wave low-resolution Nuclear magnetic Resonance Spectrometry was used. Seed oil content was determined using a 20 MHz TD-NMR oil seed analyzer (Bruker Optics, Inc., The Woodlands, Tex., USA).
Fatty Acid Composition from the Oil Contained in the Seeds
A GLC method was adopted for fatty acid analysis, which was performed using a Shimadzu 2010 dual-FID gas chromatograph (Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Columbia, Md., USA).
Overview of the Invention
The present invention is based on the development of true-bred camelina seeds with the following unique characteristics, including but nor limited to the followings:
When compared to check varieties, the plants of the invented variety are characterized by having an average number of racemes per plant (8, ranging from 6 to 11), they exhibit a pronounced main raceme length (328 mm, ranging from 235 mm to 450 mm), an relatively large inflorescence length (54 cm, ranging from 42 cm to 66 cm) and a reduced inflorescence diameter (20 cm, ranging from 11 cm to 28 cm). Also, they exhibit an relatively reduced number of pods per plant (219, range of 119 to 338), a heavier pod weight (5.0 g, range of 2.6 g to 8.4 g), a large number of seeds per pod (10, range of 7 to 11), an increased number of seeds per plant, (2085, ranging from 1188 to 3397), and a slightly increased seed weight (1.34 g/1000, ranging from 1.10 g/1000 to 1.58 g/1000) (Table 1).
In addition, the present invention involves in the development of true-bred camelina seeds capable of growing and providing adequate seed yields under low input, dryland conditions in the USA and having but not limited to the following characteristics:

    
    
        (i) The plants of the invention mature 105 days after planting which is very similar to the period required by popular camelina varieties to reach maturity in areas where the invention is intended to be produced.
        (ii) The plants of the invention provide a grain yield of 1712 Lbs/ac which is higher than those provided by plants from varieties currently grown in the area. Also, the levels of variation in grain yield in response to fluctuations in growing conditions is less in the plants from the invention compared to the levels of variation observed in other varieties currently grown in the area.
        (iii) The invention produces a total of 2085 seeds per plant which is higher than the number of seeds per plant observed for materials currently grown in the area. Clearly, increased seed number is a distinctive quality of this variety.
        (iv) The plants of the invention produce an average total oil yield of 642 Lbs/ac, which is higher than those produced by plants from varieties currently grown in the area.
    
    


The following table compares selected plant characteristics of ‘SO-60’ as compared to the check variety ‘Blaine Creek’.







TABLE 1







Variety description information

















Mean %






Standard
compared to


Variety
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
deviation
Blaine Creek













Raceme number













SO-60
6
11
8
1.4
100%


Blaine Creek
7
13
8
1.4
100%










Main raceme length (mm)













SO-60
235
450
328
55.2
112.7%  


Blaine Creek
185
414
291
46.9
100%










Inflorescence length (cm)













SO-60
42
66
54
5.5
108%


Blaine Creek
25
67
50
8.6
100%










Inflorescence diameter (cm)













SO-60
11
28
20
4.7
90.9% 


Blaine Creek
10
35
22
5.7
100%










Pod number













SO-60
119
338
219
49.0
94.0% 


Blaine Creek
161
415
233
68.7
100%










Pod weight (g)













SO-60
2.6
8.4
5.0
1.3
119.0%  


Blaine Creek
2.5
7.4
4.2
1.2
100%










Seeds per pod













SO-60
7
11
10
1.1
125%


Blaine Creek
6
13
8
1.6
100%










Seeds per plant













SO-60
1188
3397
2085
516.3
111.7%  


Blaine Creek
1241
3016
1866
456.4
100%










Seed weight (g/ml)













SO-60
1.10
1.58
1.34
0.10
106.3%  


Blaine Creek
1.08
1.46
1.26
0.10
100%





† Data collected from 25 random mature plants grown under field conditions in Moccasin, MT.






