Corn Variety CV076785 Breeding for Genetic Uniformity

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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 produce stable inbred plants with predictable performance due to genetic non-uniformity in hybrid populations.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV076785, which includes methods for producing inbred plants with specific traits like male sterility, herbicide tolerance, and disease resistance through cytoplasmic-male sterility and genetic transformation, ensuring uniformity and stability by controlling pollination and using specific genetic loci.

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 creating homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination to ensure genetic uniformity, then crossing these standardized lines to introduce controlled genetic diversity. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific goal without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred plants are developed through preliminary self-pollination and selection before the crossing stage. This preliminary action ensures that the parental lines have stable, uniform genetics, which then enables predictable hybrid performance when crossed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to create homozygous inbred plants, then genetic uniformity is improved, but genetic diversity and trait combination worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidgenetic diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is used as a preliminary action to create homozygous inbred lines with uniform genetics. These standardized lines serve as the foundation for subsequent crossing, ensuring that diversity is introduced in a controlled manner rather than through direct hybridization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred lines act as intermediaries between the breeding goal of genetic uniformity and the need for genetic diversity. These inbreds are first created through selfing to achieve uniformity, then used as parents in crosses to introduce diversity in a predictable way.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop inbred plants, then broad genetic background is improved, but breeding time and complexity worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic backgroundVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding method uses self-pollination to achieve homozygosity, allowing the plant itself to serve the breeding purpose without requiring complex external intervention. This self-service approach accelerates the development of inbred lines compared to more interventionist methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding approach changes the parameter of pollination type from cross-pollination to self-pollination during the inbred development phase. This parameter change accelerates homozygosity achievement while maintaining broad genetic background through proper selection of parental material.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS7601900B2Plants and seeds of corn variety cv076785
Publication Date: 2009.10.13 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV076785. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV076785, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV076785 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 CV076785 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 CV076785.