Corn event MIR162

A method of detecting the presence of a nucleic acid molecule that is unique to event MIR162 in a sample comprising corn nucleic acids, the method comprising:

• (a) contacting the sample with a probe that hybridizes under high stringency conditions with genomic DNA from event MIR162 and does not hybridize under high stringency conditions with DNA of a control corn plant, wherein the probe comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 45 or SEQ ID NO:
• 47;
• (b) subjecting the sample and probe to high stringency hybridization conditions;
• and
• (c) detecting hybridization of the probe to the nucleic acid molecule.

An amplicon diagnostic for event MIR162, wherein said amplicon is at least 20 nucleotides in length and comprises the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:

• 45, SEQ ID NO:
• 47, the nucleotide of position 387 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1 or the nucleotide of position 1683 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1.