Hybrid Corn CH000656 Breeding Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current corn breeding methods face challenges in developing uniform hybrid varieties with desirable traits such as high yield, disease resistance, and uniform germination due to genetic non-uniformity and unpredictability in cross-pollination, requiring the development of stable inbred plants and specific breeding techniques.

Innovation Solution

The development of the hybrid corn variety CH000656, which incorporates cytoplasmic or nuclear factors for male sterility and desired traits like herbicide resistance, insect resistance, and disease resistance, using genetic loci introduced through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and tissue culture techniques to regenerate plants with specific characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to combine desirable traits from different plants, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but genetic non-uniformity and performance unpredictability worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidperformance uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is segmented into distinct phases: developing homozygous inbred lines through repeated self-pollination, then crossing these stable lines to produce uniform F1 hybrids. This segmentation ensures that each phase achieves its specific goal of either maximizing genetic diversity (in inbred development) or maximizing uniformity (in F1 production).

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred plants are developed through preliminary self-pollination and selection before the actual hybrid crossing. This preliminary action creates stable genetic foundations that ensure uniformity in the subsequent F1 generation, preventing performance unpredictability while still allowing trait combination from the diverse inbred parents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If repeated self-pollination is used to develop homozygous inbred plants, then genetic uniformity is improved, but breeding time and complexity worsen

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

Solution Approach 1:

The development of homozygous inbred lines is performed as a preliminary action before hybrid crossing. By completing the self-pollination and selection process in advance to achieve genetic uniformity, the subsequent hybrid crossing can proceed efficiently without needing to repeat the time-consuming self-pollination cycles, thus managing the overall breeding time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding program maintains continuous useful action by simultaneously developing multiple inbred lines and preparing crosses in parallel. This continuous progression through self-pollination, selection, and crossing phases minimizes the total breeding cycle duration while ensuring genetic uniformity is achieved in each inbred line.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Ease of manufacture

If traditional breeding methods are used without genetic transformation, then natural pollination processes are maintained, but trait introduction speed and precision worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding process simplicityVSAvoidtrait introduction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program integrates multiple approaches: traditional self-pollination and cross-pollination methods remain the foundation for maintaining natural processes and developing inbred lines, while genetic transformation techniques are added as a complementary tool for introducing specific traits. This multi-functional approach allows the program to maintain simplicity in traditional breeding while achieving high efficiency in trait introduction where needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9232730B2Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH000656
Publication Date: 2016.01.12 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH000656. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH000656, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH000656 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH000656.