Genetic markers associated with drought tolerance in maize

US9060475B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Syngenta Participations AG · CH

Inventors

• Venkata Krishna Kishore · Bengaluru, IN
• Paul Altendorf · Morrisville, US
• Thomas Joseph Prest · Slater, US
• Chris Zinselmeier · Grimes, US
• Daolong Wang · Normal, US
• William Briggs · Enkhuizen, NL
• Sonali Gandhi · Bengaluru, IN
• David Foster · Ankeny, US
• Christine Chaulk-Grace · Superior, US
• Joseph Dallas Clarke, V · Morrisville, US
• Allen Sessions · Raleigh, US
• Kari Denise Kust · Stanton, US
• JON AARON TUCKER REINDERS · Wilmington, US
• Libardo Andres Gutierrez Rojas · Santiago, CL
• Meijuan Li · Silver Spring, US
• Todd Lee Warner · Stanton, US
• Nicolas Martin · Stanton, US
• Robert Lynn Miller · Iowa City, US
• John Arbuckle · Woodbury, US
• Dale Wayne Skalla · Morrisville, US
• Molly Dunn · Morrisville, US
• Gayle Dace · Morrisville, US
• Vance Cary Kramer · Hillsborough, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 1, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/132
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing drought tolerant maize plants or germplasm. Maize plants or germplasm that have been identified, selected, and/or produced by any of the methods of the presently disclosed subject matter are also provided.