ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,651, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. (Johnston, Iowa).
"Methods for improving seed production in maize" was invented by Eduardo Mihura (Urbandale, Iowa), Scott Nelson (Urbandale, Iowa), Imad N Saab (Johnston, Iowa), Adda Cecilia Sayers (Urbandale, Iowa) and Aaron Schwarte (Ankeny, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Defoliation of maize plants, based on percent seed moisture, has advantageous outcomes including greater number of seeds per pound; increased volume or proportion of saleable seed per field and per female acre; decreased discard of seed due to commercially undesirable size or shape; l...