Patent ID: 11864522
Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Food chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH011018, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) introducing at least said heritable trait into a first inbred corn variety CV733466, a second inbred corn variety CV434644, or both inbred corn varieties CV733466 and CV434644 to produce plants of said inbred corn varieties that heritably carry said heritable trait, wherein said heritable trait is introduced into said inbred corn varieties by backcrossing, wherein said backcrossing is sufficient to produce an inbred corn variety further comprising said heritable trait, and wherein representative seeds of said inbred corn varieties CV733466 and CV434644 are deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-124487 and ATCC Accession No. PTA-126170, respectively; and
(b) producing a plant of hybrid corn variety CH011018 further comprising said heritable trait by crossing a plant of said first or said second inbred corn variety that heritably carries said heritable trait with a plant of a different inbred corn variety selected from a group consisting of inbred corn varieties CV733466 and CV434644, or crossing a plant of said first inbred corn variety and a plant of said second inbred corn variety that both heritably carry said heritable trait.