Development of ‘SO-60’

‘SO-60’ was derived from a cross between accession ‘A3U7761’, a material originated in Austria, and accession ‘Ames 26665’, originated in Denmark. These accessions were evaluated for agronomic performance and adaptability across multiples sites during the period of 2006-2009 (Tables 2 and 3). A form of a modified bulk-pedigree selection scheme was used for its development (Table 4). A cross between ‘A3U7761; and ‘Ames 26665’ was made in the spring season at a field nursery in Kalispell, Mont. During the winter the F1 hybrid seed was advanced at a greenhouse in Bozeman, Mont., and in the next spring season the F2 seed was grown in a selection nursery in Bozeman, Mont. in duplicated plots (100 ft2 each). At maturity a total of 40 individual plants were selected and harvested from this population; selection criteria included early maturity, medium plant height, increased branch and pod number, and good overall appearance. A random portion of seed from each of these F3 families was collected and bulked, and during the next winter season this bulked seed was planted in a winter nursery near Yuma, Ariz. in duplicated plots (100 ft2 each). At maturity at least 30 individual plants were selected and harvested from this population using the criteria described above and a random portion of seed from each plant was collected and bulked.
During the next spring season the bulked F4 seed from this population was planted in duplicated plots (100 ft2 each) in a selection nursery near Bozeman, Mont., which also included 60 F4 breeding materials and 4 Camelina accessions used as checks. At maturity a number of individual plants were selected from each of these populations for future breeding work using the same criteria as before. After selections were made the remaining of the plots were harvested and grain was collected. These breeding populations were ranked based on grain yield performance and agronomic attributes, being the population derived from A3U7761/Ames 26665 among the top 20% of the group. In the following spring a random portion of the F5 seed derived from A3U7761/Ames 26665 was planted in an isolated field near Bozeman, Mont.
During the winter, a random sample of the collected F6 seed was increased in Chile, and in the next two springs and the intervening winter season the performance of SO-60 was evaluated in replicated field trials across a wide geographic region including Montana (Bozeman, Havre, and Moccasin), Arizona (Yuma), North Dakota (Carrington), Wyoming (Lingle), Washington (Dusty), and Oregon (Pendleton), USA (Table 5). Three locally grown cultivars, ‘Calena’, ‘Blaine Creek’, and ‘SO-30’, were also included in these trials and used as checks/controls for comparative purposes. These evaluations were carried out under standard production practices.







TABLE 2







Specifics on field evaluations of accessions


‘A3U7761’ and ‘Ames 26665’











Set
Entries
Year
Season
Site(s)†














1
33
2006
Spring
8


2
45
2007
Spring
5


3
46
2007
Spring
2


4
12
2007
Spring
11


5
20
2007/2008
Winter
1


6
20
2008
Spring
25


7
20
2008
Spring
5


8
20
2008/2009
Winter
1


9
21
2009
Spring
7


10
46
2009
Spring
2


11
20
2009
Spring
16





†Sites covered representative areas in Arizona, AZ, Idaho, ID, Montana, MT North Dakota, ND, Nebraska, NE, New Mexico, NM, Oregon, OR, South Dakota, SD, Washington, WA, and Wyoming, WY, in the USA and in Alberta, AL, Manitoba, MB, and Saskatchewan, SK, in Canada.













TABLE 3







Agronomic performance of accessions ‘A3U7761’ and ‘Ames 26665’



















Accession
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4
Set 5
Set 6
Set 7
Set 8
Set 9
Set 10
Set 11
Mean












Grain yield (Lbs/ac)



















A3U7761
1408
1731
1941
1446
1728
1394
1868
1208
1725
2131
1720
1664


Ames 26665
1396
1373
—
1240
—
1233
—
1075
—
—
1488
1301


Mean
1256
1602
1673
1330
1389
1197
1695
926
1669
1912
1480
1466









Seed weight (g/1000)



















A3U7761
1.13
1.05
1.07
1.07
1.10
1.16
1.25
0.86
1.19
—
1.39
1.13


Ames 26665
1.22
1.03
—
1.12
—
1.20
—
0.92
—
—
1.45
1.16


Mean
1.04
0.99
1.01
1.10
0.95
1.08
1.19
0.74
1.15
—
1.33
1.06









Oil content (%)



















