Self-Compatible Diploid Potato Breeding via S-RNase Gene Cloning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Diploid potatoes are self-incompatible, limiting the selection of inbred lines and requiring the introduction of wild genes that introduce undesirable traits, complicating breeding and increasing costs.

Innovation Solution

The method involves cloning and utilizing the S-RNase gene from a self-compatible potato variety, PG6359, to produce self-compatible offspring through artificial self-pollination and hybridization, avoiding the introduction of wild genes by leveraging transcriptome sequencing to identify and amplify specific S-RNase gene sequences, thereby overcoming self-incompatibility.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the Sli gene from wild potatoes is introduced into cultivars to achieve self-compatibility, then self-compatibility is improved, but undesirable traits such as long stolons and high solanine content are introduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveself-compatibilityVSAvoidundesirable traits
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The invention extracts only the specific S-RNase gene sequence responsible for self-incompatibility from the wild potato genome, rather than introducing the entire Sli gene. By isolating and modifying just the critical gene segment (obtaining sequences like Ss11 and Ss12), the method achieves self-compatibility while excluding the linked undesirable traits that come with introducing the complete wild gene.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention applies local quality by making specific modifications to the S-RNase gene sequence at particular positions (such as positions 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100) to eliminate self-incompatibility while preserving the desirable traits of cultivated potatoes. The localized gene modification approach allows precise control over which properties are changed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Object-generated harmful factors

If multiple genes controlling undesirable traits are eliminated through breeding, then trait quality is improved, but breeding complexity and time requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveundesirable traitsVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The invention performs preliminary action by pre-modifying the S-RNase gene sequence in the laboratory through molecular biology techniques before field breeding begins. By obtaining the desired self-compatible gene sequences (Ss11, Ss12, etc.) through in vitro manipulation and validation, the method eliminates the need for lengthy traditional breeding cycles to eliminate undesirable traits, achieving the goal in a single generation or few generations rather than many.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention replaces the mechanical system of traditional field-based selective breeding with molecular biology techniques. Instead of manually selecting and crossing plants over many generations to eliminate undesirable traits, the method uses gene cloning, sequence analysis, and molecular modification to directly create the desired self-compatible varieties, dramatically reducing the time and labor required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20230340622A1Method for breeding self-compatible potatoes
Publication Date: 2023.10.26 AGRI GENOMICS INST CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRI SCI

AI summary

Disclosed is a method for breeding self-compatible potatoes, including the following steps: (1) selecting a self-compatible potato variety material and referring to it as PG6359, and cloning the S-RNase gene of PG6359 through the transcriptome sequencing method; and (2) obtaining two full-length sequences of the S-RNase gene from the cloned S-RNase gene in step (1) and referring to them as Ss11 and Ss12 respectively, and after carrying out an artificial self-pollination for the variety material PG6359, selecting the variety material having the genotype of Ss11Ss11 from the offspring as the female parent, and selecting a self-incompatible material as the male parent, and then obtaining a self-compatible F1 generation by hybridization. The invention overcomes the self-incompatibility of diploid potatoes, and does not require the introduction of any wild potato gene fragments, thereby avoiding linkage drag, and providing a basis for the rapid creation of a diploid potato inbred line.