1. Seed of corn inbred line designated SLN55, a representative sample of seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12596.
2. A part of the seed of claim 1 selected from the group consisting of pericarp, germ and endosperm.
3. The seed of claim 1, further comprising a coating.
4. A composition comprising the seed of claim 1.
5. A method for producing corn seed, comprising:
(a) planting seed of claim 1 in proximity to itself or to different seed from a same family or line;
(b) growing plants from the seed under pollinating conditions; and,
(c) harvesting resultant seed.
6. Corn seed produced by the method of claim 5.
7. The method of claim 5, further comprising pre-treating the seed of claim 1 before performing step (a).
8. The method of claim 5, further comprising treating the growing plants or soil surrounding the growing plants with an agricultural chemical.
9. A corn plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1.
10. A part of the corn plant of claim 9, selected from the group consisting of an intact plant cell, a plant protoplast, an embryo, a pollen, an ovule, a flower, a kernel, a seed, a intact genomic plant DNA, an ear, a cob, a leaf, a husk, a stalk, a root, a root tip, a brace root, a lateral tassel branch, an anther, a tassel, a glume, a tiller and a silk.
11. Pollen of the plant of claim 9.
12. An ovule of the plant of claim 9.
13. A corn plant, or a part thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the corn plant of claim 9.
14. A method for producing a corn plant, comprising:
(a) crossing inbred corn plant SLN55, a representative sample of seed of the plant having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12596, with another different corn plant to yield progeny corn seed.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the other, different corn plant is an inbred corn plant.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:
(b) growing the progeny corn seed from step (a) under self-pollinating or sib-pollinating conditions for about 5 to about 7 generations; and
(c) harvesting resultant seed.
17. The method of claim 14, further comprising selecting plants obtained from growing at least one generation of the progeny corn seed for a desirable trait.
18. A method of introducing a desired trait into corn inbred line SLN55 comprising:
(a) crossing a plant of inbred corn line SLN55, a representative sample of seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12596 with a plant of another corn line that comprises a desired trait to produce F1 progeny plants;
(b) selecting F1 progeny plants that have the desired trait;
(c) crossing selected progeny plants with the SLN55 plant to produce backcross progeny plants;
(d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and physiological and morphological characteristics of corn inbred line SLN55; and
(e) performing steps (c) and (d) one or more times in succession to produce the selected or higher backcross progeny plants that comprise the desired trait and all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of corn inbred line SLN55 listed in Table 1 as determined at the 5% significance level when grown in the same environmental conditions.
19. A method for producing a hybrid corn seed comprising crossing a first inbred parent corn plant with a second inbred parent corn plant and harvesting resultant hybrid corn seed, wherein the first inbred corn plant or the second inbred corn plant is the corn plant of claim 9.
20. A method for producing a hybrid corn seed, the method comprising:
(a) planting the seeds of the corn plant of claim 9 in pollinating proximity to a seed of another, different corn plant;
(b) cultivating the seeds into plants that bear flowers;
(c) allowing cross pollination to occur between the cultivated plants; and
(d) harvesting seeds produced on at least one of the first inbred corn plant or the second inbred corn plant.
21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the SLN55 corn plant is the male parent in step (c).
22. The method according to claim 20, wherein the SLN55 corn plant is the female parent in step (c).
23. A hybrid corn seed produced by the method according to claim 20.
24. A hybrid corn plant, or parts thereof, produced by growing the hybrid corn seed of claim 23.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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6. An optical scanning apparatus comprising:
a light source for emitting a light beam;
a deflecting device comprising a deflecting element for deflecting the light beam, from said light source, to a surface to be scanned and comprising a motor for driving the deflecting element;
an optical system casing for accommodating said light source and said deflecting device;
a first wall portion provided between said light source and said deflecting device to face said deflecting device, having a first opening for permitting passing of the light beam from said light source toward said deflecting device;
a second wall portion provided between said first wall portion and said light source, having a second opening for permitting passing of the light beam from said light source toward said deflecting device; and
a connecting portion for connecting said first wall portion and said second wall portion.