Gomphrena Cultivar PAST0517E Continuous Flowering Mounded Growth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Gomphrena cultivars lack continuous flowering and a mounded growth habit, which are desirable traits for horticultural applications.
Innovation Solution
A new cultivar, 'PAST0517E', is developed through controlled breeding, characterized by red-purple inflorescences, dark green foliage, and a vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, achieved through open-pollination and asexual reproduction, resulting in a plant that reproduces true to type with these characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If current Gomphrena cultivars are used, then they are commercially available, but they lack continuous flowering and mounded growth habit
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding for specific phenotypic parameters including continuous flowering capability, mounded growth habit, red-purple inflorescence color, and dark green foliage. Through controlled cross-pollination and selection of progeny exhibiting these desired parameters, the cultivar PAST0517E was developed to simultaneously possess continuous flowering and mounded growth habit, resolving the contradiction between reliability of continuous flowering and adaptability of growth habit.
2Quantity of substance
If existing cultivars like 'Cosmic Flare' are used, then they have acceptable flowering, but they lack dark green foliage and narrow inflorescences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases: selection of parentals with specific traits (red-purple inflorescences, medium green foliage, vigorous mounded growth), controlled cross-pollination, seed harvesting, field sowing, and progeny selection. This segmented approach allowed systematic evaluation and selection of plants exhibiting the desired combination of wide inflorescences, dark green foliage, and continuous flowering, thereby achieving the technical improvement without excessive breeding complexity.
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A new and distinct cultivar of Gomphrena plant named ‘PAST0517E’, characterized by its red-purple colored inflorescences, dark green-colored foliage, and vigorous, upright-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.