A3U7761
37.12
37.08
33.52
35.28
—
34.35
36.16
—
39.03
41.41
39.59
37.06


Ames 26665
37.13
35.75
—
34.90
—
34.01
—
—
—
—
38.82
36.12


Mean
36.90
35.75
33.40
34.89
—
33.84
36.21
—
38.64
40.36
38.63
36.51









Oil yield (Lbs/ac)



















A3U7761
529
634
632
502
—
490
674
—
679
764
687
621


Ames 26665
519
498
—
433
—
432
—
—
—
—
586
494


Mean
465
560
552
464
—
414
618
—
649
720
579
558
















TABLE 4







Breeding method used in the development of ‘SO-60’










Generation
Activity
Season
Location





F1
Crosses
Spring
Kalispell, MT


F2
Seed advance in greenhouse
Winter
Bozeman, MT


F3
Sample of seed from each F2 plant bulked and
Spring
Bozeman, MT



planted in duplicated plots in a spring nursery.





Single plant selections, selection criteria





included early maturity, short plant stature,





increased branching, increased pod number,





good overall appearance




F4
Sample of seed from each F3 line bulked and
Winter
Yuma, AZ



planted in a winter nursery. Single plant





selections, selection criteria included early





maturity, short stature, increased





branching, increased pod number,





overall good appearance




F5
Sample of seed from each F4 line bulked and
Spring
Bozeman, MT



planted in duplicated plots in a spring nursery





Population selected based on grain yield





performance and same attributes specified





above




F6
Seed increase and seed purification
Spring
Bozeman, MT



in isolation field





Multilocation yield evaluation trials

Bozeman, MT; Havre, MT



Seed oil quality evaluations

Moccasin, MT


F7
Seed increase
Winter
Chile



Yield evaluation trial

Yuma, AZ



Seed oil quality evaluations





Multilocation yield evaluation trials
Spring
Bozeman, MT; Carrington, ND



Seed oil quality evaluations

Dusty, WA; Havre, MT





Lingle, WY; Moccasin, MT;





Pendelton, OR
















TABLE 5







Specifics on field evaluations of ‘SO-60’












Total seasonal
Average monthly




water available†
temperature‡


Site
Latitude and Longitude
mm
° F.





Bozeman, MT, 2009
45° 47′ N, 111° 20′ W
264
52


Bozeman, MT, 2010
45° 41′ N, 111° 13′ W
305
52


Carrington, ND, 2010
47° 31′ N, 99° 07′ W
427
55


Dusty, WA, 2010
46° 47′ N, 117° 41′ W
358
57


Havre, MT, 2009
48° 29′ N, 109° 48′ W
184
50


Havre, MT, 2010
48° 29′ N, 109° 48′ W
261
51


Lingle, WY, 2010
42° 08′ N, 104° 20′ W
358
57


Moccasin, MT, 2009
47° 03′ N, 109° 57′ W
288
48


Moccasin, MT, 2010
47° 03′ N, 109° 57′ W
363
49


Pendleton, OR, 2010
45° 43′ N, 118° 37′ W
304
56


Yuma, AZ, 2009/2010
32° 34′ N, 114° 42′ W
427
79





†Amount of water from seasonal precipitation (November previous year to July seasonal year) except for Bozeman, MT 2010 and Yuma, AZ 2009/2010 where water from irrigation equivalent to 15 mm and 337 mm of water, respectively, was applied.


‡Average monthly temperature for the period March-July.






The invented variety reaches 50% flowering at 66 days after planting (range of 55 and 86 days after planting) and matures 105 days after planting (range of 103 to 109 days after planting), phenological periods that are very similar to those observed for ‘Calera’, ‘Blaine Creek’ and ‘SO-30’ (Tables 6 and 7).







