Maize Inbred PH25T1 Breeding for Disease Resistance and Drought Tolerance

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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, PH25T1, through selective breeding and genetic manipulation to introduce desired traits, including resistance to various stresses and improved agronomic characteristics, by crossing inbred lines and using backcross conversion and transformation processes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional plant breeding is used to combine desirable traits, then disease resistance and drought tolerance can be improved, but the time required to develop new varieties and achieve uniformity is excessive

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing inbred lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, drought tolerance, uniformity) before combining them in hybrid development. This preliminary characterization of inbred lines PH25T1 and other parental lines allows for more efficient trait combination without extensive breeding time, as the parental lines are already optimized for specific functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If traditional plant breeding is used to combine desirable traits, then drought tolerance can be improved, but the time required to develop new varieties and achieve uniformity is excessive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedrought toleranceVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing inbred lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, drought tolerance, uniformity) before combining them in hybrid development. This preliminary characterization of inbred lines PH25T1 and other parental lines allows for more efficient trait combination without extensive breeding time, as the parental lines are already optimized for specific functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Stability of the object's composition

If traditional plant breeding is used to achieve uniformity, then mechanical harvesting compatibility is improved, but the time required to develop uniform varieties is excessive

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing inbred lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, drought tolerance, uniformity) before combining them in hybrid development. This preliminary characterization of inbred lines PH25T1 and other parental lines allows for more efficient trait combination without extensive breeding time, as the parental lines are already optimized for specific functions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9585318B1Maize inbred PH25T1
Publication Date: 2017.03.07 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC
  • US9585318B1 patent drawing

AI summary

A novel maize variety designated PH25T1 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH25T1 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH25T1 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 PH25T1 or a locus conversion of PH25T1 with another maize variety.