Pepper Hybrid DR1908PB Uniformity via Segmented Breeding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current plant breeding methods face challenges in developing uniform pepper varieties with desirable traits like herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and disease resistance, as they often result in unpredictable performance due to genetic non-uniformity in hybrid plants.

Innovation Solution

The development of pepper hybrid DR1908PB and inbred lines SBYXD13-0074 and SBY-181-GROUP, which incorporate specific genetic loci through backcrossing or genetic transformation, ensuring uniformity and desirable traits such as herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, and disease resistance, while maintaining morphological and physiological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

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

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoiduniformity of hybrid population
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program is segmented into distinct phases: developing homozygous inbred lines through self-pollination, evaluating them individually, and then crossing selected inbreds to produce uniform F1 hybrids. This segmentation allows genetic diversity to be explored in the breeding pool while ensuring uniformity in the final hybrid product.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Inbred lines are developed and evaluated for desirable traits before being crossed to produce hybrids. This preliminary selection and homozygization of parent lines ensures that the resulting F1 hybrids will be uniform and predictably express the desired traits from both parents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If cross-pollination is used to produce hybrid plants, then genetic variability is increased, but uniformity of the hybrid population decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic variabilityVSAvoiduniformity of hybrid population
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different breeding strategies to different stages: self-pollination is used locally to create homozygous inbred lines, then controlled cross-pollination is used locally to produce uniform F1 hybrids. Each stage has its own quality characteristic optimized for that specific purpose.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent achieves homogeneity in the F1 hybrid population by ensuring both parent inbred lines are homozygous and genetically uniform. When these uniform inbreds are crossed, all F1 offspring receive identical genetic combinations, resulting in a homogeneous hybrid population with predictable performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

3Manufacturing precision

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

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuniformity of inbred linesVSAvoidgenetic diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Self-pollination is performed as a preliminary action to create homozygous inbred lines with uniform genetics. These uniform inbreds then serve as the foundation for subsequent cross-pollination that will generate diverse yet uniform F1 hybrids.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The breeding process is segmented into the self-pollination phase for creating uniform inbreds, followed by a cross-pollination phase for generating diverse hybrids. This segmentation allows each phase to optimize for its specific goal without compromising the other.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10004191B2Pepper hybrid DR1908PB
Publication Date: 2018.06.26 SEMINIS VEGETABLE SEEDS INC

AI summary

The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid DR1908PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid DR1908PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.