This invention relates to plant breeding and the protection of plants from
insects. More specifically, this invention includes novel transformation
events of cotton plants comprising one or more polynucleotide sequences,
as described herein, inserted into specific site(s) within the genome of
a cotton cell. In highly preferred embodiments, said polynucleotide
sequences encode "stacked" Cry1F and Cry1Ac lepidopteran insect
inhibitory proteins. However, the subject invention includes plants
having single cry1F or cry1Ac events, as described herein. Additionally,
the invention is related to cotton plants derived from that
transformation event and to assays for detecting the presence of the
event in a sample. More specifically, the present invention provides DNA
and related assays for detecting the presence of certain
insect-resistance events in cotton. The assays are based on the DNA
sequences of recombinant constructs inserted into the cotton genome and
of the genomic sequences flanking the insertion sites. These sequences
are unique. Based on these insert and border sequences, event-specific
primers were generated. PCR analysis demonstrated that these cotton lines
can be identified in different cotton genotypes by analysis of the PCR
amplicons generated with these event-specific primer sets. Thus, these
and other related procedures can be used to uniquely identify these
cotton lines. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are
also provided. These materials and methods can also be used to assist
breeding programs to further develop traits in cotton.