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AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsRuihua Ren, Bruce A. Nagel, Siva P. Kumpatla, Peizhong Zheng, Gary L. Cutter, Thomas W. Greene, Steven A. Thompson
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This disclosure concerns high-resolution mapping and candidate gene cloning of Rf4, a maize restorer of fertility gene that restores fertility to C-type cytoplasmic male sterility. The disclosure also relates to molecular markers that are tightly-linked to, or reside within, the Rf4 gene. In some embodiments, methods are provided whereby hybrid seeds may be produced from crosses of a male plant comprising nucleic acid molecular markers that are linked to or that reside within the Rf4 gene and a female plant carrying C-type CMS.
A maize plant comprising an Rf4 functional restorer gene for maize C-type cytoplasmic male sterility from restorer line XJH58,
A hybrid maize plant that is an F1 progeny plant having XJH58 and a second plant as parents, the progeny plant comprising a marker nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:6-9, SEQ ID NO:105, SEQ ID NO:109, SEQ ID NO:111, SEQ ID NO:115, SEQ ID NOs:118-120, SEQ ID NO:123, SEQ ID NO:126, SEQ ID NO:134, SEQ ID NO:135, SEQ ID NO:137, SEQ ID NO:138, SEQ ID NO:144, SEQ ID NO:149, SEQ ID NO:151, SEQ ID NO:160, SEQ ID NO:163, SEQ ID NO:164, SEQ ID NO:167, SEQ ID NO:173, SEQ ID NO:177, SEQ ID NO:178, SEQ ID NO:183, SEQ ID NOs:189-191, SEQ ID NO:197, and the markers referred to as Marker ID Nos. 1-106:
A maize plant comprising an Rf4 functional restorer gene for maize C-type cytoplasmic male sterility from restorer line XJH58,
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