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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Douglas S. Nubel, Bloomington, IL (US);
Optimum Quality Grains, LLC, Johnston, IA (US);
Abstract
A synthetic hybrid corn plant having the designation P68, produced by crossing two proprietary Optimum Quality Grain, L.L.C. maize synthetics, P41.1B-Lancaster and P58.1wx-Reid. P68 has the unique property of imparting high oil levels in the grain of certain normal and male sterile hybrids when used as a pollinator. P68 is characterized by excellent cold tolerant seedling vigor for rapid emergence in cold soils and excellent early-season adaptability facilitating nicking with early maize hybrids to condition fast dry-down and superior grain quality in the grain arising from the recipient female grain parent. This invention thus relates to the seeds, plants and plant parts of P68, to a tissue culture of P68, to a method of producing P68, to seed corn blends comprising P68, and to a method for producing grain using P68 as a pollinator.