Corn Variety CV572727 Breeding for Genetic Uniformity

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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 uniformity, as they often result in unpredictable performance due to genetic non-uniformity among hybrid plants.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV572727, 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 other desirable traits like herbicide tolerance and disease resistance, allowing for controlled pollination and hybrid seed production.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional corn breeding techniques are used to develop hybrids, then various desirable traits can be combined, but genetic non-uniformity results in unpredictable performance

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

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is segmented into distinct phases: developing homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination, then crossing these standardized lines to produce uniform hybrids. This segmentation ensures genetic consistency within each phase while achieving trait combination across phases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the genetic uniformity parameter by enforcing homozygosity in parental lines through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection. This parameter change ensures that all plants in a hybrid population have identical heterozygous genotypes, making performance predictable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop uniform inbred plants, then genetic uniformity is achieved, but breeding complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before the actual hybrid crossing. This preliminary development of homozygous inbred lines simplifies the subsequent hybridization process and ensures uniform results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Self-pollination is utilized as a natural mechanism to achieve homozygosity. The plant serves itself by transferring its own pollen, eliminating the need for complex external intervention while achieving the desired genetic uniformity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to produce hybrid plants, then desirable traits from different parents are combined, but genetic non-uniformity occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidgenetic uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent achieves homogeneity by crossing two homozygous inbred lines, ensuring that all F1 hybrid offspring have identical heterozygous genotypes. This homogeneity in genetic composition provides both uniformity and predictable performance while combining traits from both parents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Data Source

PatentUS7626098B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV572727
Publication Date: 2009.12.01 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV572727. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV572727, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV572727 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 CV572727.