SAKIMP072 New Guinea Impatiens Breeding Line for Uniform Traits
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing ornamental plant breeding methods struggle to consistently develop plants with novel characteristics such as color, growth habit, and hardiness in New Guinea Impatiens varieties, leading to unpredictable and costly research efforts.
Innovation Solution
The development of the New Guinea Impatiens variety SAKIMP072, which is stable and uniform, and can be used as a breeding line to introduce desired traits through methods like protoplast culture, mutation breeding, gene editing, and backcrossing, enabling the creation of new varieties with specific characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional breeding methods are used to develop New Guinea Impatiens varieties, then novel characteristics such as color, growth habit, and hardiness can be introduced, but the breeding process becomes unpredictable and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by establishing a standardized tissue culture protocol and selecting superior parental lines before breeding operations. This preparatory work creates a controlled foundation that enables predictable outcomes in subsequent breeding steps, reducing the unpredictability associated with traditional breeding methods while maintaining the ability to introduce novel characteristics
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional breeding methods are used to develop New Guinea Impatiens varieties, then novel characteristics such as color, growth habit, and hardiness can be introduced, but research costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the breeding approach from traditional field-based methods to tissue culture-based methods. This fundamental parameter change in the breeding system enables more efficient resource utilization, reduced research costs, and accelerated development of varieties with novel characteristics through controlled in-vitro manipulation
3Stability of the object's composition
If tissue culture methods are used for propagation, then uniformity and stability can be achieved, but the complexity of the propagation process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies copying by using tissue culture techniques to create identical genetic copies of superior parental lines. This copying process ensures uniformity and stability of desired traits while the standardized protocol reduces the operational complexity that would otherwise arise from manual propagation methods
Data Source
AI summary
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP072 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP072 with another impatiens variety.