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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
David Butruille, Des Moines, IA (US);
Gilberto Pozar, Minas Gerais, BR;
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); A01H 1/04 (2006.01); A01H 1/02 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6895 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6895 (2013.01); A01H 1/02 (2013.01); A01H 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. More specifically, the invention includes a method for breeding corn plants containing quantitative trait loci that are associated with resistance to gray leaf spot, a fungal disease associated withspp. The invention further includes germplasm and the use of germplasm containing quantitative trait loci (QTL) conferring disease resistance for introgression into elite germplasm in a breeding program for resistance to gray leaf spot.