Alstroemeria Teshunte Cultivar Continuous Flowering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current potted garden Alstroemeria plants lack continuous flowering and numerous attractive flowers, with existing cultivars often exhibiting variability in environmental conditions and cultural practices.

Innovation Solution

A new cultivar, 'Teshunte', is developed through a breeding program, characterized by a broadly upright habit, sturdy growth, and numerous red orange and yellow-colored flowers, differing from parent and comparative cultivars in leaf color, flower size, and height, achieved through asexual reproduction by root divisions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If existing Alstroemeria cultivars are grown in varying environmental conditions, then some flowering performance is achieved, but continuous flowering and numerous attractive flowers are not obtained

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontinuous flowering and numerous flowersVSAvoidflowering consistency across environmental conditions

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and stabilizing specific genetic traits through asexual reproduction. The cultivar 'Teshunte' exhibits consistent flowering parameters (continuous flowering, numerous flowers) across varying environmental conditions due to its stabilized genetic composition achieved through root division propagation, resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If new cultivars are developed through breeding programs, then improved flowering characteristics are achieved, but environmental variability and cultural practice sensitivity remain

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflowering performanceVSAvoidenvironmental condition tolerance

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies inversion by using asexual reproduction (root divisions) instead of sexual breeding to maintain and propagate the desired flowering characteristics. This approach inverts the conventional breeding method, allowing the cultivar to maintain high productivity while achieving better adaptability through clonal propagation that preserves favorable genetic traits across environmental variations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

3Stability of the object's composition

If asexual reproduction by root divisions is used, then stable and true-to-type reproduction is achieved, but genetic diversity is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetrait stabilityVSAvoidgenetic variability

Core Design Contradiction:

Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies copying through asexual reproduction by root divisions, creating exact genetic copies of the parent plant. This method ensures stable and true-to-type reproduction of desirable traits (continuous flowering, numerous flowers, color patterns) while maintaining the same genetic composition, resolving the contradiction between trait stability and genetic variability by prioritizing copying over genetic diversity for this specific breeding objective.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUSPP26382P2<i>Alstroemeria </i>plant named ‘Teshunte’

Publication Date: 2016.02.02 HORTIPARTNERS

AI summary

A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria plant named ‘Teshunte’, characterized by its broadly upright plant habit; medium to long flowering stems; sturdy and strong plants; moderately vigorous growth habit; numerous red orange and yellow-colored flowers; and good garden performance.