Chimenti Globe Grape Mutation Color Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new grape plant variety that produces bright light red, large seeded grapes with unique characteristics distinct from existing varieties like 'Red Globe', particularly for markets that appreciate this specific color and quality.
Innovation Solution
The 'Chimenti Globe' grape variety, discovered as a mutation in an 'Red Globe' orchard, is propagated through asexual reproduction by top grafting, maintaining its bright light red color, large seeded berries, sugar level, acidity, and excellent cold storage conservation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a new grape variety is developed with bright light red color, then the color differentiation and market appeal are improved, but the breeding complexity and time required are increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selecting for a specific color parameter (bright light red) in the grape variety. This involves changing the phenotypic parameter of fruit color from the typical deep purplish red to a distinctive bright light red, creating market differentiation while maintaining other desirable traits through controlled propagation
2Ease of manufacture
If a new grape variety is developed with bright light red color, then the market appeal and product distinction are improved, but the breeding time and resource investment are increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies copying by using asexual propagation methods (top working, grafting, budding) to replicate the mutant vine's bright light red color trait. This allows rapid multiplication of the desired phenotype without repeated sexual breeding cycles, significantly reducing the time required to produce commercial quantities while maintaining genetic consistency of the distinctive color trait
3Stability of the object's composition
If asexual propagation is used to maintain consistent color, then the trait consistency and product uniformity are improved, but the propagation effort and resources are increased
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing propagation activities during the winter dormant season when the vines are inactive. This timing allows propagation work to be done when the vines are not in active growth, reducing the impact on fruit production cycles and enabling efficient multiplication of plants without compromising the consistency of the bright light red color trait in subsequent generations
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AI summary
A new and distinct grape plant variety named ‘Chimenti Globe’, characterized by the following unique combination of characteristics: a bright light red color that never darkens no matter how advanced its maturity, large seeded berries, sugar level, acidity, and excellent conservation in cold storage.