TABLE 6







Days to 50% flowering of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties

























Mean %











compared



Bozeman
Havre
Yuma
Bozeman
Dusty
Havre
Lingle

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
Average
Creek



















SO-60
55
66
86
55
72
65
66
66
98.5% 


Calena
55
67
87
56
74
66
67
67
100%


Blaine
55
66
86
55
73
65
66
67
100%


Creek











SO-30
55
67
87
56
73
69
68
68
101.5%  
















TABLE 7







Days to maturity of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties



















Mean %








compared



Bozeman
Havre
Dusty
Havre

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2010
2010
Average
Creek
















SO-60
105
103
109
102
105
100%


Calena
104
103
110
104
105
100%


Blaine
105
102
110
103
105
100%


Creek








SO-30
104
103
111
107
106
100.9%  









‘SO-60’ produces an average grain yield of 1712 Lbs/ac (1059 Lbs/ac to 2414 Lbs/ac), which is higher than the average yields produced by the control varieties (1657 Lbs/ac, 1635 Lbs/ac, and 1679 Lbs/ac for ‘Calena’, ‘Blaine Creek’ and ‘SO-30’, respectively (Table 8). In addition, the variation of grain yield in response to environmental fluctuations, measured by the standard deviation across environments, is small in ‘SO-60’ relative to the control varieties. Consistent with these observations, ‘SO-60’ can be considered a high yielding, highly stable variety.







TABLE 8





Grain yield (Lbs/ac) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties
























Bozeman
Havre
Moccasin
Yuma
Bozeman
Carrington
Dusty
Havre


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010





SO-60
2414
2208
1668
1507
1078
2179
1059
1860


Calena
2508
1960
1713
1476
859
1926
987
2011


Blaine
2495
2048
1388
1282
852
2046
960
1992


Creek










SO-30
2559
1902
1718
1308
1077
2077
952
2145
























Mean %









compared




Moccasin
Lingle
Pendleton


to Blaine



Variety
2010
2010
2010
Average
SD
Creek






SO-60
1848
1497
1518
1712
442
107.5%



Calena
1956
1439
1392
1657
484
101.3%



Blaine
1792
1497
1639
1635
501
  100%



Creek









SO-30
1947
1324
1457
1679
498
102.7%









In regard to other agronomic characteristics, ‘SO-60’ has an average height of 33 inches (ranging from 29 to 41 inches) which is very similar to that observed in the each of the controls (Table 9). Thus, ‘SO-60’ can be considered a mid-size variety.







TABLE 9







Plant height (inches) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties



























Mean %












compared



Bozeman
Havre
Moccasin
Carrington
Dusty
Havre
Lingle
Moccasin

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
Average
Creek




















SO-60
35
35
29
31
32
35
29
41
33
103.1%


Calena
35
33
29
31
32
35
28
41
33
103.1%


Blaine
34
32
28
31
31
34
29
40
32
  100%


Creek












SO-30
36
33
26
31
32
36
30
40
33
103.1%









The average seed filling period is 40 days (ranging from 37 to 49 days) which is the same as that observed for the control materials (Table 10).







TABLE 10







Seed filling (days) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties



















Mean %








compared



Bozeman
Havre
Dusty
Havre

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2010
2010
Average
Creek
















SO-60
49
37
37
37
40
100%


Calena
50
36
37
38
40
100%


Blaine
50
36
37
37
40
100%


Creek








SO-30
49
36
38
39
41
102.5%  









‘SO-60’ produces seed that have an average weight of 1.40 g/1000 which is slightly higher than that observed for the control materials (ranging from 1.23 to 1.29 g/1000) (Table 11). Average test weight is 52.3 Lbs/Bu (with a range of 51.3 Lbs/Bu to 54.7 Lbs/Bu) which is very similar to those observed in the control varieties (ranging from 52.8 Lbs/Bu to 53.4 Lbs/Bu) (Table 12).
In relation to oil quality attributes, the average amount of oil contained in the seeds of ‘SO-60’ corresponds to 36.96% (range of 32.53% to 40.59%) which is very similar to the average amount observed in the seeds of the control varieties (36.86% to 37.49%) (Table 13), thus ‘SO-60’ can be considered a variety with average seed oil content. ‘SO-60’ produces an average oil yield of 642 Lbs/ac (range of 378 Lbs/ac to 976 Lb/ac) which is higher than the average amount produced by the control varieties (range of 611 Lbs/ac to 625 Lbs/ac) (Table 14), thus it can be considered a highly oil productive variety.
The seeds of the invented variety exhibit a fatty acid profile that is very similar to that observed in the seeds of the control varieties (Table 15).







