I 101 Olive Tree Breeding for High Oil Yield and Low Vigor

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for new olive tree varieties that are self-pollinating and produce high yields of improved olive oil to meet the increasing demand for olive oil in various food types and cooking.

Innovation Solution

The development of a new olive tree variety, 'I 101', which is a selection from a sexual cross between 'Arbosana' and 'Chiquitita' olive trees, exhibiting high oil content, low vigor, and increased yield compared to its parents.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional olive varieties are used for oil production, then they may have moderate yield and vigor, but they are self-sterile and require cross-pollination which reduces productivity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveolive yield and oil productionVSAvoidself-pollination capability

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by creating a new olive variety through controlled breeding that modifies the reproductive parameters of parent varieties. The cross between 'Arbosana' and 'Chiquitita' produced 'I 101' with altered self-pollination capabilities and enhanced oil production parameters (14% higher oil content), directly resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If high vigor olive varieties are used, then they produce more foliage and potential yield, but they require more resources and space reducing efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveolive productionVSAvoidvigor and resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the vigor parameter by selecting and breeding 'I 101' to exhibit low vigor (5% less than parents) while maintaining high productivity. This parameter transformation allows the variety to produce 5-15% more oil with reduced resource consumption, directly addressing the contradiction between production volume and resource efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If open growth habit varieties are used, then they have good air circulation, but they occupy more space reducing planting density

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoil production per areaVSAvoidtree spacing requirement

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies inversion by reversing the conventional relationship between growth habit and productivity. Instead of using open growth habits to achieve good air circulation, 'I 101' uses a drooping/weeping growth habit that naturally provides air circulation while occupying less horizontal space, enabling higher planting density and increased oil production per area

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Data Source

PatentUSPP36715P2Olive tree named ‘I 101’

Publication Date: 2025.06.03 TODOLIVO SL

AI summary

The new and distinct variety of olive tree variety ‘I 101’ is provided. The variety can be distinguished by its outstanding features of good adaptation to hedgerow system, low vigor, high yield, and high oil content.