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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2009
Ada Ching, Wilmington, DE (US);
J. Antoni Rafalski, Wilmington, DE (US);
Stanley Luck, Wilmington, DE (US);
Marymar Goncalves Butruille, Des Moines, IA (US);
Ada Ching, Wilmington, DE (US);
J. Antoni Rafalski, Wilmington, DE (US);
Stanley Luck, Wilmington, DE (US);
Marymar Goncalves Butruille, Des Moines, IA (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying and for selecting maize plants with mechanical stalk strength characteristics. The methods use molecular markers to identify and select plants with increased mechanical stalk strength or to identify and counter-select plants with decreased mechanical stalk strength. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.