Pea Line SV3946QB Breeding Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current pea breeding methods face challenges in developing uniform, high-yielding pea varieties with desirable traits such as resistance to pathogens, environmental stress, and improved nutritional value, as they often result in unpredictable performance due to genetic non-uniformity in hybrid plants.

Innovation Solution

The development of the pea line SV3946QB, which is a late-maturing garden pea variety with specific physiological and morphological characteristics, combined with genetic engineering techniques like genome editing to introduce desired traits like herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and disease resistance, ensuring uniformity and stability across generations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding methods are used to develop pea varieties, then genetic diversity is maintained, but uniformity and predictability of hybrid performance deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuniformity of hybrid plantsVSAvoidpredictability of performance
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is segmented into distinct phases: developing homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination, evaluating them individually, and then crossing selected lines to produce uniform F1 hybrids. This segmentation allows each phase to be optimized independently, ensuring both uniformity and predictability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Homozygous inbred lines are developed and evaluated before the hybrid crossing stage. This preliminary action ensures that only genetically stable, high-performing lines are used as parents, which guarantees uniform and predictable F1 hybrid performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to develop inbred lines, then uniformity is improved, but genetic diversity is reduced

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

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program dynamically switches between self-pollination (to create uniform inbred lines) and cross-pollination (to generate diverse F1 hybrids). This dynamic approach allows the system to achieve uniformity when needed and diversity when needed, resolving the contradiction between the two requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The pollination parameter is changed between breeding stages: self-pollination is used during inbred line development to achieve uniformity, while cross-pollination is used during hybrid production to restore genetic diversity and vigor.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to produce hybrid plants, then genetic diversity is improved, but uniformity of the population deteriorates

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

Solution Approach 1:

Different parts of the breeding program have different quality requirements: inbred lines require genetic uniformity (achieved through selfing), while F1 hybrids require genetic diversity (achieved through crossing). By applying different pollination strategies to different stages, both requirements are satisfied.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Adaptability or versatility

If multiple breeding populations are maintained to preserve genetic diversity, then adaptability is improved, but complexity of the breeding program increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Genetic diversity is extracted and concentrated in the parental inbred lines, which are maintained as separate, well-characterized genetic resources. The actual hybrid production then uses only two parents at a time, simplifying the operational complexity while preserving overall genetic diversity in the breeding program.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS10743508B1Pea variety SV3946QB
Publication Date: 2020.08.18 SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS INC

AI summary

The invention provides seed and plants of pea line SV3946QB. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pea line SV3946QB and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line SV3946QB 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 SV3946QB, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.