Inbred corn line LH216

• US 5,276,263 A
• Filed: 12/06/1991
• Issued: 01/04/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Holden's Foundation Seeds, Inc. (Pharmacia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Holden's Foundation Seeds, Inc. (Pharmacia Corp.)
• Inventors: Foley, Terry J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Benzion, Gary
• Application Number:
  US07/801,783
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 800/200, 800/250, 800/DIG. 56, 47/58, 47/DIG. 1, 47/58.03
• US Class Current: 800/271
• 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

An inbred line, designated LH216, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LH216, to the plants of inbred corn line LH216 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line LH216 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line LH216 with another corn line.

Claims

1. An inbred corn seed designated LH216 having ATCC accession No. 75155.

2. A corn plant produced by growing said inbred corn seed of claim 1, wherein said corn plant has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of LH216.

3. Pollen of the plant of claim 2.

4. Ovule of the plant of claim 2.

5. An inbred corn plant with all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the plant of claim 2.

6. A tissue culture comprising regenerable cells of the plant of claim 2.

7. A corn plant regenerated from regenerable cells of a tissue culture according to claim 6, wherein said plant has all the physiological and morphological characteristics of LH216.

8. A method to produce a hybrid corn seed comprising the steps of:

a) planting in pollinating proximity seeds of corn inbred line LH216 and another inbreed line;

b) cultivating corn plants resulting from said planting until the plants bear flowers;

c) emasculating the male flowers of the plants of either inbred line.

d) allowing cross pollination to occur between said inbred lines; and

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e) harvesting seeds produced on said emasculated plants of the inbred line.

9. A first generation (F₁) hybrid corn plant produced by growing said hybrid corn seed of claim 8.