Salvia Blue Marvel Breeding for Large Flowers and Compact Growth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Salvia cultivars lack large flower size and compact growth habits, with limited options for varieties that combine these desirable traits effectively.
Innovation Solution
The development of the Salvia nemorosa cultivar 'Blue Marvel' through controlled breeding, which results in dark violet-colored flowers, medium green foliage, and a moderately vigorous, upright growth habit, with larger flowers and leaves compared to similar cultivars like 'Haeumanarc'.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current Salvia cultivars are used, then available varieties are limited, but flower size and growth habit are not optimal
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding Salvia nemorosa plants to modify specific traits including flower size, flower color, foliage color, and growth habit. The breeding program changed the parameters of the cultivar by crossing selected parent plants (H57-8 and C7713-1) to produce offspring with large dark violet flowers, compact growth, and medium green foliage, thereby resolving the contradiction between limited variety options and suboptimal morphological characteristics
2Area of stationary object
If breeding programs focus on large flowers, then flower size improves, but growth habit may become less compact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by developing a breeding program that independently optimizes specific local characteristics of the plant. The female parent (H57-8) provided dark blue flowers and upright growth, while the male parent (C7713-1) provided light blue flowers and compact growth. The cross-pollination resulted in a cultivar where large flower size and compact growth habit are simultaneously achieved, as each parent contributed different localized traits that were combined in the offspring
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Blue Marvel’, characterized by its dark violet-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, upright growth habit, is disclosed.