Hybrid Corn CH010367 Breeding Segmentation and Male Sterility

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Solution Overview

Problem

The challenge in corn breeding is to develop hybrid varieties that combine desirable traits such as high yield, disease resistance, and uniformity, while maintaining genetic stability and avoiding self-pollination.

Innovation Solution

The development of the hybrid corn variety CH010367, which includes genetic modifications for traits like male sterility, herbicide resistance, and disease resistance, and is produced through crossing specific inbred parent plants to ensure genetic stability and prevent self-pollination.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to develop hybrid corn varieties, then genetic diversity and desirable traits are improved, but self-pollination control and genetic stability become more difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoidgenetic stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The invention segments the breeding population into distinct inbred parental lines with specific desirable traits, allowing controlled cross-pollination between segments while maintaining genetic stability within each segment through inbreeding

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses male sterility systems and physical isolation barriers as intermediaries to control pollination, ensuring that cross-pollination occurs only between intended parental lines while preventing unwanted self-pollination or contamination

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Stability of the object's composition

If inbred parental plants are developed through self-pollination, then genetic uniformity is improved, but loss of genetic diversity and inbre depression occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidgenetic diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The invention merges multiple inbred parental lines, each developed through self-pollination for genetic uniformity, into a hybrid combination that restores genetic diversity and vigor through heterosis while maintaining the uniformity benefits of inbreeding within each parent

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If hybrid corn varieties are produced through crossing inbred plants, then yield and desirable traits are improved, but complexity of breeding program and production increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveyieldVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by developing and maintaining established inbred parental lines with known desirable traits before hybrid production, and by pre-establishing male sterility systems or isolation protocols to simplify the actual crossing process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses self-service mechanisms such as cytoplasmic male sterility that automatically prevent self-pollination without requiring manual intervention, and natural isolation characteristics of the inbred lines that reduce the need for complex management during hybrid seed production

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12317827B2Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH010367
Publication Date: 2025.06.03 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010367. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010367, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010367 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 CH010367.