Patent ID: 9738940
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A01H,C12Q

Claim:
1. A method of producing a maize plant with reduced grain moisture, the method comprising: a. obtaining a sample of nucleic acids from maize germplasm; b. detecting in said sample at least one marker allele located within c. selecting said maize germplasm that has the at least one marker allele that is associated with the haplotype comprising a “T” at PHM9929-8, a “T” at PHM6667-11, a “C” at PHM229-15, a “T” at PHM6567-10, a “T” at PHM5208-11, a “C” at PHM15758-6, a “G” at PHM14370-9, a “C” at PHM3159-14, and a “T” at PHM17246-16; d. crossing said maize germplasm comprising said at least one marker allele with a second maize plant; e. obtaining progeny seeds from said cross; and f. growing at least one maize plant from said progeny seeds, wherein said maize plant grown from said progeny seeds comprises said at least one marker allele and has reduced grain moisture when compared with a maize plant which does not comprise said at least one marker allele; further wherein the maize plant is a Stiff Stalk Synthetic inbred or a progeny plant derived therefrom.