Hybrid Corn CH816319 Breeding Segmentation for Genetic Uniformity

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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 CH816319, which includes genetic loci for traits like male sterility, herbicide resistance, and disease resistance, utilizing cytoplasmic-male sterility and transgenes integrated at a single chromosomal location, 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 hybrid corn varieties, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but genetic uniformity and 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 uniform inbred parental lines through self-pollination, then using controlled cross-pollination only for hybrid production. This segmentation allows genetic diversity to be introduced only at the hybridization stage while maintaining uniformity in the parental lines and F1 hybrids.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Inbred parental lines are developed and stabilized through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before hybridization. This preliminary action ensures that the parental lines are genetically uniform and stable, which then ensures uniformity in the resulting F1 hybrids while still allowing for genetic diversity in trait combinations.

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 required for breeding increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is utilized as a natural breeding mechanism to develop inbred lines. The corn plants self-pollinate without requiring manual intervention for each cross, allowing genetic uniformity to be achieved through natural reproduction combined with selection, thereby reducing the time investment required compared to controlled cross-pollination methods.

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 complexity increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple desirable traits are combined into single inbred parental lines through repeated backcrossing and selection before final hybridization. This merging approach consolidates trait accumulation into unified parental genotypes, simplifying the overall breeding process by reducing the need for multiple separate breeding programs and complex multi-parent crosses.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS8884137B2Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH816319
Publication Date: 2014.11.11 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH816319. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH816319, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH816319 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 CH816319.