Corn Variety CV031822 Breeding Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Corn breeding aims to combine desirable traits like yield, disease resistance, and uniformity, but existing methods struggle to develop stable inbred plants with predictable performance due to genetic non-uniformity in hybrid populations.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV031822, which includes a cytoplasmic or nuclear factor for male sterility and specific genetic loci conferring traits like herbicide tolerance and disease resistance, along with tissue cultures capable of regenerating plants with consistent morphological and physiological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to create hybrid plants, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but genetic uniformity and performance predictability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoidgenetic uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is segmented into distinct phases: first developing uniform inbred lines through self-pollination, then using controlled cross-pollination only for hybrid production. This segmentation allows maintaining genetic uniformity in parental lines while achieving genetic diversity in hybrids, resolving the contradiction between uniformity and diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Inbred parental lines are developed and stabilized through multiple generations of self-pollination before hybridization. This preliminary action creates genetically uniform parents that will produce consistent, predictable hybrids, solving the problem of unpredictable performance from direct cross-pollination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop inbred lines, then genetic uniformity is improved, but time to achieve stable homozygous lines increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidtime to develop inbred lines
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program uses systematic selection and evaluation of inbred lines across multiple generations, with feedback mechanisms to identify and advance the most promising lines. This structured feedback approach accelerates the time to develop stable inbreds compared to undirected self-pollination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple generations of self-pollination are performed in advance to establish homozygous inbred lines before hybridization. This preliminary development of uniform parents, though time-consuming, enables subsequent rapid and predictable hybrid production, making the overall breeding program more efficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple breeding methods are combined to develop inbred plants, then trait combination capability is improved, but breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination capabilityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program segments different breeding methods for specific purposes: self-pollination for inbred line development, controlled cross-pollination for hybrid production, and selection for trait identification. This segmentation manages complexity by assigning each method a specific function rather than using all methods simultaneously for all purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of starting with diverse hybrids and attempting to stabilize them, the program inverts the approach by first creating uniform inbred lines and then deliberately crossing them to produce hybrids with desired trait combinations. This inversion simplifies the breeding logic and improves predictability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUS9485941B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV031822
Publication Date: 2016.11.08 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV031822. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV031822, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV031822 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV031822 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV031822.