Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH981713

A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH981713 comprising at least a first single locus conversion, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV888836 with a second plant of variety CV651587, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV888836 and CV651587 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121226 and PTA-120301, respectively, and wherein one or both of the first plant and second plant comprises the single locus conversion, and wherein a plant grown from said seed comprises a trait conferred by said at least first single locus conversion and otherwise comprises essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH981713 when grown under the same environmental conditions.

A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH981713 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 CV888836 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 CV888836 and variety CV651587 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121226 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 CV888836 and CV651587 to produce a plant of hybrid corn variety CH981713 comprising the heritable trait and otherwise comprises essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of hybrid corn variety CH981713 when grown under the same environmental conditions.