E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Kenneth Joseph Leto

Daniel P O'Keefe

Caroline Dean

James Francis Ulrich

James A Romesser

Patricia A Harder

Charles A Omer

James M Tepperman

Jon L Geadelmann

This invention relates to corn ( L.) seed and grain having a significantly higher oleic acid content than conventional corn by virtue of heritable genes for increased oil and oleic acid content and/or lowered levels of linoleic acid. The present invention also relates to the production of high oil, high oleic grain, its oil, its progeny and its uses.

Corn plants and products with improved oil composition

This invention relates to corn (,L.) seed and grain having a significantly higher oleic acid content than conventional corn by virtue of heritable genes for increased oil and oleic acid content and/or lowered levels of linoleic acid. The present invention also relates to the production of high oil, high oleic grain, its oil, its progeny and its use.

An inbred corn line, designated QH101, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line QH101, to the plants of inbred corn line QH101 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line QH101 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line QH101 with another corn line.

Inbred corn line QH101

DNA sequences encoding herbicide metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes and iron-sulfur proteins that donate electrons to these enzymes, were introduced into plants and microorganisms rendering them able to produce the encoded gene products and to metabolize herbicides.

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West Des Moines, IA, United States of America

Kenneth Joseph Leto