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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2011
Patrick S. Schnable, Ames, IA (US);
Jinliang Yang, Ames, IA (US);
Ruth A. Swanson-wagner, The Hague, NL;
Dan Nettleton, Ames, IA (US);
Patrick S. Schnable, Ames, IA (US);
Jinliang Yang, Ames, IA (US);
Ruth A. Swanson-Wagner, The Hague, NL;
Dan Nettleton, Ames, IA (US);
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for determining an ear productivity trait in maize, which involves analyzing genomic DNA from a maize plant, germplasm, pollen, or seed for the presence of a molecular marker linked to a QTL associated with an ear productivity trait in maize. Also disclosed are methods of selecting a maize plant with a desired ear productivity trait; reliably and predictably introgressing an improved ear productivity trait into a maize line; and producing a maize line having a desired ear productivity trait. A kit for selecting a maize plant by marker assisted selection of a QTL associated with a desired ear productivity trait; an isolated nucleic acid comprising a QTL associated with an ear productivity trait in maize; and a transgenic plant comprising a recombinant nucleic acid genetically linked to a locus in maize, are also disclosed.