Lobelia KLELE10670 Vegetative Propagation for Color Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new variety of Lobelia erinus that retains distinctive characteristics through asexual propagation and offers intensive pastel blue flower color and good outdoor performance, which existing varieties do not adequately provide.
Innovation Solution
A new variety of Lobelia, 'KLELE10670', resulting from open-pollination between proprietary female parent '05 0047' and an unknown male, exhibiting half-hanging growth habit, light blue flowers, and green foliage, propagated via vegetative cuttings and in vitro methods, maintaining its characteristics across multiple generations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If existing Lobelia varieties are propagated, then reproduction is achieved, but distinctive characteristics are not retained consistently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs vegetative cuttings and in vitro propagation methods to create exact genetic copies of the selected Lobelia plant. This copying process ensures that the distinctive characteristics (intense pastel blue flower color, half-hanging growth habit, foliage color) are replicated identically across multiple generations, achieving both stability of composition and reliability of reproduction
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional propagation methods are used, then reproduction is achieved, but intensive pastel blue flower color is not maintained
Solution Approach 1:
By using vegetative cuttings and in vitro propagation, the patent creates genetically identical copies that preserve the intense pastel blue flower color trait. This copying mechanism ensures the color characteristic remains stable across generations while using conventional, easy-to-implement propagation methods
3Stability of the object's composition
If new variety selection is performed, then distinctive characteristics are achieved, but outdoor performance variability occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses asexual propagation through vegetative cuttings and in vitro methods to create genetically uniform plants. This genetic uniformity ensures that the selected distinctive characteristics (half-hanging habit, flower color, foliage) are consistently expressed across different outdoor environments, achieving both stability and adaptability
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AI summary
A new Lobelia plant named ‘KLELE10670’ particularly distinguished by its intensive pastel blue flower color and its good outdoor performance, is disclosed.