ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,321, issued on May 13, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Maize hybrid X18V358" was invented by Ronald J Haarmann (York, Neb.), Andrew Hopkins (Garden City, Kan.), Lora Lynn Kilgore-Norquest (Garden City, Kan.), Travis J Lee (Hanston, Kan.) and Brandon Michael Wardyn (Bradshaw, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel maize variety designated X18V358 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 X18V358 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant contain...