Corn Variety CV112211 Breeding for Genetic Uniformity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current corn breeding methods face challenges in developing uniform corn hybrids with desirable traits such as high yield, disease resistance, and uniformity, as they often result in unpredictable performance due to genetic non-uniformity among hybrid plants.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV112211, which is an inbred corn plant with specific physiological and morphological characteristics, including the option for cytoplasmic or nuclear factors that confer male sterility or herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and other desirable traits, along with a process for producing hybrid seeds by crossing CV112211 with other inbred plants to achieve uniform and stable genetic complements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional corn breeding methods are used to develop hybrids, then various desirable traits can be combined, but genetic non-uniformity among hybrid plants results in unpredictable performance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of desirable traitsVSAvoidperformance predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs homozygous inbred plants as parental lines, which are genetically uniform and true-breeding. This homogeneity at the parental level ensures that all F1 hybrid progeny receive identical genetic combinations, eliminating genetic non-uniformity and achieving predictable performance while maintaining the ability to combine multiple desirable traits through controlled crosses

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop uniform inbred plants, then genetic uniformity is achieved, but the process requires multiple generations and extensive breeding time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent utilizes pre-developed homozygous inbred parental lines that have already undergone multiple generations of self-pollination and selection to achieve genetic uniformity. By starting with these pre-prepared uniform parents, the method achieves genetic stability in the F1 generation without requiring the recipient to perform the time-consuming multi-generational inbreeding process themselves

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If cross-pollination is used to produce hybrid plants, then hybrid vigor is achieved, but genetic non-uniformity makes performance unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehybrid vigorVSAvoidperformance consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent ensures that both parental lines are homozygous and genetically uniform, so that cross-pollination between them produces F1 hybrids that are all genetically identical to one another. This uniformity in the parental genotypes translates to uniformity in the hybrid progeny, achieving both hybrid vigor and consistent, predictable performance across all plants

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Data Source

PatentUS8035006B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV112211
Publication Date: 2011.10.11 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV112211. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV112211, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV112211 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 CV112211 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 CV112211.