Hybrid Corn 19253331 Seed Treatment for Disease Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new hybrid corn varieties is a slow and costly process that requires expertise, and existing hybrids lose commercial competitiveness over time, necessitating the creation of novel hybrids with improved characteristics for enhanced yield, disease resistance, and adaptability.

Innovation Solution

A new hybrid corn variety, designated 19253331, is developed by crossing inbred varieties SRH55 and UTM31, with specific physiological and morphological characteristics, and treated seeds are used to enhance resistance to adverse conditions, incorporating seed treatments like sodium methylphenyl-pentadienate and polyoxyalkylene-organo-siloxane block copolymer to improve plant hardiness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If new hybrid corn varieties are developed through traditional breeding, then improved yield and disease resistance are achieved, but the development process is slow and costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-treating corn seeds with specific chemical compositions (sodium methylphenyl-pentadienate and polyoxyalkylene-organo-siloxane block copolymer) before planting. This pre-treatment prepares the seeds in advance to resist adverse conditions, diseases and pests, eliminating the need for lengthy breeding programs to develop disease-resistant varieties. The chemical treatment is applied beforehand, allowing immediate protection rather than requiring generations of selective breeding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the chemical and physical parameters of the seed surface by coating it with specific compounds. The sodium methylphenyl-pentadienate and polyoxyalkylene-organo-siloxane block copolymer alter the seed's surface properties and chemical composition, providing disease resistance and stress tolerance without genetic modification. This parameter change approach achieves rapid improvement compared to traditional breeding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If hybrid corn varieties are developed to maintain commercial competitiveness, then improved traits are achieved, but the breeding process requires extensive expertise and resources

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses disposable chemical treatments applied to seeds rather than developing permanent genetic traits through complex breeding programs. The chemical coatings provide temporary but effective protection and adaptability for each planting season, eliminating the need for maintaining complex breeding infrastructure and expertise. Each season's seeds are independently treated, making the system flexible and resource-efficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces chemical compounds as intermediaries between the seed and the environment. The sodium methylphenyl-pentadienate and polyoxyalkylene-organo-siloxane block copolymer act as mediators that protect the seed from adverse conditions, diseases and pests. This intermediary approach simplifies the breeding program by using external chemical agents rather than complex genetic engineering or multi-generational breeding schemes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If seed treatments are applied to improve plant hardiness, then resistance to adverse conditions is enhanced, but additional processing steps are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresistance to adverse conditionsVSAvoidseed treatment process
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple functions into a single seed treatment process. The coating simultaneously provides disease resistance, pest protection, and environmental stress tolerance through the combined action of sodium methylphenyl-pentadienate and polyoxyalkylene-organo-siloxane block copolymer. This merged approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate treatments or breeding objectives into one unified process, simplifying manufacturing despite the added treatment step.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS9351454B1Hybrid corn variety 19253331
Publication Date: 2016.05.31 AGRIGENETICS INC

AI summary

The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 19253331. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 19253331, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 19253331 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 19253331.