Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH786873

A method of producing hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a plant of variety CV363568 with a plant of variety CV651587, wherein representative seed of variety CV363568 and variety CV651587 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-12083 and PTA-120301, respectively.

A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH786873 further comprising at least a first single locus conversion, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV363568 with a second plant of variety CV651587, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV363568 and CV651587 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-12083 and PTA-120301, 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 CH786873 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 CV363568 and variety CV651587 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 CV363568 and variety CV651587 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-12083 and PTA-120301, 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 CV363568 and CV651587 to produce a plant of hybrid corn variety CH786873 comprising the heritable trait.