Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety ch437161

A method of producing hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a plant of variety CV774864 with a plant of variety CV131671, wherein representative seed of variety CV774864 and variety CV131671 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-12079, respectively.

A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH437161 comprising at least a first single locus conversion, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV774864 with a second plant of variety CV131671, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV774864 and CV131671 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-12079, 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 CH437161 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 CV774864 and variety CV131671 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 CV774864 and variety CV131671 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317 and PTA-12079, 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 CV774864 and CV131671 to produce a plant of hybrid corn variety CH437161 comprising the heritable trait.