Fuchsia USFUC0901 Cultivar High Temperature Tolerance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing Fuchsia cultivars lack tolerance to high temperatures and exhibit less vigorous growth and shorter flowering periods, limiting their adaptability and ornamental value in warm environments.

Innovation Solution

A new Fuchsia cultivar, 'USFUC0901', bred through controlled cross-pollination, exhibits an upright and mounding habit, dense branching, vigorous growth, early and prolonged flowering, and tolerance to high temperatures, with larger flowers and distinct coloration compared to its parents and other cultivars like 'Shabetty' and 'Goetzimpro'.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing Fuchsia cultivars are grown in warm environments, then they can be cultivated, but they lack tolerance to high temperatures and exhibit shorter flowering periods

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetemperature toleranceVSAvoidflowering period

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding plants with specific genetic parameters that confer both high temperature tolerance and extended flowering duration. The cultivar 'USFUC0901' was developed through controlled cross-pollination to optimize these physiological parameters, resulting in a plant that maintains vigorous growth and continuous flowering under warm conditions where existing cultivars fail.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If existing Fuchsia cultivars are cultivated, then they can be grown, but they exhibit less vigorous growth and shorter flowering periods

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegrowth vigorVSAvoidflowering period

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple desirable traits from different parent plants through controlled cross-pollination. The female parent (08FJ03-01) and male parent (08FJ07-02) were selected to complement each other's characteristics, combining vigorous growth habits with extended flowering periods. The resulting cultivar 'USFUC0901' exhibits both enhanced growth vigor and prolonged flowering duration that exceed either parent.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If existing Fuchsia cultivars are grown, then they can be cultivated, but they lack adaptability to warm environments

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenvironmental adaptabilityVSAvoidtemperature tolerance

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the physiological and genetic parameters of the Fuchsia plant through selective breeding to adapt to warm environments. The cultivar 'USFUC0901' was developed with modified thermal tolerance parameters, allowing it to thrive in temperatures where existing cultivars struggle. This includes altered heat shock protein expression patterns and modified photosynthetic efficiency under high temperature conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUSPP24262P2Fuchsia plant named `USFUC0901`

Publication Date: 2014.02.25 WINGEN LLC

AI summary

A new and distinct cultivar of Fuchsia plant named ‘USFUC0901’, characterized by its upright and mounding to cascading plant habit; freely branching habit, dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; long flowering period; purple and red purple-colored flowers; and relative tolerance to high temperatures.