ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,698, issued on March 25, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X90V906" was invented by Gustavo Marcelo Garcia (Stratford, Canada) and Steven Paul King (Stratford, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X90V906 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 X90V906 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90V906 through backcrossing or genet...