Hybrid Corn CH548933 Breeding Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current corn breeding techniques 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 methods.

Innovation Solution

The development of the hybrid corn variety CH548933, which includes genetic loci for traits like male sterility, herbicide resistance, and disease resistance, utilizing cytoplasmic-male sterility and transgenes integrated at specific chromosomal locations, along with tissue culture methods for regenerating plants with consistent physiological and morphological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to develop corn hybrids, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but genetic uniformity and performance predictability deteriorate

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

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is segmented into distinct phases: first developing homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination to ensure genetic uniformity, then crossing these standardized lines to introduce controlled genetic diversity. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific goal without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Inbred parental lines are developed and standardized through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before the actual hybrid crossing. This preliminary action ensures that the genetic composition of parents is fully understood and uniform, which guarantees predictability in the resulting hybrid performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop inbred lines, then genetic uniformity is improved, but time to achieve stable varieties increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding system utilizes the corn plant's natural self-pollination capability to automatically achieve homozygosity in inbred lines without requiring external intervention for each generation. Once inbred lines are established, they can self-maintain their genetic uniformity, reducing the need for continuous breeder attention and time investment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then trait diversity is improved, but breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait diversityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple breeding objectives (yield improvement, disease resistance, stress tolerance) are merged into a unified inbred line development program. By accumulating desired traits within standardized inbred parental lines before hybridization, the program achieves trait diversity while maintaining a consistent, repeatable breeding methodology that reduces operational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS8692061B2Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH548933
Publication Date: 2014.04.08 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH548933. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH548933, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH548933 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 CH548933.