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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Ty Jason Barten, Ankeny, IA (US);
Alana N. Brown, St. Louis, MO (US);
Edward James Cargill, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Romain Fouquet, Saint-Palais, FR;
Jose Rafael Gomez, Zapopan, MX;
Matthew Sean Marengo, Cary, NC (US);
Manuel Oyervides Garcia, El Palomar, MX;
Jeanette M. Peevers, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Dennis Hung Yang, Ballwin, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding. The disclosure provides methods for breeding corn plants having a brachytic trait using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides brachytic germplasm, markers associated with a brachytic trait for introgressing the trait into elite germplasm in a breeding program. This disclosure also provides brachytic or dwarf elite corn varieties having yield equal to or higher than conventional non-brachytic corn varieties.