# US 11,997,967 B2 · Barley cultivar BG 2020 > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,997,967 B2 - Document ID: US11997967B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/538,360 - Filed: 2021-11-30 - Published: 2023-06-01 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-30 - Assignees: Highland Specialty Grains, Inc. - Applicants: Highland Specialty Grains, Inc. - Inventors: Christine Elizabeth Fastnaught - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11997967B2 ## CPC - A01H 6/4624: {Hordeum vulgarus [barley]} - A01H 5/10: Seeds - A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES ## Abstract A barley cultivar, designated BG 2020, is disclosed. The disclosure relates to seeds, plants, and derivatives of barley cultivar BG 2020, and methods for producing a barley plant by crossing BG 2020 with itself or another barley variety. The disclosure also relates to barley varieties or breeding varieties and plant parts derived from barley BG 2020, to methods for producing other barley varieties, lines, or plant parts derived from barley BG 2020, and to the barley plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The disclosure further relates to hybrid barley seeds and plants produced by crossing barley cultivar BG 2020 with another barley cultivar. The disclosure relates to methods for developing other barley varieties or breeding lines derived from variety BG 2020, including cell and tissue cultures and haploid systems. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plant of barley cultivar BG 2020, wherein a sample of seed of the barley cultivar BG 2020 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127705. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A plant part of the plant of claim 1, wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of the plant. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The plant part of claim 2, further defined as head, awn, leaf, pollen, ovule, embryo, cotyledon, hypocotyl, meristematic cell, root, root tip, pistil, anther, floret, seed, pericarp, spike, stem, or callus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A seed from the plant of claim 1. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A tissue culture produced from the plant part of claim 3. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A barley plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 5. ### Claim 7 A seed of barley cultivar BG 2020, a representative sample of the seed of the barley cultivar BG 2020 was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127705. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A barley plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 7. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A method of producing a barley seed comprising crossing two barley plants and harvesting the resultant barley seed, wherein at least one barley plant is the barley plant of claim 8. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A barley seed produced by the method of claim 9, wherein the seed comprises all morphological and physiological characteristics of barley cultivar BG 2020. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A barley plant, or a part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 10. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the method comprises crossing the plant of barley cultivar BG 2020 with a second, distinct barley plant to produce an F1 hybrid barley seed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, comprising: (a) crossing a plant grown from the F1 hybrid barley seed with itself or a different barley plant to produce a seed of a first progeny plant of a second generation; (b) growing a plant from the seed of the first progeny plant of the second generation and crossing the first progeny plant of the second generation with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of a second progeny plant of a third generation; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) using the second progeny plant of the third generation from step (b) in place of the plant grown from the F1 hybrid barley seed in step (a), wherein steps (a) and (b) are repeated with sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred barley plant derived from the barley cultivar BG 2020 that comprises all morphological and physiological characteristics of barley cultivar BG 2020. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) A composition comprising the seed of claim 7 comprised in plant seed growth media. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The composition of claim 14, wherein the growth media is soil or a synthetic cultivation medium. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising collecting a commodity plant product from the plant of claim 1. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the commodity plant product is grain, flour, bran, baked goods, cereals, pasta, beverages, malts, or medicines. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The barley commodity plant product produced by the method of claim 17, wherein the commodity plant product comprises at least one cell of barley cultivar BG 2020. ### Claim 19 A plant produced by introducing a single locus conversion into barley cultivar BG 2020, or a selfed progeny thereof comprising the single locus conversion, wherein the single locus conversion is introduced into the barley cultivar BG 2020 by backcrossing or genetic transformation and wherein a sample of seed of barley cultivar BG 2020 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-127705, wherein the plant otherwise comprises all morphological and physiological characteristics of barley cultivar BG 2020. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The plant of claim 19, wherein the single locus conversion comprises a transgene. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) A seed that produces the plant of claim 19. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The seed of claim 21, wherein the single locus confers male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, abiotic stress resistance, altered seed amino acid composition, site-specific genetic recombination, modified carbohydrate metabolism, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The seed of claim 22, wherein the single locus confers tolerance to glyphosate, sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, dicamba, glufosinate, phenoxy proprionic acid, L-phosphinothricin, cyclohexone, cyclohexanedione, triazine, benzonitrile, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The seed of claim 21, wherein the single locus conversion comprises a transgene.