Monsanto Technology LLC

Oscar Heredia

Paul C C Feng

Rebecca A Kelly

Jintai Huang

Carl W Garnaat

Youlin Qi

Martin A Stoecker

Agustin E Fonseca

Arnold A Rosielle

Paul CC Feng

The invention provides transgenic maize event MON 87427 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products derived from event MON 87427. The invention also provides nucleotides specific for transgenic maize event MON 87427 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising nucleotides specific for transgenic maize event MON 87427. The invention also provides methods related to transgenic maize event MON 87427 and to the Roundup&#xae; Hybridization System (RHS). The invention also provides a Relative Development Scale useful for monitoring and determining reproductive development in maize that reconciles developmental differences across various maize varieties. This is useful for determining the optimal timing of a treatment regimen in which tassel development stage is an important factor, including various methods in making hybrid seed.

Transgenic maize event MON 87427 and the relative development scale

The present invention provides a method of herbicide treatment of selected female and male parents in a hybrid seed production system. The system results in enhanced trait purity and efficiency in the hybrid seed production system.

Method to enhance yield and purity of hybrid crops

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High Hill, MO, United States of America

Oscar Heredia