Inbred Corn Line SLB11 Breeding Protocols

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new inbred corn lines is a slow and costly process, requiring expertise and numerous steps, and existing inbred parent corn lines lose commercial competitiveness over time, necessitating the need for improved germplasm to enhance yield, trait technologies, and seed treatment options for better crop management.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of the inbred corn line SLB11, which is a new yellow dent inbred corn line with specific physiological and morphological characteristics, and methods for producing and breeding SLB11-derived corn plants, including self-pollination, sib-pollination, and hybrid production, along with techniques for enhancing seed resistance to stress conditions and disease using agricultural chemicals and genetic markers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Stability of the object's composition

If traditional inbreeding techniques are used to develop new inbred corn lines, then genetic uniformity and purity are improved, but the process becomes slow and costly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidbreeding process time
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent establishes a comprehensive set of preliminary selection criteria and standardized evaluation protocols before initiating the inbreeding process. By pre-defining the selection framework, morphological characteristics to monitor, and performance metrics, the breeding program can systematically evaluate progeny without ad hoc decision-making, thereby accelerating the development of new inbred lines while maintaining genetic uniformity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If existing inbred parent corn lines are used repeatedly, then breeding program consistency is maintained, but commercial competitiveness is lost over time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding consistencyVSAvoidcommercial competitiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic inbred line evaluation system that continuously monitors performance metrics including yield, stress resistance, and morphological characteristics. This dynamic approach allows the breeding program to identify when existing lines are losing competitiveness and systematically introduce new genetic material through controlled crosses, thereby maintaining both consistency and commercial viability over time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Stability of the object's composition

If extensive inbreeding is performed to achieve homozygosity, then genetic purity is improved, but line vigor decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic purityVSAvoidline vigor
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent establishes continuous performance monitoring of inbred lines across multiple generations and environmental conditions. By maintaining ongoing evaluation of vigor metrics alongside purity assessment, the program can identify the optimal generation for line deployment before significant vigor loss occurs, and systematically refresh the breeding pool through strategic crosses when vigor thresholds are approached

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS9585345B1Inbred corn line SLB11
Publication Date: 2017.03.07 AGRIGENETICS INC

AI summary

An inbred corn line, designated SLB11, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line SLB11, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line SLB11 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line SLB11 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line SLB11, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line SLB11 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.