# US 7,608,762 B2 · Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH788706 > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,608,762 B2 - Document ID: US7608762B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/746,570 - Filed: 2007-05-09 - Published: 2008-11-13 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2007-05-09 - Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC - Inventors: Slobodan Trifunovic - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7608762B2 ## 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 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH788706. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH788706, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH788706 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH788706. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH788706, produced by crossing a first plant of variety I170094 with a second plant of variety CV619952, wherein representative seed of said varieties I170094 and CV619952 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-8212 and PTA-9591, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A plant of the hybrid corn variety CH788706 grown from the seed of claim 1. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A plant part of the plant of claim 2. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The plant part of claim 3, further defined as an ear, ovule, pollen or cell. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) A tissue culture of cells of the plant of claim 2. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The tissue culture of claim 5, wherein cells of the tissue culture are from a tissue selected from the group consisting of leaf, pollen, embryo, root, root tip, anther, silk, flower, kernel, ear, cob, husk, stalk and meristem. ### Claim 7 A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH788706, produced by crossing a first plant of variety I170094 with a second plant of variety CV619952, wherein representative seed of said varieties I170094 and CV619952 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-8212 and PTA-9591, respectively, wherein one or both of the first and second plants further comprises a transgene. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The seed of claim 7, wherein the transgene confers a trait 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 9 (depends on 7) The seed of claim 7, wherein the first and second plants each comprise a different transgene. ### Claim 10 A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH788706, produced by crossing a first plant of variety I170094 with a second plant of variety CV619952, wherein representative seed of said varieties I170094 and CV619952 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-8212 and PTA-9591, respectively, wherein one or both of the first and second plants further comprises a single locus conversion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The seed of claim 10, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait 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 12 A method of producing hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a plant of variety I170094 with a plant of variety CV619952, wherein representative seed of variety I170094 and variety CV619952 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-8212 and PTA-9591, respectively. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, defined as comprising pollinating a plant of inbred variety I170094 with pollen from a plant of variety CV619952. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, defined as comprising pollinating a plant of inbred variety CV619952 with pollen from a plant of variety I170094. ### Claim 15 (depends on 2) A method for producing corn grain comprising growing the plant of claim 2 until grain is produced and collecting the grain. ### Claim 16 A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH788706 comprising the steps of: (a) crossing a first plant of a first inbred corn variety selected from the group consisting of variety I170094 and variety CV619952 with another corn plant that heritably carries the trait to produce progeny plants, at least some of which heritably carry the trait, wherein representative samples of seed of variety I170094 and variety CV619952 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-8212 and PTA-9591, respectively; (b) selecting progeny plants that heritably carry the trait; (c) crossing selected progeny plants with another plant of the first inbred corn variety to produce next-generation progeny plants at least some of which heritably carry the trait; (d) selecting next-generation progeny plants that heritably carry the trait and exhibit morphological and physiological characteristics of the first inbred corn variety; (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce at least a first selected progeny plant that heritably carries the trait and exhibits essentially all of the morphological and physical characteristics of the inbred corn variety; and (f) crossing a progeny plant of step (e) with a plant of the other inbred corn variety of the group consisting of I170094 and CV619952 to produce a plant comprising the trait and essentially all of the characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH788706 when grown under the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the trait is 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 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising repeating steps (a)-(f) at least once to introduce at least a second trait into hybrid corn variety CH788706, wherein the second trait is 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 19 (depends on 16) A plant produced by the method of claim 16. ### Claim 20 A method of introducing a desired trait into hybrid corn variety CH788706 comprising the steps of: (a) introducing a transgene conferring the trait into a variety selected from the group consisting of I170094 and CV619952 to produce a transgenic plant heritably carrying the trait; and (b) crossing the transgenic plant or an isogenic progeny plant thereof with a plant of the other inbred corn variety to produce seed of the hybrid corn variety CH788706 that heritably carries and expresses the transgene and otherwise has essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH788706 when grown under the same environmental conditions. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the desired trait 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 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, further comprising repeating steps (a) and (b) at least once to introduce at least a second trait into hybrid corn variety CH788706, wherein the second trait is 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 23 (depends on 20) A plant produced by the method of claim 20. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The plant of claim 23, wherein the plant comprises a trait 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 25 (depends on 2) A method of producing a corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH788706, comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with a second corn plant to produce a progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH788706. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The method of claim 25, further defined as comprising producing an inbred corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH788706, the method comprising the steps of: (a) crossing the progeny corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH788706 with itself or a second plant to produce a seed of a progeny plant of a subsequent generation; (b) growing a progeny plant of a subsequent generation from the seed and crossing the progeny plant of a subsequent generation with itself or a second plant; and (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) for an additional 3-10 generations with sufficient inbreeding to produce an inbred corn plant derived from the hybrid corn variety CH788706.