Corn Variety CV093813 Breeding for Genetic Stability

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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 from cross-pollination, leading to unpredictable hybrid traits.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV093813, which includes a cytoplasmic or nuclear factor for male sterility and specific genetic loci conferring traits like herbicide tolerance and disease resistance, along with a process for producing inbred and hybrid seeds through controlled pollination and backcrossing techniques, ensures genetic stability and uniformity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to combine desirable traits from different plants, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but genetic non-uniformity and unpredictable hybrid performance occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidhybrid performance predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by developing homozygous inbred lines through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before creating hybrids. This pre-establishes genetic uniformity and stability in the parent lines, ensuring that when they are crossed, the hybrid performance is predictable and reliable, thus resolving the contradiction between trait combination capability and performance predictability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop homozygous inbred plants, then genetic uniformity and stability are improved, but the ability to combine diverse traits is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidtrait combination capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding process into distinct phases: first developing homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination to achieve genetic uniformity, then creating hybrids by crossing these inbreds to combine diverse traits. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific goal, resolving the contradiction between genetic stability and trait diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Stability of the object's composition

If multiple generations of breeding are conducted to achieve homozygosity, then genetic stability is improved, but breeding time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovehomozygosityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies feedback by implementing selection processes at each generation where plants are evaluated for desired traits and uniformity. This feedback mechanism allows breeders to identify and select the most promising lines early, accelerating the path to homozygosity and reducing the overall breeding time while maintaining genetic stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS9924658B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV093813
Publication Date: 2018.03.27 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV093813. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV093813, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV093813 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 CV093813 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 CV093813.