	US 12,274,205 B2
	Delayed harvest of short stature corn plants
Ty J. Barten, Ankeny, IA (US); Bryce Lemke, Nevada, IA (US); and Edward James Cargill, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Appl. No. 17/298,979
Filed by MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/064270 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2021, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/117831, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/886,761, filed on Aug. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/778,368, filed on Dec. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0039320 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A01H 5/10 (2018.01); A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01H 1/00 (2006.01); A01H 6/46 (2018.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01)

CPC A01D 45/02 (2013.01) [A01H 1/121 (2021.01); A01H 5/10 (2013.01); A01H 6/4684 (2018.05); C12N 15/82 (2013.01); C12N 15/8262 (2013.01); C12N 15/8297 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01)]

38 Claims

1. A method of late season harvesting corn, wherein the method comprises

late-season harvesting seed from a plurality of corn plants from a field, wherein late-season harvesting comprises harvesting at least 100 days after fertilization or silking of at least 80% of said plurality of corn plants,

wherein the kernel moisture content of each corn plant of said plurality of corn plants is between 10% and 15%,

wherein the average yield of said field is at least 210 bushels per acre,

wherein fewer than or equal to 3.5% of said corn plants have lodged at the time of harvest, and

wherein said plurality of corn plants are semi-dwarf and comprise a mutation in the brachytic2 (br2) locus as compared to the wildtype br2 locus.