Corn Variety CV119314 Breeding for Genetic Uniformity

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Problem

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

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV119314, which is an inbred corn plant with specific physiological and morphological characteristics, including cytoplasmic male sterility and heritable traits like herbicide tolerance and disease resistance, achieved through backcrossing and genetic transformation techniques, ensuring stability and uniformity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to develop corn hybrids, 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 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:

Inbred lines are developed and standardized through multiple generations of self-pollination before the crossing step. This preliminary action ensures that parental lines have stable, uniform genetics, which then enables predictable hybrid performance when crossed, rather than attempting to achieve uniformity after 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 genetic diversity and adaptability deteriorate

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 establish genetically uniform inbred lines before the diversity-introducing crossing step. This preliminary uniformity is necessary to ensure that subsequent hybrids have predictable performance, as crossing standardized parental lines produces consistent F1 offspring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding program segments the population into standardized inbred lines first, then combines them through crossing. This segmentation allows self-pollination to achieve uniformity within lines while the crossing step introduces diversity between lines, resolving the contradiction between uniformity and diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then trait variety is improved, but performance predictability and uniformity deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait varietyVSAvoidperformance predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The method uses homozygous inbred lines as parental material, ensuring genetic homogeneity within each parent. This homogeneity is maintained through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection, ensuring that all plants within a parental line are genetically identical and will produce uniform hybrids.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Solution Approach 2:

Desirable traits are consolidated into standardized inbred lines through preliminary breeding and selection work. Once parental lines are established with desired traits and genetic uniformity, crossing these lines produces predictable hybrid performance, rather than attempting to combine traits in heterogeneous populations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8841522B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV119314
Publication Date: 2014.09.23 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV119314. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV119314, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV119314 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 CV119314 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 CV119314.