Hybrid Corn CH011083 Cytoplasmic Male Sterility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current corn breeding techniques face challenges in developing hybrid varieties that combine desirable traits such as high yield, disease resistance, and uniformity, while maintaining genetic stability and avoiding self-pollination, which limits the efficiency of hybrid seed production.

Innovation Solution

The development of the hybrid corn variety CH011083, which incorporates genetic modifications and cytoplasmic male sterility traits to prevent self-pollination, along with tissue culture methods for regenerating plants with specific physiological and morphological characteristics, enables the production of hybrid seeds with enhanced traits like herbicide resistance and improved agronomic qualities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional self-pollination breeding methods are used, then genetic stability is maintained, but hybrid seed production efficiency is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehybrid seed production efficiencyVSAvoidgenetic stability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the self-pollination capability from the corn plant by introducing cytoplasmic male sterility traits, which eliminate pollen production in the female parent. This extraction prevents self-pollination and enables controlled cross-pollination for hybrid seed production, resolving the contradiction between maintaining genetic stability and improving hybrid seed production efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses cytoplasmic male sterility as an intermediary mechanism to control pollination. The sterile cytoplasm acts as a mediator that prevents self-pollination while allowing controlled cross-pollination with fertile male parents, thereby improving hybrid seed production efficiency without compromising genetic stability through uncontrolled selfing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If cytoplasmic male sterility is introduced to prevent self-pollination, then hybrid seed production efficiency improves, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehybrid seed production efficiencyVSAvoidbreeding system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs self-service by utilizing the plant's own cytoplasmic inheritance system to control pollination. The female parent's sterile cytoplasm automatically prevents self-pollination without requiring external intervention or complex mechanical devices, improving hybrid seed production efficiency while adding minimal system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the genetic parameter of the female parent by introducing cytoplasmic male sterility traits, which alter the pollen production capability. This parameter change enables controlled cross-pollination and improves hybrid seed production efficiency without requiring complex breeding systems, as the genetic modification itself provides the control mechanism

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11388872B2Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH011083
Publication Date: 2022.07.19 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011083. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011083, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011083 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 CH011083.