Inbred Corn Line CB18615S2 Yield Stability Breeding

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for stable, high-yielding corn hybrids that are agronomically sound to maximize ear or kernel production, addressing the challenge of developing superior parental lines for corn breeding.

Innovation Solution

The development of a novel inbred corn line, CB18615S2, which includes methods for producing seeds, plants, and derived corn lines with specific morphological and physiological characteristics, utilizing mutagenesis, TILLING screening, and genetic modification to introduce desired traits such as herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional breeding methods are used to develop corn hybrids, then parental lines can be selected, but yield and agronomic performance are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveyieldVSAvoidstability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the genetic composition of corn parental lines through controlled crossing and selection. Specific genetic parameters are altered to achieve superior yield and stability in hybrids, transforming the genetic parameters of the parental lines to produce offspring with enhanced productivity while maintaining reliability through systematic breeding protocols

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If genetic modification techniques are applied to introduce desired traits, then traits like herbicide resistance and nutritional quality are improved, but the complexity of the breeding process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait diversityVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding process into distinct stages: selecting parental lines with specific traits, controlled crossing to introduce desired traits, and systematic selection of offspring. This segmentation allows for the introduction of diverse traits like herbicide resistance and nutritional quality while managing process complexity through organized, step-by-step procedures

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses controlled crossing as an intermediary mechanism to introduce desired traits. By using specific parental lines as intermediaries that carry desired traits (such as herbicide resistance or nutritional enhancements), the breeding process can systematically introduce these traits into new hybrids without directly applying complex genetic modification techniques

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12161077B2Inbred corn line CB18615S2
Publication Date: 2024.12.10 KWS SAAT SE & CO KGAA

AI summary

Inbred corn line, designated CB18615S2, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line CB18615S2, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line CB18615S2 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line CB with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line CB and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line CB18615S2.