Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH966627

A corn seed that inherits a transgene;

• wherein said seed is produced by crossing a first plant selected from a first group consisting of variety CV888836 and selfed progeny thereof with a second plant selected from a second group consisting of variety CV045887 and selfed progeny thereof, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV888836 and CV045887 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121226 and PTA-123051, respectively, and wherein said transgene was introduced by backcrossing or genetic transformation into said first plant, said second plant, or both, and wherein said backcrossing is sufficient to produce plants that comprise said transgene and otherwise comprise all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of variety CV888836 or variety CV045887.

A seed of hybrid corn variety CH966627 further comprising a first single locus conversion, wherein said seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV888836 with a second plant of variety CV045887, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV888836 and CV045887 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121226 and PTA-123051, respectively, and wherein one or both of the first plant and second plant further comprises the single locus conversion, and wherein a plant grown from said seed comprises a trait conferred by said first single locus conversion.

A method of introducing a heritable trait into hybrid corn variety CH966627 comprising the steps of:

• (a) introducing at least the heritable trait into at least a first inbred corn variety selected from the group consisting of variety CV888836 and variety CV045887 to produce a plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the heritable trait, wherein the heritable trait is introduced into said first inbred corn variety by backcrossing and wherein representative seed of variety CV888836 and variety CV045887 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121226 and PTA-123051, respectively;
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• (b) crossing the plant of the first inbred corn variety that heritably carries the heritable trait with a plant of a different variety selected from said group consisting of CV888836 and CV045887 to produce a plant of said hybrid corn variety CH966627 further comprising the heritable trait.