Pioneer Hi Bred International assigned patent for maize variety hybrid X08A171
Pioneer Hi Bred International, Johnston, Iowa, has been assigned a patent developed by Mario Rosario Carlone Jr., Princeton, Ill., Russell L. Fox, Stuart, Iowa, and Stephen William Noble Jr., Johnston, Iowa, for a ``maize variety hybrid X08A171.''
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, announced plans for a new research center in Ithaca.