Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety ch247856

A method of producing hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a plant of variety CV496429 with a plant of variety CV597869, wherein representative seed of variety CV496429 and variety CV597869 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11925 and PTA-10885, respectively.

A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH247856 comprising at least a first single locus conversion, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV496429 with a second plant of variety CV597869, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV496429 and CV597869 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11925 and PTA-10885, respectively, and wherein one or both of the first plant and second plant comprises the single locus conversion.

A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH247856 comprising the steps of:

• (a) introducing at least a first heritable trait into at least one inbred corn variety selected from the group consisting of variety CV496429 and variety CV597869 to produce a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the trait, wherein the heritable trait is introduced into said first inbred corn variety by backcrossing and wherein representative samples of seed of variety CV496429 and variety CV597869 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11925 and PTA-10885, respectively;
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• (b) crossing a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the trait with a plant of a different variety selected from said group consisting of CV496429 and CV597869 to produce a plant of hybrid corn variety CH247856 comprising the heritable trait.