# US 11,026,386 B1 · Maize hybrid X08N746 > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,026,386 B1 - Document ID: US11026386B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/509,849 - Filed: 2019-07-12 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-12 - Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Applicants: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. - Inventors: David B Fischer; Sara Johanna Elisabeth Larsson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026386B1 ## CPC - A01H 6/4684: {Zea mays [maize]} - A01H 5/10: Seeds - A01H: NEW PLANTS OR {NON-TRANSGENIC} PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES ## Abstract A novel maize variety designated X08N746 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08N746 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08N746 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08N746, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08N746 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08N746 and methods of using maize variety X08N746 are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A seed of hybrid maize variety X08N746, representative seed produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH41W7 with a second plant of variety PH41 M2, wherein representative seed of the varieties PH41W7 and PH41 M2 have been deposited under NCMA Accession Number 202006054 and ATCC Accession Number PTA-124813 and, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A plant or plant part of hybrid maize variety X08N746 grown from the seed of claim 1, wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of hybrid maize variety X08N746. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A method of producing the seed of claim 1, the method comprising crossing a plant of variety PH41W7 with a plant of variety PH41 M2. ### Claim 4 An F1 hybrid maize variety X08N746 seed further comprising at least one and fewer than six locus conversions, the seed further comprising the locus conversion being produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH41W7 with a second plant of variety PH41 M2, wherein representative seed of the varieties PH41W7 and PH41 M2 have been deposited under NCMA Accession Number 202006054 and ATCC Accession Number PTA-124813 and, respectively, wherein the locus conversion has been introduced into at least one of variety PH41W7 and variety PH41 M2, and wherein the seed produces a plant expressing the traits conferred by the locus conversion and comprising otherwise all the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize variety X08N746 when grown under the same environmental conditions when evaluated at the 5% significance level. ### Claim 5 A seed of hybrid maize variety X08N746 further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein a plant grown from the seed comprises a trait conferred by the single locus conversion, and wherein the seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH41W7 with a second plant of variety PH41 M2, wherein the first plant, the second plant or both further comprise the single locus conversion, and wherein representative seed of the varieties PH41W7 and PH41 M2 have been deposited under NCMA Accession Number 202006054 and ATCC Accession Number PTA-124813 and, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The hybrid maize variety X08N746 seed of claim 5, wherein the locus conversion confers a property selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The hybrid maize variety X08N746 seed of claim 5, further comprising a seed treatment on the surface of the seed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the hybrid maize variety X08N746 seed of claim 5. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) A plant or plant part grown from the hybrid maize variety X08N746 seed of claim 5, the plant part comprising at least one cell of hybrid maize variety X08N746 further comprising the single locus conversion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising starch, syrup, silage, fat or protein, the method comprising producing the commodity plant product from the plant or plant part of claim 9. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) A method for producing a second maize plant, the method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the plant or plant part of claim 9 to produce the second maize plant. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) A method for producing the hybrid maize variety X08N746 seed further comprising a locus conversion of claim 4, the method comprising crossing a first plant of variety PH41W7 with a second plant of variety PH41 M2, representative seed of the varieties PH41W7 and PH41 M2 having been deposited under NCMA Accession Number 202006054 and ATCC Accession Number PTA-124813 and, wherein at least one of the varieties PH41W7 and PH41 M2 further comprises the locus conversion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The seed of claim 4, further comprising a seed treatment on the surface of the seed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The seed of claim 4, wherein the locus conversion confers a property selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, waxy starch, modified fatty acid metabolism, modified phytic acid metabolism, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism. ### Claim 15 (depends on 4) A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the seed of claim 4. ### Claim 16 (depends on 4) A plant or plant part produced by growing the seed of claim 4, the plant part comprising at least one cell of F1 hybrid maize variety X08N746 further comprising the at least one and few than six locus conversions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant or plant part of claim 16. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) A method of producing a commodity plant product comprising starch, syrup, silage, fat or protein, the method comprising producing the commodity plant product from the plant or plant part of claim 16. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) A method for producing a second maize plant, the method comprising crossing the maize plant or plant part of claim 16 with itself or with a different maize plant. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the plant or plant part of claim 9.