Wheat Cultivar BZ9WM09-1663 Breeding Program

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wheat breeding techniques face challenges in developing cultivars that combine desirable traits such as high seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and herbicide resistance in a single variety, while maintaining agronomic quality and stability across different environments.

Innovation Solution

The development of the wheat cultivar BZ9WM09-1663, which is a hard red winter type bred for fall planting, incorporating genetic markers for herbicide resistance and tolerance, along with traditional breeding and genetic transformation methods to introduce desired traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, while maintaining uniformity and stability across generations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If traditional breeding techniques are used to combine multiple desirable traits, then the complexity of the breeding program increases, but the ability to successfully integrate all desired traits (yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, herbicide resistance) in a single variety deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding program complexityVSAvoidtrait integration success
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple breeding techniques including traditional crossbreeding, molecular marker-assisted selection, and genetic transformation into a unified breeding program. This integration of multiple methods allows for more reliable trait combination while managing program complexity through systematic coordination of different breeding approaches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

Molecular markers serve as intermediaries in the breeding program, enabling selection of desired traits without directly observing all trait expressions. The markers act as mediators that link genetic composition to phenotypic outcomes, allowing breeders to track and combine multiple traits more efficiently through marker-assisted selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If multiple traits are combined in a single wheat variety, then the agronomic quality and stability across different environments may deteriorate, but the overall productivity and resistance profile improves

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yield and resistance profileVSAvoidagronomic quality stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program applies local quality by selecting for specific trait combinations suited to different environmental conditions and market classes. Different wheat varieties are developed with tailored combinations of traits (e.g., hard red winter vs. soft red winter) to maintain agronomic quality stability in specific regions while achieving high productivity through optimized trait packages for each market segment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs parameter changes by adjusting breeding objectives and selection criteria based on environmental conditions and target market classes. Breeding parameters such as plant height, heading date, and stress tolerance are modified to optimize both productivity and stability for different growing conditions, allowing the same breeding program to produce varieties adapted to various environments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If genetic transformation methods are used to introduce desired traits, then the manufacturing precision of trait introduction improves, but the device complexity and regulatory scrutiny increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait introduction precisionVSAvoidgenetic transformation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the essential genetic transformations needed to achieve desired traits, rather than attempting comprehensive genetic modification. By selecting specific genes and transformation events that provide the most benefit with minimal complexity, the program achieves high manufacturing precision in trait introduction while managing the complexity of genetic transformation procedures and regulatory requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9504223B2Wheat cultivar BZ9WM09-1663
Publication Date: 2016.11.29 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated BZ9WM09-1663. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar BZ9WM09-1663. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar BZ9WM09-1663 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar BZ9WM09-1663 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.