Basil Cultivar PAS1713599 for Downy Mildew Resistance
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for new basil cultivars resistant to downy mildew, a significant disease affecting basil crops in the United States, as existing varieties are not adequately addressing market demands for resistance and other desirable traits.
Innovation Solution
Development of the basil cultivar 'PAS1713599' with late flowering, upright habit, small leaves, and significant downy mildew resistance, along with methods for vegetative propagation and genetic modification to introduce additional traits such as herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and environmental stress tolerance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing basil varieties are cultivated, then they provide culinary and aromatic value, but they are susceptible to downy mildew disease causing complete yield losses
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by developing a new cultivar (PAS1713599) with altered genetic parameters that confer resistance to downy mildew. The breeding process modified the plant's genetic composition to change its susceptibility parameter from vulnerable to resistant, while maintaining productive yield characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the basil cultivar development process into distinct parental lines (DR4 and EE29) with specific desirable traits, then combines them through controlled crossing to create a hybrid cultivar that inherits resistance and productivity parameters from both parents.
2Adaptability or versatility
If basil cultivars are developed with multiple desirable traits, then market demand is met, but breeding complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple desirable traits from different parental lines into a single cultivar. Parent DR4 contributed late flowering and small leaf traits, while Parent EE29 contributed upright habit and disease resistance, creating a unified cultivar PAS1713599 that expresses all four traits simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The developed cultivar PAS1713599 achieves multi-functionality by simultaneously providing culinary herb value, essential oil production, garden ornamental appeal, and disease resistance, making it a universal solution for multiple market demands and cultivation purposes.
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AI summary
The invention provides plants of the basil cultivar designated ‘PAS1713599’. The invention thus relates to the plants, cells, plant parts, and tissue cultures of the cultivar ‘PAS1713599’, and to methods for producing a basil plant produced by crossing a basil plant of cultivar ‘PAS1713599’ with another basil plant, such as a plant of another cultivar. The invention further relates to basil seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of cultivar ‘PAS1713599’ with plants of another cultivar. The invention further relates to the genetic complements and hybrid genetic complements of plants of cultivar ‘PAS1713599’.