According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH837643. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH837643, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH837643 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH837643.

A novel maize variety designated X85F776 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85F776 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85F776 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X85F776, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85F776. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85F776.

A novel soybean variety, designated XBP22008R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP22008R, cells from soybean variety XBP22008R, plants of soybean XBP22008R, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP22008R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP22008R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP22008R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP22008R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP22008R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP22008R are further provided.

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063921. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063921. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063921 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063921 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.

A novel soybean variety, designated XBP18011R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP18011R, cells from soybean variety XBP18011R, plants of soybean XBP18011R, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP18011R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP18011R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP18011R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP18011R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP18011R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP18011R are further provided.

The present invention provides a seed blend comprising pesticidal seed and refuge seed, wherein plants grown from the pesticidal seed type do not pollinate or have reduced pollination of plants grown from the refuge seed type when the seed blend is planted. Methods for deploying the seed blend and for reducing cross-pollination between plants grown from the pesticidal seed and refuge seed are also provided.

Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.

The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions fmd use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

The present invention refers to the next-generation three genes cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) expressing chloroplast-targeted herbicide tolerant gene resistant to broad and narrow-leaved weedicide sprays and two B. thuringiensis insecticidal genes δ-endotoxin Cry2A and vegetative insecticidal protein gene VIP3A. Both Cry2A and VIP3A genes have different modes of action in controlling a wide spectrum of lepidopteron insect pests, therefore, likely risk of pest resistance will be minimized which is a prevalent problem with single gene Bt cotton expressing Cry1Ac in Pakistan. The invention comprises novel nucleic acid segments encoding proteins comprising herbicide tolerance, Cry2A and VIP3A insecticidal toxins. The polynucleotide segments are revealed, as are Agro-bacterium-mediated transformation vectors holding the nucleic acid segments, plants transformed with claimed segments, methods for transforming plants, and methods for controlling plant infestation by pests.