ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,842, issued on June 3, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Soybean variety 5PLKD89" was invented by Andrea Beth Kalvig (Waukee, Iowa), Leslie Charles Kuhlman (Lawrence, Kan.) and Donald Kyle (Princeton, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLKD89 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLKD89, cells from soybean variety 5PLKD89, plants of soybean 5PLKD89, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLKD89. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLKD89 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transg...