Maize inbred PH4D55
A novel maize variety designated PH4D55 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4D55 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4D55 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4D55 or a locus conversion of PH4D55 with another maize variety.
1. A seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of inbred maize variety PH4D55, representative seed of the variety having been deposited under NCMA accession number 202205186.
2. The plant part of claim 1 , wherein the plant part is an ovule or pollen.
3. An F1 hybrid maize seed produced by crossing the plant or plant part of claim 1 with a different maize plant.
4. An F1 hybrid maize plant or plant part produced by growing the maize seed of claim 3 , wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of the F1 hybrid maize plant.
5. A method for producing a second maize plant, the method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the F1 plant or plant part of claim 4 to produce the second maize plant.
6. A method for producing a second maize plant or plant part, the method comprising doubling haploid seed generated from a cross of the plant or plant part of claim 4 with an inducer variety, thereby producing the second maize plant or plant part.
7. A method of making a commodity plant product comprising silage, starch, fat, syrup or protein, the method comprising producing the commodity plant product from the maize plant or plant part of claim 4 .
8. A method of producing a maize seed derived from the variety PH4D55, comprising:
a) self-pollinating the plant of claim 1 or crossing the plant of claim 1 with a second plant to produce progeny seed; and
b) growing the progeny seed to produce a progeny plant and self-pollinating the progeny plant or crossing the progeny plant with a different plant to produce maize seed derived from the variety PH4D55.
9. A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 1 .
10. A converted seed, plant, plant part or plant cell of inbred maize variety PH4D55, representative seed of the maize variety PH4D55 having been deposited under NCMA accession number 202205186, wherein the converted seed, plant, plant part or plant cell comprises a locus conversion, and wherein the plant or a plant grown from the converted seed, plant part or plant cell comprises the locus conversion and otherwise comprises the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize variety PH4D55 when grown under the same environmental conditions.
11. The converted seed, plant, plant part or plant cell of claim 10 , wherein the locus conversion confers a property selected from the group consisting of male sterility, site-specific recombination, abiotic stress tolerance, altered phosphate, altered antioxidants, altered fatty acids, altered essential amino acids, altered carbohydrates, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance and disease resistance.
12. A maize seed produced by crossing the plant or plant part of claim 10 with a different maize plant.
13. A hybrid maize plant or plant part produced by growing the seed of claim 12 , wherein the plant part comprises at least one cell of the hybrid maize plant.
14. A method for producing a second maize plant, the method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the plant or plant part of claim 13 to produce the second maize plant.
15. A method for producing a second maize plant or plant part, the method comprising doubling haploid seed generated from a cross of the plant or plant part of claim 13 with an inducer variety, thereby producing the second maize plant or plant part.
16. A method of making a commodity plant product comprising silage, starch, fat, syrup or protein, the method comprising producing the commodity plant product from the maize plant or plant part of claim 13 .
17. A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 10 .
18. An F1 hybrid seed produced by crossing a plant or plant part of inbred maize variety PH4D55, representative seed of the variety having been deposited under NCMA accession number 202205186 with a different maize plant, wherein inbred maize variety PH4D55 further comprises a transgene that is inherited by the seed, wherein the transgene was introduced into inbred maize variety PH4D55 by backcrossing or genetic transformation.
19. A method of producing progeny seed, the method comprising self-pollinating a plant grown from the seed of claim 18 or crossing a plant grown from the seed of claim 18 with a second plant to produce progeny seed.
20. A method of making a commodity plant product comprising silage, starch, fat, syrup or protein, the method comprising producing the commodity plant product from the maize plant or plant part of claim 18 .