Corn Variety CV614443 Breeding Segmentation

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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 in hybrid populations.

Innovation Solution

The development of the corn variety CV614443, which includes methods for producing inbred plants with specific traits like male sterility, herbicide tolerance, and disease resistance through cytoplasmic or nuclear factors, and genetic transformation techniques, ensuring uniformity and stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to create hybrid plants, 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 creating 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:

Homozygous inbred plants are developed in advance through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before the crossing step. This preliminary action ensures that the genetic composition is stabilized and uniform before introducing diversity through cross-pollination, making the subsequent hybrid population more predictable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop homozygous inbred plants, 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 and selection are performed as a preliminary action to establish homozygous inbred lines with uniform genetic composition. Once this uniformity is achieved, the lines are then crossed with other inbred lines to introduce the necessary genetic diversity for adaptability and trait combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred lines serve as intermediaries that bridge the need for genetic uniformity and genetic diversity. These standardized lines can be consistently crossed with specific partners to produce predictable hybrid populations with desired traits, thus mediating between the requirements for uniformity and diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If extensive breeding programs are implemented to develop superior inbred plants, then trait combination and yield are improved, but breeding time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveyieldVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program is segmented into independent, standardized modules: development of inbred line A, development of inbred line B, and their cross. Once inbred lines are developed, they can be consistently crossed to produce hybrids with predictable performance, reducing the time needed for extensive evaluation of each new combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding approach changes the parameter of genetic composition from heterogeneous hybrid populations to standardized homozygous inbred lines with fixed genetic parameters. This standardization allows for more efficient selection and faster development of superior combinations, reducing overall breeding time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS7619151B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV614443
Publication Date: 2009.11.17 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV614443. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV614443, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV614443 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 CV614443 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 CV614443.