TABLE 11







Seed weight (g/1000) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties





























Mean %













compared



Bozeman
Havre
Moccasin
Bozeman
Carrington
Dusty
Lingle
Moccasin
Pendleton

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
Average
Creek





SO-60
1.45
1.44
1.11
1.47
1.57
1.39
1.47
1.31
1.38
1.40
113.8%


Calena
1.29
1.23
1.03
1.33
1.44
1.23
1.37
1.28
1.23
1.27
103.3%


Blaine
1.26
1.21
0.95
1.32
1.37
1.19
1.30
1.27
1.19
1.23
  100%


Creek













SO-30
1.27
1.28
1.10
1.37
1.49
1.28
1.31
1.23
1.25
1.29
104.9%
















TABLE 12







Test weight (Lbs/Bu) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties



























Mean %












compared



Bozeman
Havre
Moccasin
Yuma
Bozeman
Carrington
Havre
Moccasin

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
Average
Creek





SO-60
52.5
51.8
51.3
54.7
52.5
52.5
51.5
51.6
52.3
 99.1%


Calena
52.6
52.6
51.9
55.0
53.6
52.4
52.6
52.5
52.9
100.2%


Blaine
52.8
52.1
51.9
54.9
53.3
52.6
52.6
52.7
52.8
  100%


Creek












SO-30
53.8
52.7
52.7
55.7
53.6
53.0
52.5
53.0
53.4
101.1%
















TABLE 13







Seed oil content (%) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties































Mean %














compared



Bozeman
Havre
Moccasin
Yuma
Bozeman
Carrington
Dusty
Moccasin
Lingle
Pendleton

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
Average
Creek






















SO-60
40.41
39.59
33.76
35.99
40.59
38.82
35.77
36.46
32.53
35.64
36.96
98.6%


Calena
40.97
39.79
33.52
36.56
39.81
38.98
33.65
36.95
31.84
36.56
36.86
98.3%


Blaine
40.85
39.89
34.44
36.45
40.37
38.58
36.83
38.32
33.00
36.15
37.49
 100%


Creek














SO-30
40.30
40.00
35.08
35.98
39.02
38.34
37.25
36.05
32.82
36.19
37.10
99.0%
















TABLE 14







Seed oil yield (Lbs/ac) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties





























Mean %













compared



Bozeman
Havre
Moccasin
Bozeman
Carrington
Dusty
Lingle
Moccasin
Pendleton

to Blaine


Variety
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
Average
Creek





















SO-60
976
872
564
437
845
378
487
675
542
642
103.7%


Calena
1027
779
577
341
751
331
459
723
509
611
 98.7%


Blaine
1020
816
478
344
789
353
494
687
592
619
  100%


Creek













SO-30
1031
760
603
420
795
354
436
701
527
625
101.0%
















TABLE 15







Fatty acid composition from seed oil (%) of ‘SO-60’ and popular camelina varieties





















%

%

%

%

%

%




compared

compared

compared

compared

compared

compared



Palmitic
to Blaine
Oleic
to Blaine
Linoleic
to Blaine
Linolenic
to Blaine
Eicosenoic
to Blaine
Erucic
to Blaine


Variety
(C16:0)
Creek
(C18:1)
Creek
(C18:2)
Creek
(C18:3)
Creek
(C20:1)
Creek
(C22:1)
Creek





SO-60
6.06
103.2%
17.65
101.1%
18.95
 99.6%
35.69
100.4%
13.78
98.4%
0.16
123.1%


Calena
6.06
100.5%
15.66
15.66
19.11
100.4%
36.91
103.9%
13.72
97.9%
0.14
107.7%


Blaine
6.03
  100%
17.45
17.45
19.03
  100%
35.54
  100%
14.01
  100%
0.13
  100%


