Corn Variety CV651295 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 CV651295, which includes a cytoplasmic or nuclear factor for male sterility and genetic modifications conferring traits like herbicide tolerance, disease resistance, and modified metabolism, along with a process for producing inbred and hybrid corn plants using specific crossing and tissue culture methods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional corn breeding techniques are used to develop hybrids, then various desirable traits can be combined in a single variety, but the resulting hybrid plants exhibit genetic non-uniformity leading to unpredictable performance

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies homogeneity by developing highly inbred parental lines that are genetically uniform and homozygous. This ensures that all hybrid plants produced from these parental lines exhibit consistent genetic composition and uniform performance, eliminating the genetic non-uniformity problem 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 breeding process requires multiple generations and extensive selection time

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-developing and maintaining a library of highly inbred, genetically uniform parental lines with known desirable traits. This preliminary preparation allows breeders to quickly create uniform hybrids through simple crosses without needing to perform multiple generations of selfing and selection for each new hybrid, significantly reducing the breeding cycle time while maintaining genetic uniformity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10542703B2Plants and seeds of corn variety CV651295
Publication Date: 2020.01.28 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV651295. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV651295, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV651295 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 CV651295 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 CV651295.