Rice cultivar cl181-ar

Abstract

A rice cultivar designated CL181-AR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar CL181-AR, to the plants of rice CL181-AR, to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar CL181-AR with itself or another rice variety, and to methods for controlling weeds in the vicinity of plants of rice cultivar CL181-AR, which comprises increased resistance to acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar CL181-AR with another rice cultivar.

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         44 . A method for controlling weeds in the vicinity of rice, comprising contacting the rice with an herbicide, wherein said rice is (a) rice cultivar CL181-AR or (b) a hybrid, derivative, or progeny of rice cultivar CL181-AR that expresses the imidazolinone herbicide resistance characteristics of rice cultivar CL181-AR, and wherein a representative sample of seed of rice cultivar CL181-AR was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-10948. 
     
     
         45 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein the herbicide is an herbicide imidazolinone, a sulfonylurea herbicide, or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         46 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein the rice is a rice plant and said contacting comprises applying the herbicide in the vicinity of the rice plant. 
     
     
         47 . The method according to  claim 46 , wherein said herbicide is applied to weeds in the vicinity of the rice plant. 
     
     
         48 . The method according to  claim 44 , wherein the rice is a rice seed and said contacting comprises applying the herbicide to the rice seed. 
     
     
         49 . A method for treating rice, comprising contacting the rice with an agronomically acceptable composition, wherein said rice is (a) rice cultivar CL181-AR or (b) a hybrid, derivative, or progeny of rice cultivar CL181-AR that expresses the imidazolinone herbicide resistance characteristics of rice cultivar CL181-AR, and wherein a representative sample of seed of rice cultivar CL181-AR was deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-10948. 
     
     
         50 . The method according to  claim 49 , wherein the agronomically acceptable composition comprises at least one agronomically acceptable active ingredient. 
     
     
         51 . The method according to  claim 50 , wherein the agronomically acceptable active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of fungicides, insecticides, antibiotics, stress tolerance-enhancing compounds, growth promoters, herbicides, molluscicides, rodenticides, and animal repellants, and combinations thereof.