Creek














SO-30
6.27
104.0%
15.53
15.53
21.96
115.4%
34.85
 98.1%
13.06
93.2%
0.17
130.7%









In view of the many possible embodiments to which the principles of the disclosed invention may be applied, it should be recognized that the illustrated embodiments are only examples and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.
All publications, patents, and patent publications cited are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety for all purposes.
The publications discussed herein are provided solely for their disclosure prior to the filing date of the present application. Nothing herein is to be construed as an admission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate such publication by virtue of prior invention.
While the invention has been described in connection with specific embodiments thereof, it will be understood that it is capable of further modifications and this application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains and as may be applied to the essential features hereinbefore set forth and as follows in the scope of the appended claims.
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## Claims

1. A seed of Camelina sativa (L.) variety designated ‘SO-60’, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481.

2. A Camelina sativa (L.) plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 1.

3. A Camelina sativa (L.) plant, or a part thereof, having the physiological and morphological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’, wherein a representative sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481.

4. A tissue culture of regenerable cells produced from the plant or plant part of claim 2.

5. The tissue culture of claim 4, wherein said cells of the tissue culture are produced from a plant part selected from the group consisting of embryos, meristematic cells, leaves, pollen, root, root tips, sterns, anther, pistils, pods, flowers, and seeds.

6. A Camelina sativa (L.) plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 5, said plant having the morphological and physiological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’, wherein a representative sample of seed has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481.

7. A method for producing a Camelina seed comprising crossing a first parent Camelina plant with a second parent Camelina plant and harvesting the resultant hybrid bean seed, wherein said first parent Camelina plant or second parent Camelina plant is the Camelina sativa (L.) plant of claim 2.

8. A hybrid Camelina seed produced by the method of claim 7.

9. A method for producing an herbicide resistant Camelina plant comprising transforming the Camelina sativa (L.) plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers herbicide resistance to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine, and benzonitrile.

10. An herbicide resistant Camelina plant, or a part thereof, produced by the method of claim 9.

11. A method for producing an insect resistant Camelina plant comprising transforming the Camelina sativa (L.) plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers insect resistance.

12. An insect resistant Camelina plant, or a part thereof, produced by the method of claim 11.

13. A method for producing a disease resistant Camelina plant comprising transforming the Camelina sativa (L.) plant of claim 2 with a transgene that confers disease resistance.

14. A disease resistant Camelina plant, or a part thereof, produced by the method of claim 13.

15. A method of introducing a desired trait into Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ comprising:
(a) crossing a Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ plant grown from Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ seed, wherein a representative sample of seed has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-11481, with another Camelina plant that comprises a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants;
(b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the desired trait to produce selected progeny plants;
(c) crossing the selected progeny plants with the Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ plants to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ to produce selected backcross progeny plants; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times in succession to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and the physiological and morphological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’.

16. A Camelina plant produced by the method of claim 15, wherein the plant has the desired trait and the physiological and morphological characteristics of Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’.

17. A method for producing Camelina sativa (L.) variety ‘SO-60’ seed comprising crossing a first parent Camelina sativa (L.) plant with a second parent Camelina sativa (L.) plant and harvesting the resultant Camelina sativa (L.) seed, wherein both said first and second Camelina sativa (L.) plants are the Camelina sativa (L.) plant of claim 4.

18. The Camelina plant of claim 16, wherein the desired trait is herbicide resistance and the resistance is conferred to an herbicide selected from the group consisting of imidazolinone, sulfonylurea, glyphosate, glufosinate, L-phosphinothricin, triazine, and benzonitrile.

19. The Camelina plant of claim 16, wherein the desired trait is insect resistance and the insect resistance is conferred by a transgene encoding a Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin.

20. The Camelina plant of claim 16, wherein the desired trait is selected from the group consisting of insect resistance, disease resistance, water stress tolerance, heat tolerance, improved shelf life, and improved nutritional quality.