IP Library Granted Patent US 12,465,004
Granted Patent B1
US 12,465,004 · App. 18/300,610 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Maize inbred 1PLFT32

Inventor: Elliot Lee Heffner (Des Moines, IA)
Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
A01H6/4684A01H5/10
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Patent No.
US 12,465,004
App. No.
18/300,610
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A novel maize variety designated 1PLFT32 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PLFT32 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PLFT32 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 1PLFT32 or a locus conversion of 1PLFT32 with another maize variety.

Claims (20)

1 . A seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of maize line 1PLFT32, representative seed of the maize line 1PLFT32 having been deposited under NCMA accession number 202504044.

2 . The plant part of claim 1 , wherein the plant part is an embryo, 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 F1 hybrid maize plant cell.

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 producing a modified seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell, the method comprising genome editing the seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 1 , thereby producing the modified seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell.

8 . A method for producing a second maize plant, the method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the plant or plant part of claim 1 to produce the second maize plant.

9 . A method of producing a modified progeny seed or a modified progeny plant, the method comprising providing the plant or plant part of claim 1 and (a) crossing or selfing the plant or plant part to produce a progeny seed and genome editing the progeny seed, or a progeny plant grown therefrom, to produce the modified progeny seed or the modified progeny plant; or (b) genome editing the plant or plant to produce a modified plant or a modified seed grown thereon and crossing or selfing the modified plant, or a modified plant grown from the modified seed to produce the modified progeny seed or the modified progeny plant grown therefrom.

10 . A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 1 .

11 . A converted seed, plant, plant part or plant cell of maize line 1PLFT32, representative seed of the maize line 1PLFT32 having been deposited under NCMA accession number 202504044, wherein the converted seed, plant, plant part or plant cell comprises less than six locus conversions, and wherein the plant or a plant grown from the converted seed, plant part or plant cell comprises the less than six locus conversions and otherwise comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize line 1PLFT32 when grown under the same environmental conditions.

12 . The converted seed, plant, plant part or plant cell of claim 11 , wherein the less than six locus conversions confer a property selected from the group consisting of male sterility, a site for site-specific recombination, abiotic stress tolerance, altered phosphate content, altered antioxidant content, altered fatty acid content, altered essential amino acid content, altered carbohydrate content, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance and disease resistance.

13 . An F1 hybrid maize seed produced by crossing the converted plant or plant part of claim 11 with a different maize plant.

14 . An F1 hybrid maize plant or plant part produced by growing the converted seed of claim 13 , wherein the plant part comprises at least one F1 hybrid maize plant cell.

15 . A method for producing a second maize plant, the method comprising applying plant breeding techniques to the F1 hybrid maize plant or plant part of claim 14 to produce the second maize plant.

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 F1 hybrid maize plant or plant part of claim 14 .

17 . A method for producing nucleic acids, the method comprising isolating nucleic acids from the converted seed, plant, plant part, or plant cell of claim 11 .

18 . A seed of maize line 1PLFT32, further comprising a transgene, wherein the transgene was introduced into maize line 1PLFT32 by backcrossing or genetic transformation, wherein a plant grown from the seed comprises a trait conferred by the transgene and otherwise comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of maize line 1PLFT32, and wherein representative seeds of the maize line have been deposited under NCMA accession number 202504044.

19 . A method of producing a maize progeny seed, the method comprising obtaining a maize plant or maize plant part thereof grown from the seed of claim 18 and (i) selfing the maize plant or maize plant part thereof or (ii) crossing the maize plant or maize plant part thereof with a second maize plant to produce the maize 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 a maize plant or maize plant part from a maize seed produced from a cross of a plant grown from the seed of claim 18 with a plant of a different maize line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2023
From: HEFFNER, ELLIOT LEE
To: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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