Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH550968

A seed of hybrid corn variety CH550968 further comprising a first single locus conversion, wherein said seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV960250 with a second plant of variety CV163018, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV960250 and CV163018 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-13120 and PTA-121100, 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 CH550968, the method 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 CV960250 and variety CV163018 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 CV960250 and variety CV163018 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-13120 and PTA-121100, 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 CV960250 and CV163018 to produce a plant of said hybrid corn variety CH550968 further comprising the heritable trait.