Hybrid corn plant and seed

• US 4,731,499 A
• Filed: 01/29/1987
• Issued: 03/15/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc (Corteva, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc (Corteva, Inc.)
• Inventors: Carrigan, Lori, Puskaric, Vladimir
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/008,179
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 47/58, 47/DIG. 1, 800/1
• US Class Current: 800/320.1
• CPC Class Codes: A01H 5/10 Seeds
• CPC Class Codes: A01H 6/4684 Zea mays [maize]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 47/01 Methods of plant-breeding and including chromosome multiplication

Abstract

According to the invention, there is provided a hybrid corn plant, designated 3790, produced by crossing two Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred lines of corn. This invention thus relates to the hybrid seed 3790, the hybrid plant produced from the seed, variants, mutants, and modifications of Pioneer hybrid 3790. This hybrid corn plant is characterized by superior yields and excellent early-season cold tolerance, and good grain quality.

Claims

1. Hybrid corn seed designated 3790.

2. A hybrid corn plant and its plant parts produced by the seed of claim 1.

3. Corn plants and the seed thereof regenerated from tissue culture of the hybrid corn plant and plant parts of claim 2.

4. A hybrid corn plant with the phenotypic characteristics of the hybrid plant of claim 2.