Soybean Variety 01045742 Breeding Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding methods face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding varieties with desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality, as they rely on conventional breeding techniques that are time-consuming and unpredictable, leading to the need for innovative approaches to enhance genetic traits.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01045742, which involves specific breeding techniques like backcrossing and genetic transformation to introduce desired traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, along with methods for tissue culture and regeneration to produce stable and uniform soybean plants.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties, then the breeding process is simple and accessible, but it is time-consuming and unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding process accessibilityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by using pre-selected parental lines with known desirable traits (disease resistance, drought tolerance, high yield) before initiating the breeding process. The parental lines are chosen and prepared in advance, and their genetic contributions are predetermined, allowing the breeding process to proceed more efficiently and predictably toward the desired variety characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs parameter changes by modifying breeding parameters such as selection criteria, crossing schemes, and evaluation standards to optimize the breeding process. By changing these parameters based on scientific understanding of gene expression and interaction, the process becomes more predictable and time-efficient while maintaining accessibility through standardized protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of manufacture

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties, then the breeding process is accessible, but the results are unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding process accessibilityVSAvoidbreeding outcome predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms by continuously evaluating breeding progress against predetermined criteria and adjusting the breeding strategy accordingly. Phenotypic observations and genetic analysis provide feedback that refines selection decisions, making the breeding outcomes more predictable while keeping the process accessible through systematic evaluation protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

By pre-selecting parental lines with well-characterized traits and pre-determining the breeding objectives, the patent reduces uncertainty in breeding outcomes. The preliminary characterization of parental lines allows for more predictable inheritance patterns and more reliable achievement of desired variety characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Device complexity

If conventional breeding techniques are used, then no additional technical complexity is required, but desirable traits like disease resistance and drought tolerance are difficult to achieve

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding technique complexityVSAvoidtrait achievement reliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-identifying and pre-characterizing parental lines that possess desirable traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance. These pre-selected lines serve as reliable sources for transferring specific traits, increasing the reliability of trait achievement without requiring overly complex breeding techniques.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs local quality by focusing breeding efforts on specific genetic loci and traits of interest rather than treating all genetic characteristics uniformly. By concentrating on specific genes and pathways responsible for disease resistance or drought tolerance, the breeding process achieves reliable trait transfer with appropriate technical complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Device complexity

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop high-yielding varieties, then the process remains simple, but agronomic quality and nutritional quality improvements are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding process simplicityVSAvoidquality trait improvement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying breeding parameters to prioritize quality traits such as agronomic quality and nutritional quality alongside yield. By adjusting selection intensity, evaluation criteria, and crossing strategies, the process achieves precise improvement in quality traits while maintaining reasonable process simplicity through standardized quality assessment protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9179698B2Soybean variety 01045742
Publication Date: 2015.11.10 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01045742. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01045742. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01045742 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01045742 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.