Patent ID: 8841510

Claim:
A method of identifying a maize plant or germplasm that displays newly conferred resistance or enhanced resistance to a member of Serogroup 2 of Fijivirus, the method comprising: a. Isolating nucleic acids from a maize plant or germplasm; b. analyzing the isolated nucleic acids for the presence of a QTL allele associated with the newly conferred resistance or enhanced resistance to a member of Serogroup 2 of Fijivirus, wherein the presence of said QTL allele is determined by detecting in the maize plant or germplasm a haplotype within a chromosomal interval flanked by and including MZA8381 and MZA18180, wherein said haplotype comprises a “G” at MZA16656-19-A, a “G” at MZA15490-801-A, a “C” at MZA15490-137-A, an “A” at MZA2038-71-A, a “T” at MZA2038-76-A, an “A” at MZA11826-801-A, a “C” at MZA11826-803-A, and an “A” at MZA9105-8-A, and c. selecting said maize plant or germplasm if said QTL allele is detected.