Patent ID: 8779233
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A01H

Abstract:
1. A method for determining an ear productivity trait in maize, said method comprising: isolating genomic DNA from a maize plant, germplasm, pollen, or seed; analyzing genomic DNA from the maize plant, germplasm, pollen, or seed for the presence of a molecular marker linked to a quantitative trait locus (QTL) associated with an ear productivity trait in maize, wherein the molecular marker is selected from the group consisting of L00401, L004011, c 1.loc28, L01176, c 2.loc70, c 2.loc66, L01157, L00033, L000331, L00198c, L00198c1, c 3.loc52, L01138, L011381, c 4.loc126, c 4.loc1261, L00280, L00133, c 4.loc106, L01028, L010281, L00576, L005761, c 4.loc52, c 4.loc521, c 4.locl 14, L00589, L00134, c 5.loc47, c 5.loc471, L00221, L002211, c 5.loc73, L00110, c10.loc51, c10.loc50, SNP detecting at least one molecular marker that is associated with an ear productivity trait; and selecting a maize plant having the ear productivity trait.