ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,843, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).

"Maize hybrid X17T132" was invented by Mark Jacob Gadlage (Dyersburg, Tenn.) and Daniel Preston Gorman (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X17T132 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X17T132 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X17T132 through backcrossing or genetic...