Maize Inbred PH1V5D Breeding for Disease Resistance and Yield

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current maize breeding techniques face challenges in combining desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and uniformity, which are essential for efficient crop production and yield improvement.

Innovation Solution

Development of a novel maize variety, PH1V5D, through selective breeding and genetic manipulation to introduce desired traits, including resistance to various stresses and improved agronomic characteristics, by crossing with other maize varieties and using backcross conversion and transformation processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional plant breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then disease resistance and drought tolerance can be achieved, but the time required for breeding and the complexity of the breeding process increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing parental inbred lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, drought tolerance, uniformity) before crossing. The F1 hybrid is then evaluated for heterosis and trait expression, allowing breeders to predict performance before full-scale deployment, thereby reducing the overall breeding timeline.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation of F1 hybrid performance across multiple traits (yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, uniformity). Data from field trials and phenotypic assessments feed back into the breeding program to select superior parental combinations and refine breeding strategies, accelerating the development of improved varieties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single variety, then yield and stress resistance improve, but the uniformity of plant characteristics becomes more difficult to maintain

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveyieldVSAvoiduniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by selecting parental lines that excel in specific local conditions or trait categories (e.g., one parent for disease resistance, another for drought tolerance). The F1 hybrid combines these locally optimized traits while maintaining overall uniformity through controlled crossing and selection, allowing the variety to perform well across diverse environments without sacrificing consistency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by evaluating and selecting F1 hybrids based on multiple quantitative parameters (yield, disease resistance ratings, drought tolerance scores, uniformity metrics). By optimizing these parameters simultaneously through controlled breeding and selection, the patent achieves high yield and stress resistance while maintaining uniform plant characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If selective breeding and genetic manipulation are used to improve stress resistance, then drought tolerance and disease resistance increase, but the complexity of the breeding process and genetic manipulation techniques required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedrought toleranceVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses F1 hybridization as an intermediary mechanism to combine desirable traits from different parental inbreds. This natural genetic recombination serves as a mediator that integrates stress resistance traits without requiring complex genetic manipulation techniques, simplifying the overall breeding process while achieving the desired reliability improvements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Productivity

If uniformity of plant characteristics is prioritized for mechanical harvesting, then harvest efficiency improves, but the ability to incorporate diverse stress resistance traits is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveharvest efficiencyVSAvoidtrait diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent achieves universality by developing F1 hybrid varieties that simultaneously provide mechanical harvesting uniformity (consistent plant height, maturity, and architecture) and diverse stress resistance traits (disease, drought, and other environmental stresses). The hybrid system allows multiple functions to be integrated in a single variety, satisfying both harvest efficiency and adaptability requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9247698B1Maize inbred PH1V5D
Publication Date: 2016.02.02 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel maize variety designated PH1V5D and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1V5D with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1V5D through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1V5D or a locus conversion of PH1V5D with another maize variety.