Scaevola Cultivar Wesscaecryimp Compact Growth and Flower Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current Scaevola cultivars lack compact and freely-branching varieties with attractive flower coloration, and existing cultivars have variations in growth habits and flower sizes that are not consistently stable across different environmental conditions.
Innovation Solution
The development of a new Scaevola cultivar 'Wesscaecryimp' through controlled cross-pollination, characterized by a compact, mounded, and freely-branching habit with white flowers, which is stable across generations and distinct from other cultivars in terms of plant size, leaf and flower cluster dimensions, and branching patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If existing Scaevola cultivars are used, then they have various growth habits and flower sizes, but they lack consistent stability across different environmental conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding for specific morphological parameters (compact growth habit, internode length, flower size) to create a cultivar with stable and consistent traits across varying environmental conditions, resolving the contradiction between stability and adaptability
2Volume of moving object
If Scaevola cultivars are bred for compact growth habit, then plant size is reduced, but branching freedom and flower attractiveness may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating a cultivar where specific local characteristics (compact internodes, mounded habit) are enhanced while maintaining overall branching freedom and flower quality, allowing different parts of the plant to have optimized properties that collectively resolve the contradiction between compact size and branching complexity
3Area of moving object
If Scaevola cultivars are bred for larger flowers, then flower size increases, but plant compactness and branching density may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent simultaneously optimizes multiple parameters (flower size, plant compactness, branching density) through selective breeding, achieving a cultivar that maintains both compact growth habit and enlarged flowers, thereby resolving the contradiction between these two desirable traits
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Scaevola plant named ‘Wesscaecryimp’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit with relatively short internodes; freely flowering habit; and white-colored flowers.