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US00961553OB2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,615,530 B2 May (45) Date of Patent: Apr. 11, 2017 (54) COTTON VARIETY 14R938B2XF 7,855,326 B2 12/2010 Feng et al. 7,858,764 B1 12/2010 Huberet al. (71) Applicant: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, 7,939,721 B2 5/2011 Arnevik et al. St. Louis, MO (US) 8,071,735 B2 12/2011 Cerny et al. s 8,119,380 B2 2/2012 Weeks et al. 8.420,888 B2 4/2013 Feng et al. (72) Inventor: O. Lloyd May, Tifton, GA (US) 8,435,743 B2 5/2013 Cerny et al. 8,629,323 B2 1/2014 Weeks et al. (73) Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, 8,735,661 B2 5 2014 Brinker et al. MO (US) 9,024,115 B2 5, 2015 Brinker et al. 9,133,473 B2 9/2015 Huber et al. 9,179,620 B2 11/2015 Ma (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 2012/03 11730 A1* 12/2012 NE . A23D 9.00 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 800,260 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (21) Appl. 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(57) ABSTRACT 6943.2826.893.826 BiB1 9,5, 2005 HillvardNE et al. The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 6949,696 B2 9, 2005 Fincher et al. 14R938B2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, 7,022,896 B1 4/2006 Weeks et al. plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 7,064.249 B2 6/2006 Corbinet al. 14R938B2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods 7,105,729 B2 9/2006 Mitchell et al. of using cotton variety 14R938B2XF and products derived 7,112,665 B1 9/2006 Leemans et al. therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are meth 7,112,725 B2 9, 2006 Fincher et al. ds f duci 1 b h 7,141,722 B2 11/2006 Fincher et al. O s or produc1ng cotton p ants by crossing the cotton 7,223,907 B2 5, 2007 Huber et al. variety 14R938B2XF with itself or another cotton variety 7,381,861 B2 6/2008 Cerny et al. and plants and seeds produced by Such methods. 7,770,830 B1 8/2010 Langenecker et al. 7,812,224 B2 10/2010 Weeks et al. 22 Claims, No Drawings US 9,615,530 B2 1. 2 COTTON VARIETY 14R938B2XF as one parent, the second generation (F) hybrid cotton plant grown from the seed of the F hybrid plant, and the seeds of This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional the F hybrid plant. application No. 62/095,531, filed Dec. 22, 2014, which is In a further aspect of the invention, a composition is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety. 5 provided comprising a seed of cotton variety 14R938B2XF comprised in plant seed growth media. In certain embodi BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ments, the plant seed growth media is a soil or synthetic cultivation medium. In specific embodiments, the growth 1. Field of the Invention medium may be comprised in a container or may, for The present invention relates generally to the field of 10 example, be soil in a field. Plant seed growth media are well known to those of skill in the art and include, but are in no cotton breeding. In particular, the invention relates to the way limited to, Soil or synthetic cultivation medium. Advan novel cotton variety 14R938B2XF. tageously, plant seed growth media can provide adequate 2. Description of Related Art physical Support for seeds and can retain moisture and/or The goal of a commercial cotton breeding program is to 15 nutritional components. Examples of characteristics for soils develop new, unique and Superior cotton varieties. In cotton, that may be desirable in certain embodiments can be found, important traits include higher fiber (lint) yield, earlier for instance, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,932,166 and 4,707,176. maturity, improved fiber quality, resistance to diseases and Synthetic plant cultivation media are also well known in the insects, tolerance to drought and heat, and improved agro art and may, in certain embodiments, comprise polymers or nomic traits. The breeder initially selects and crosses two or hydrogels. Examples of such compositions are described, for more parental lines, followed by generation advancement example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4.241,537. Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of and selection, thus producing many new genetic combina producing cotton seeds comprising crossing a plant of the tions. The breeder can theoretically generate billions of cotton variety 14R938B2XF to any second cotton plant, different genetic combinations via this procedure. including itself or another plant of the variety 14R938B2XF. 25 In particular embodiments of the invention, the method of SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION crossing comprises the steps of a) planting seeds of the cotton variety 14R938B2XF; b) cultivating cotton plants One aspect of the present invention relates to seed of the resulting from said seeds until said plants bear flowers; c) cotton variety 14R938B2XF. The invention also relates to allowing fertilization of the flowers of said plants; and, d) plants produced by growing the seed of the cotton variety 30 harvesting seeds produced from said plants. 14R938B2XF, as well as the derivatives of such plants. As Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method of used herein, the term “plant' includes plant cells, plant producing hybrid cotton seeds comprising crossing the cot ton variety 14R938B2XF to a second, distinct cotton plant protoplasts, plant cells of a tissue culture from which cotton which is nonisogenic to the cotton variety 14R938B2XF. In plants can be regenerated, plant calli, plant clumps, and plant particular embodiments of the invention, the crossing com cells that are intact in plants or parts of plants. Such as pollen, 35 prises the steps of a) planting seeds of cotton variety flowers, seeds, bolls, leaves, stems, and the like. 14R938B2XF and a second, distinct cotton plant, b) culti Another aspect of the invention relates to a tissue culture Vating the cotton plants grown from the seeds until the plants of regenerable cells of the cotton variety 14R938B2XF, as bear flowers; c) cross pollinating a flower on one of the two well as plants regenerated therefrom, wherein the regener plants with the pollen of the other plant, and d) harvesting ated cotton plant expresses all the physiological and mor 40 the seeds resulting from the cross pollinating. Still yet another aspect of the invention is a method for phological characteristics of a plant grown from the cotton developing a cotton plant in a cotton breeding program seed designated 14R938B2XF.