Maize Inbred PH47JV Breeding Acceleration

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new maize varieties and hybrids is a time-consuming process, taking six to twelve years, and existing technologies face challenges in combining desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and high yield in a stable and agronomically sound manner.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of the novel maize variety PH47JV, which involves crossing and genetic manipulation to introduce traits like male sterility, disease resistance, and improved agronomic characteristics, using backcross conversion and transformation techniques, along with specific breeding practices to produce stable and high-yielding maize plants.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional maize breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the variety achieves stability and agronomic soundness, but the development process takes six to twelve years

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of varietyVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing inbred line PH47JV with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, yield potential, agronomic characteristics) before hybrid development. This preliminary characterization and selection of parent lines with complementary traits accelerates the breeding process by reducing the need for extensive multi-year field testing and selection cycles that traditionally take 6-12 years.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single variety, then the variety achieves maximal yield across different conditions, but the breeding process becomes more complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveyieldVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the complex trait combination process into manageable components: selecting specific inbred lines (PH47JV and compatible partners) that already possess certain desirable traits, then combining them in controlled hybrid crosses. This segmentation of the breeding process into discrete parental selection and hybridization steps simplifies the overall complexity while achieving multi-trait combinations for maximal yield across different environmental conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Stability of the object's composition

If traditional breeding methods are used to introduce new traits, then the variety achieves genetic stability, but the process requires six to twelve years from first cross to finished seed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic stabilityVSAvoidtime from first cross to finished seed
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing controlled hybridization parameters and selective breeding strategies with inbred line PH47JV to accelerate genetic stabilization. By optimizing cross-compatibility parameters, selection criteria, and generation advancement timing, the process achieves genetic stability more rapidly than traditional methods, reducing the 6-12 year timeline while maintaining variety integrity and stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10721885B1Maize inbred PH47JV
Publication Date: 2020.07.28 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel maize variety designated PH47JV and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47JV with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47JV through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47JV or a locus conversion of PH47JV with another maize variety.