NOVEL MAIZE PLANT

摘要

The present invention relates to maize plants with a genome comprising a unique allele profile associated with the corresponding QTLs contributing to the expression of a variety of phenotypic traits of economic interest selected from the group of grain yield, grain moisture at harvest, early and late root lodging, stalk lodging, common smut incidence, fusarium ear rot incidence, sulcotrione resistance, and tassel architecture.;The invention further relates to method for obtaining such a plant as well as assays and screening methods for identifying plants with the desired profile.

主权项

1. A method of identifying a maize plant having increased or decreased grain yield, the method comprising:
a) detecting in a maize plant at least one allele within a grain yield QTL, as listed in Table 1, that is associated with either decreased or increased grain yield; and b) selecting the maize plant having decreased or increased grain yield.