Inbred Corn Line BD0657BM Dry Matter Yield
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current corn breeding methods are slow and costly, and existing inbred corn lines lose commercial competitiveness over time, necessitating the development of improved germplasm with enhanced yield, disease resistance, and adaptability.
Innovation Solution
The development of the inbred corn line BD0657BM, which contributes the recessive bm3 gene and offers increased dry matter production, along with trait technologies and seed treatment options for improved yield and resistance to insects, weeds, and diseases, enhancing hybrid performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional corn breeding methods are used, then new inbred corn lines can be developed, but the process is slow and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-developing and maintaining a diverse collection of inbred corn lines with known genetic characteristics before they are needed for specific breeding programs. This advance preparation of germplasm resources allows breeders to quickly select and combine lines with desirable traits without undergoing lengthy development processes, thereby reducing breeding time while maintaining reliability.
2Productivity
If existing inbred corn lines are used, then breeding can proceed quickly, but they lose commercial competitiveness over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by continuously updating and refining the genetic parameters of inbred corn lines through systematic breeding programs. This involves modifying genetic composition, combining different alleles, and selecting for improved traits such as yield, disease resistance, and adaptability. By dynamically changing these genetic parameters, the patent maintains commercial competitiveness while enabling ongoing breeding productivity.
3Stability of the object's composition
If inbreeding is continued to develop new lines, then genetic uniformity improves, but line vigor decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining multiple inbred lines with complementary genetic characteristics to create hybrid corn varieties. This approach leverages heterosis (hybrid vigor) where the F1 hybrid offspring exhibit superior growth, yield, and vigor compared to either parent line. The patent systematically merges genetically uniform inbred lines while preserving overall productivity through the heterotic effect in hybrid combinations.
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AI summary
An inbred corn line, designated BD0657BM, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line BD0657BM, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line BD0657BM with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line BD0657BM with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BD0657BM, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line BD0657BM and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.