Hybrid Corn CH822360 Breeding for Genetic Uniformity

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Solution Overview

Problem

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 CH822360, which includes genetic loci for traits like male sterility, herbicide resistance, and disease resistance, using cytoplasmic-male sterility and genetic transformation techniques, along with specific breeding processes to control pollination and produce uniform hybrid seeds.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to combine desirable traits, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but genetic uniformity and predictability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidgenetic 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 stabilized lines to introduce desired traits. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific goal without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred plants are developed and stabilized through multiple generations of self-pollination before the actual hybrid cross is performed. This preliminary stabilization of parental lines ensures that the subsequent cross-pollination produces uniform, predictable hybrids with consistent trait expression.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop uniform inbred lines, then genetic uniformity is improved, but genetic diversity and trait combination capability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidtrait combination
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is used as a preliminary step to develop and stabilize homozygous inbred lines with uniform genetics. Once these lines are established and purified, they serve as reliable parental stocks that can be crossed to combine desirable traits while maintaining uniformity within each parental contribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred lines act as intermediaries between the goals of genetic uniformity and trait combination. These stabilized lines can be crossed in controlled hybridizations, allowing desired traits to be combined while the uniform genetic background of each parent ensures predictable segregation and expression in the offspring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of manufacture

If traditional breeding methods are used without controlled pollination, then breeding process simplicity is improved, but hybrid uniformity and commercial viability deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding process simplicityVSAvoidhybrid uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The male reproductive organs (tassels) are removed from selected parental plants to prevent unwanted self-pollination or cross-pollination with non-desired varieties. This extraction of the male function from specific plants allows controlled pollination to occur only between intended parental pairs, ensuring hybrid uniformity while maintaining relatively simple breeding procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Controlled pollination acts as an intermediary mechanism that bridges the simplicity of traditional breeding with the precision of uniform hybrid production. By manually controlling pollen transfer between selected inbred lines, breeders maintain procedural simplicity while achieving precise control over hybrid genetics and uniformity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8889965B2Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH822360
Publication Date: 2014.11.18 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH822360. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH822360, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH822360 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 CH822360.