1. A corn plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of corn line SHY-6RKCT030 or corn line SHY-6RLAL201, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12897 and ATCC Accession Number PTA-12892, respectively.
2. A seed comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of corn line SHY-6RKCT030 or corn line SHY-6RLAL201, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12897 and ATCC Accession Number PTA-12892, respectively.
3. The plant of claim 1, which is inbred.
4. The plant of claim 1, which is hybrid.
5. The seed of claim 2, which is inbred.
6. The seed of claim 2, which is hybrid.
7. The plant of claim 4, wherein the hybrid plant is corn hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, a sample of seed of said hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-13154.
8. The seed of claim 6, defined as a seed of corn hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, a sample of seed of said hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514 having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-13154.
9. The seed of claim 2, defined as a seed of line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201.
10. A plant part of the plant of claim 1.
11. The plant part of claim 10, further defined as an ear, ovule, pollen or cell.
12. A corn plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the corn plant of claim 7.
13. A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of claim 1.
14. The tissue culture according to claim 13, comprising cells or protoplasts from a plant part selected from the group consisting of leaf, pollen, embryo, root, root tip, anther, silk, flower, kernel, ear, cob, husk, stalk and meristem.
15. A corn plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 13, wherein said plant comprises all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of the corn plant of claim 1, when grown under the same environmental conditions.
16. A method of vegetatively propagating the plant of claim 1 comprising the steps of:
(a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from a plant according to claim 1;
(b) cultivating said tissue to obtain proliferated shoots; and
(c) rooting said proliferated shoots to obtain rooted plantlets.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising growing at least a first plant from said rooted plantlets.
18. A method of introducing a desired trait into a corn line comprising:
(a) utilizing as a recurrent parent, a plant of either corn line SHY-6RKCT030 or corn line SHY-6RLAL201, by crossing a plant of line SHY-6RKCT030 or SHY-6RLAL201 with a second corn plant that comprises a desired trait to produce F1 progeny, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12897, and ATCC Accession Number PTA-12892, respectively;
(b) selecting an F1 progeny that comprises the desired trait;
(c) backcrossing the selected F1 progeny with a plant of line SHY-6RKCT030 or SHY-6RLAL201 to produce backcross progeny;
(d) selecting backcross progeny comprising the desired trait and the physiological and morphological characteristics of corn line SHY-6RKCT030 or SHY-6RLAL201; and
(e) repeating steps (c) and (d) three or more times to produce selected fourth or higher backcross progeny that comprise the desired trait.
19. A corn plant produced by the method of claim 18.
20. A method of producing a plant comprising an added trait, the method comprising introducing a transgene conferring the trait into a plant of hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201, a sample of seed of said hybrid and lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-13154, ATCC Accession Number PTA-12897, and ATCC Accession Number PTA-12892, respectively.
21. A plant produced by the method of claim 20.
22. The plant of claim 1, comprising a transgene.
23. The plant of claim 22, wherein the transgene confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
24. The plant of claim 1, further comprising a single locus conversion, wherein the converted plant otherwise comprises essentially all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of the corn plant of claim 1 when grown under the same environmental conditions.
25. The plant of claim 24, wherein the single locus conversion confers a trait selected from the group consisting of male sterility, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, pest resistance, disease resistance, modified fatty acid metabolism, environmental stress tolerance, modified carbohydrate metabolism and modified protein metabolism.
26. A method for producing a seed of a plant derived from at least one of hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201 comprising the steps of:
(a) crossing a corn plant of hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201 with itself or a second corn plant; a sample of seed of said hybrid and lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-13154, ATCC Accession Number PTA-12897, and ATCC Accession Number PTA-12892, respectively; and
(b) allowing seed of a hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn plant to form.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising the steps of:
(c) selfing a plant grown from said hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, SHY-6RKCT030 or SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn seed to yield additional hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn seed;
(d) growing said additional hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn seed of step (c) to yield additional hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn plants; and
(e) repeating the crossing and growing steps of (c) and (d) to generate at least a first further hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, line SHY-6RKCT030 or line SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn plant.
28. The method of claim 26, wherein the second corn plant is of an inbred corn line.
29. The method of claim 26, comprising crossing line SHY-6RKCT030 with line SHY-6RLAL201, a sample of seed of said lines having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12897, and ATCC Accession Number PTA-12892, respectively.
30. The method of claim 27, further comprising:
(f) crossing the further hybrid 11-6R-SHY-1514, SHY-6RKCT030 or SHY-6RLAL201-derived corn plant with a second corn plant to produce seed of a hybrid progeny plant.
31. A plant part of the plant of claim 7.
32. The plant part of claim 31, further defined as an ear, ovule, pollen or cell.
33. A method of producing a corn seed comprising crossing the plant of claim 1 with itself or a second corn plant and allowing seed to form.
34. A method of producing a corn fruit comprising:
(a) obtaining a plant according to claim 1, wherein the plant has been cultivated to maturity; and
(b) collecting corn from the plant.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A pressure production unit, comprising:
an air pump unit that produces pressurized air;
a drive source that drives the air pump unit;
a storage unit that stores a first correlation characteristic and a first ambient temperature, the first correlation characteristic indicating correlation between a drive frequency of the drive source and the air pressure of pressurized air produced in the air pump unit, the first ambient temperature indicating an ambient temperature of the air pump unit when the first correlation characteristic is acquired;
a temperature sensing unit that senses ambient temperature of the air pump unit; and
a control unit configured to set the ambient temperature sensed by the temperature sensing unit as a second ambient temperature, to make a correction to the first correlation characteristic according to the first and second ambient temperatures, and to control the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic so that a predetermined air pressure is produced.
2. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the storage unit stores a second correlation characteristic indicating a correlation between duty ratio of a drive pulse for driving the drive source and the drive frequency of the drive source; and
the control unit is configured to determine the drive frequency of the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic, and to determine the duty ratio according to the drive frequency of the drive source and the second correlation characteristic.
3. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 2,
wherein the second correlation characteristic is acquired before the air pump and the drive source are assembled into the pressure production unit.
4. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the first correlation characteristic and the first ambient temperature are acquired before the air pump and the drive source are assembled into the pressure production unit.
5. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the air pump unit includes a diaphragm pump; and the control unit controls the drive frequency of the drive source so that the operation frequency of the diaphragm pump becomes less than the audible range of human hearing.
6. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the control unit controls the drive frequency of the drive source so that the operation frequency of the diaphragm pump becomes 20 Hz or less.
7. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the air pump unit and the drive source make up an integral pump module.
8. The pressure production unit as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the air pump unit includes an air pump, an ejection tube communicated with the air pump and an orifice that communicates the ejection tube with the atmosphere.
9. An ink jet printer, comprising:
an ink cartridge that stores ink;
a record head which selectively ejects the ink supplied from the ink cartridge onto a record medium;
an air pump unit that produces pressurized air to be supplied to the ink cartridge to pressurize the ink;
a drive source that drives the air pump unit;
a storage unit that stores a first correlation characteristic and a first ambient temperature, the first correlation characteristic indicating correlation between a drive frequency of the drive source and the air pressure of pressurized air produced in the air pump unit, the first ambient temperature indicating an ambient temperature of the air pump unit when the first correlation characteristic is acquired;
a temperature sensing unit that senses ambient temperature of the air pump unit; and
a control unit configured to set the ambient temperature sensed by the temperature sensing unit as a second ambient temperature, to make a correction to the first correlation characteristic according to the first and second ambient temperatures, and to control the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic so that a predetermined air pressure is produced.
10. The ink jet printer as claimed in claim 9,
wherein the storage unit stores a second correlation characteristic indicating a correlation between duty ratio of a drive pulse for driving the drive source and the drive frequency of the drive source; and
the control unit is configured to determine the drive frequency of the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic, and to determine the duty ratio according to the drive frequency of the drive source and the second correlation characteristic.
11. The ink jet printer as claimed in claim 9,
wherein the air pump unit includes an air pump, an ejection tube that communicates the air pump with the ink cartridge and an orifice that communicates the ejection tube with the atmosphere.
12. A control method of a drive source for driving an air pump unit to produce pressurized air in a pressure production unit, the control method comprising:
finding a first correlation characteristic indicating correlation between a drive frequency of the drive source and the air pressure of pressurized air produced in the air pump unit;
finding a first ambient temperature, the first ambient temperature indicating an ambient temperature of the pump unit when the first correlation characteristic is acquired;
sensing a second ambient temperature, the second ambient temperature indicating a current ambient temperature of the pump unit;
correcting the first correlation characteristic based on the first and second ambient temperatures; and
controlling the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic so that a predetermined air pressure is produced.
13. The control method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:
finding a second correlation characteristic indicating correlation between the duty ratio of a drive pulse for driving the drive source and drive frequency of the drive source;
wherein the controlling step includes: determining the drive frequency of the drive source based on the corrected first correlation characteristic; and determining the duty ratio of the drive pulse based on the drive frequency and the second correlation characteristic.
14. The control method as claimed in claim 13,
wherein the second correlation characteristic is acquired before the air pump unit and the drive source are assembled into the pressure production unit.
15. The control method as claimed in claims 12,
wherein the step of finding the first correlation characteristic is executed before the air pump unit and the drive source are assembled into the pressure production unit.
16. The control method as claimed in claim 12,
wherein, in the controlling step, the drive frequency of the drive source is controlled so that the operation frequency of the air pump unit becomes less than the audible range of human hearing.
17. The control method as claimed in claim 16,
wherein, in the controlling step, the drive frequency of the drive source is controlled so that the operation frequency of the air pump unit becomes 20 Hz or less.
18. The control method as claimed in claim 12,
wherein the step of finding the first correlation characteristic is executed in a state that the air pump and the drive source are integrated.
19. A control method of a drive source for driving an air pump unit in an ink jet printer, wherein the ink jet printer includes an ink cartridge that stores ink, and a record head which selectively ejects the ink supplied from the ink cartridge onto a record medium; and the air pump unit produces pressurized air to pressure the ink in the ink cartridge; the control method comprising:
finding a first correlation characteristic indicating correlation between a drive frequency of the drive source and the air pressure of pressurized air produced in the air pump unit;
finding a first ambient temperature, the first ambient temperature indicating an ambient temperature of the pump unit when the first correlation characteristic is acquired;
sensing a second ambient temperature, the second ambient temperature indicating a current ambient temperature of the pump unit;
correcting the first correlation characteristic based on the first and second ambient temperatures; and
controlling the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic so that a predetermined air pressure is produced.
20. A pressure production unit, comprising:
an air pump unit for producing pressurized air;
a drive source for driving an air pump unit;
storing means for storing a first correlation characteristic and a first ambient temperature, the first correlation characteristic indicating correlation between a drive frequency of the drive source and the air pressure of the pressurized air produced in the air pump unit, the first ambient temperature indicating an ambient temperature of the pump unit when the first correlation characteristic is acquired;
sensing means for sensing a second ambient temperature, the second ambient temperature indicating a current ambient temperature of the pump unit;
correcting means for correcting the first correlation characteristic based on the first and second ambient temperatures; and
controlling means for controlling the drive source on the basis of the corrected first correlation characteristic so that a predetermined air pressure is produced.