Hybrid Corn 980003 Breeding via Preliminary Action

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new hybrid corn varieties is a slow and costly process, requiring expertise and numerous steps, and existing hybrids lose commercial competitiveness over time, necessitating the creation of novel varieties with improved characteristics such as increased grain yield and resistance to insects, weeds, and diseases.

Innovation Solution

The development of hybrid corn variety 980003, produced from a cross of inbred varieties 7RN401 and XJH58, which exhibits improved grain yield and resistance traits, along with seed treatment options to enhance crop flexibility and protect against adverse conditions, is achieved through careful selection and breeding processes, including self-pollination and cross-pollination techniques to produce uniform and vigorous F1 hybrid progeny.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If traditional hybrid corn variety development processes are used, then uniform F1 hybrid progeny can be produced, but the process is slow and costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuniformity of F1 hybrid progenyVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and pre-breeding inbreds with specific desirable traits before the actual hybridization. The inbreds are developed through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection to ensure uniformity and vigor are restored in the F1 generation, thereby reducing the overall development time while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying breeding strategies to incorporate molecular markers and genomic selection. This allows for more efficient selection of inbreds with desired traits, accelerating the breeding process while maintaining the uniformity and vigor characteristics of the F1 hybrid progeny.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Manufacturing precision

If traditional hybrid corn variety development processes are used, then uniform F1 hybrid progeny can be produced, but the process is costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuniformity of F1 hybrid progenyVSAvoiddevelopment cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and pre-breeding inbreds with specific desirable traits before the actual hybridization. The inbreds are developed through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection to ensure uniformity and vigor are restored in the F1 generation, thereby reducing the overall development time while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying breeding strategies to incorporate molecular markers and genomic selection. This allows for more efficient selection of inbreds with desired traits, accelerating the breeding process while maintaining the uniformity and vigor characteristics of the F1 hybrid progeny.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If existing hybrid corn varieties are used, then current crop production is maintained, but commercial competitiveness is lost over time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecurrent crop productionVSAvoidcommercial competitiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies continuity of useful action by maintaining a continuous breeding program that constantly generates new hybrid varieties with improved traits. The breeding process is ongoing, with new inbreds being developed and crossed to create F1 hybrids that maintain and improve upon commercial competitiveness, ensuring continuous adaptation to changing agricultural needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying breeding strategies to incorporate molecular markers and genomic selection. This allows for more efficient selection of inbreds with desired traits, accelerating the breeding process while maintaining the uniformity and vigor characteristics of the F1 hybrid progeny.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Reliability

If new hybrid corn varieties with improved characteristics are developed, then commercial competitiveness is enhanced, but development time and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommercial competitivenessVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and pre-breeding inbreds with specific desirable traits before the actual hybridization. The inbreds are developed through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection to ensure uniformity and vigor are restored in the F1 generation, thereby reducing the overall development time while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying breeding strategies to incorporate molecular markers and genomic selection. This allows for more efficient selection of inbreds with desired traits, accelerating the breeding process while maintaining the uniformity and vigor characteristics of the F1 hybrid progeny.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Hybrid corn variety 980003 demonstrates increased grain yield and improved resistance to pests and diseases, offering enhanced economic value and adaptability, thereby addressing the need for novel and competitive hybrid corn varieties.

Implementation Method 1

Vigor is restored when two different inbred lines are cross-pollinated to produce the first generation (F1) progeny

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectSelf-pollination:

Implementation Method 2

Natural, or open pollination, occurs in corn when wind blows pollen from the tassels to the silks that protrude from the tops of the ear shoot

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectWind: Wind

Data Source

PatentUS8492622B1Hybrid corn variety 980003
Publication Date: 2013.07.23 AGRIGENETICS INC

AI summary

The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 980003. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 980003, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 980003 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 980003.