E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
METHODS TO INCREASE MAIZE HYBRID SEED PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY

Abstract:

The discovery is in the field of plant breeding and improvement, related specifically to a hybrid field corn seed production method that utilizes floret development variant donors as female inbreds or modified inbreds. The methods increase yield in a production field and speeds and aids production. Also provided are field corn ears with the floret development phenotype and seed from the ears.