Pea Line 08540793 Segmentation Breeding for Uniformity and Disease Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current pea breeding methods have limitations in producing uniform, high-yielding pea varieties with desirable traits such as resistance to diseases and improved agronomic qualities, which are essential for commercial success.

Innovation Solution

Development of the pea line 08540793, which exhibits traits like terminal flowering node, resistance to enation virus, and races 1 and 2 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi, achieved through pedigree selection and genetic manipulation, including backcrossing and transgenic techniques, to create a homogeneous population with improved characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If pedigree breeding and recurrent selection are used to develop inbred plants, then genetic diversity is increased, but uniformity of the resulting population decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoiduniformity of population
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program segments the development process into distinct phases: first developing uniform homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination and selection, then crossing these lines to create hybrid populations. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific goal - uniformity in inbred lines, genetic diversity in hybrid populations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The method performs preliminary action by developing homozygous inbred lines through multiple generations of self-pollination and selection before creating the final hybrid population. This preliminary development of uniform parental lines ensures that when they are crossed, the resulting hybrids exhibit both uniformity (from the homozygous parents) and genetic diversity (from the combination of different inbred lines).

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to create homozygous inbred plants, then uniformity of progeny is improved, but genetic diversity is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuniformity of progenyVSAvoidgenetic diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is used as a preliminary action to create homozygous inbred lines with uniform progeny. These uniform lines then serve as parental material for subsequent cross-pollination, which reintroduces genetic diversity while maintaining the uniformity benefits achieved through self-pollination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding process segments the use of self-pollination to only the phase where uniformity is needed (creating inbred lines), then transitions to cross-pollination for the phase where genetic diversity is needed (creating hybrid populations). This segmentation allows each pollination method to be used optimally for its specific purpose.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination between heterozygous plants is performed, then genetic diversity is increased, but uniformity of the hybrid population decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoiduniformity of hybrid population
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of cross-pollinating heterozygous plants (which creates non-uniform hybrids), the method inverts the approach by cross-pollinating homozygous inbred lines. This inversion ensures that the parental lines are genetically uniform before crossing, so the resulting hybrids exhibit both uniformity and genetic diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The method performs the preliminary action of creating homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination and selection before performing cross-pollination. This preliminary homozygization ensures that when cross-pollination occurs, the resulting hybrid population maintains uniformity while still achieving genetic diversity through the combination of different inbred lines.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS7622639B2Pea line 08540793
Publication Date: 2009.11.24 SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS INC

AI summary

The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated 08540793. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line 08540793, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line 08540793 with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line 08540793, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.