Herbicide resistant rice

A process for controlling weeds in the vicinity of a rice plant, said process comprising applying a herbicide to the weeds and to the rice plant, wherein:

• (a) the growth of the rice plant is resistant to inhibition by one or more of the following herbicides, at levels of herbicide that would normally inhibit the growth of a rice plant:
• imazethapyr, imazaquin, primisulfuron, nicosulfuron, sulfometuron, imazapyr, imazameth, imazamox, or a derivative of any of these herbicides;
• and
• (b) the rice plant is a derivative of the plant with ATCC accession number 75295;
• (c) the rice plant has the herbicide resistance characteristics of the plant with ATCC accession number 75295;
• (d) the plant expresses a mutant acetohydroxyacid synthase that is resistant to inhibition by one or more of the following herbicides, at levels of herbicide that would inhibit a wild-type acetohydroxyacid synthase:
• imazethapyr, imazaquin, primisulfuron, nicosulfuron, sulfometuron, imazapyr, imazameth, imazamox, or a derivative of any of these herbicides;
• and
• (e) the herbicide comprises imazethapyr, imazaquin, primisulfuron, nicosulfuron, sulfometuron, imazapyr, imazameth, imazamox, or a derivative of any of these herbicides.

A rice plant wherein:

• (a) the growth of said plant is resistant to inhibition by one or more of the following herbicides, at levels of herbicide that would normally inhibit the growth of a rice plant:
• metsulfuron methyl, tribenuron methyl, thifensulfuron methyl, chlorsulfuron, chlorimuron ethyl, Express, imazamethabenz methyl, or a derivative of any of these herbicides;
• and
• (b) said plant is a derivative of the plant with ATCC accession number 75295;
• (c) said plant has the herbicide resistance characteristics of the plant with ATCC accession number 75295;
• and
• (d) said plant expresses a mutant acetohydroxyacid synthase that is resistant to inhibition by one or more of the following herbicides, at levels of herbicide that would inhibit a wild-type acetohydroxyacid synthase:
• metsulfuron methyl, tribenuron methyl, thifensulfuron methyl, chlorsulfuron, chlorimuron ethyl, Express, imazamethabenz methyl, or a derivative of any of these herbicides.

A process for controlling weeds in the vicinity of a rice plant, said process comprising applying a herbicide to the weeds and to the rice plant, wherein:

• (a) the growth of the rice plant is resistant to inhibition by one or more of the following herbicides, at levels of herbicide that would normally inhibit the growth of a rice plant:
• metsulfuron methyl, tribenuron methyl, thifensulfuron methyl, chlorsulfuron, chlorimuron ethyl, Express, imazamethabenz methyl, or a derivative of any of these herbicides;
• and
• (b) the rice plant is a derivative of the plant with ATCC accession number 75295;
• (c) the rice plant has the herbicide resistance characteristics of the plant with ATCC accession number 75295;
• (d) the plant expresses a mutant acetohydroxyacid synthase that is resistant to inhibition by one or more of the following herbicides, at levels of herbicide that would inhibit a wild-type acetohydroxyacid synthase:
• metsulfuron methyl, tribenuron methyl, thifensulfuron methyl, chlorsulfuron, chlorimuron ethyl, Express, imazamethabenz methyl, or a derivative of any of these herbicides;
• and
• (e) the herbicide comprises metsulfuron methyl, tribenuron methyl, thifensulfuron methyl, chlorsulfuron, chlorimuron ethyl, Express, imazamethabenz methyl, or a derivative of any of these herbicides.