Corn Variety CV158320 Breeding Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current corn breeding techniques face challenges in developing uniform corn hybrids with desirable traits such as high yield, disease resistance, and uniform germination due to the unpredictability of genetic non-uniformity in cross-pollinated plants, which requires the development of stable inbred plants and precise breeding methods.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV158320, which includes a cytoplasmic or nuclear factor for male sterility and the introduction of specific genetic loci for traits like herbicide tolerance, disease resistance, and modified metabolism, along with tissue culture techniques for regenerating plants with consistent physiological and morphological characteristics.

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 uniformity and breeding predictability deteriorate

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

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is segmented into distinct phases: creating inbred lines through repeated self-pollination to achieve genetic uniformity, then performing controlled cross-pollination between specific inbreds to combine desirable traits. 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 through preliminary self-pollination and selection before the actual cross-pollination event. This preliminary action ensures that the parent lines are genetically stable and uniform, which then enables predictable and reliable hybrid offspring when crossed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If self-pollination is used to develop homozygous inbred plants, then genetic uniformity is improved, but trait diversity and adaptability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidtrait diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is performed as a preliminary action over multiple generations to create homozygous inbred lines with uniform genetics. Once these uniform lines are established, they serve as stable foundations for subsequent cross-pollination events that will introduce and combine diverse traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Different parts of the breeding program have different quality requirements: inbred lines require high genetic uniformity (homozygosity) at local gene loci, while the hybrid population requires diversity in trait expression. The system maintains local quality standards at each stage appropriate to the breeding objective.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Stability of the object's composition

If multiple generations of selfing and selection are performed to develop inbreds, then genetic stability is improved, but breeding time and productivity deteriorate

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

Solution Approach 1:

The development of stable inbred lines is performed as preliminary action before the actual hybrid development work. By completing the time-consuming selfing and selection process in advance, the subsequent cross-pollination and hybrid evaluation can proceed more efficiently without time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding program maintains continuous useful action through overlapping generations and simultaneous development of multiple inbred lines and hybrids. This continuity ensures that genetic stability is achieved while minimizing idle time and maximizing productive breeding cycles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS8134054B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV158320
Publication Date: 2012.03.13 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV158320. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV158320, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV158320 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 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 CV158320.