Soybean Variety 01046250 Breeding Consistency
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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 difficulties in consistently producing superior soybean varieties.
Innovation Solution
The development of the soybean variety 01046250, which includes methods for crossing and breeding to combine desirable traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, using techniques such as backcrossing and genetic transformation to introduce specific loci, and tissue culture for regenerable cells and plant production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then the breeding process is time-consuming and unpredictable, but the development of stable, high-yielding varieties with multiple desirable traits remains difficult to achieve consistently
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and pre-characterizing parent lines with known desirable traits before initiating the breeding program. The parent lines are evaluated for yield, disease resistance, and nutritional quality in advance, allowing the breeding process to proceed more efficiently with predetermined genetic contributions that reduce uncertainty and time requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation of breeding progeny at multiple stages. Performance data from field trials and laboratory analyses are fed back into the breeding program to adjust selection criteria and breeding strategies, improving the reliability of producing superior varieties while optimizing the breeding cycle duration through iterative refinement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality are combined in a single variety, then the agronomic performance and nutritional value are enhanced, but the complexity of achieving and maintaining these combined traits increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the complex breeding program into distinct modules, each focused on incorporating specific desirable traits through separate parent lines and selection cycles. This modular approach allows systematic integration of disease resistance, drought tolerance, and nutritional quality traits independently before combining them in the final variety, reducing the overall complexity of managing multiple traits simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes multi-functionality by selecting parent lines that possess multiple desirable traits simultaneously, allowing a single parent line to contribute to several breeding objectives at once. This reduces the number of separate breeding operations needed and simplifies the overall program complexity while achieving comprehensive trait combination in the target variety.
3Productivity
If conventional breeding methods are used without genetic transformation, then the breeding process remains straightforward, but the introduction of specific loci for traits like herbicide resistance and improved nutritional quality is limited and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs genetic transformation as an intermediary technique to efficiently introduce specific loci for herbicide resistance and improved nutritional quality into the soybean genome. This molecular biology approach acts as a mediator between the desired traits and the breeding program, allowing rapid incorporation of specific genes without relying solely on conventional phenotypic selection, thereby increasing productivity while managing complexity through standardized transformation protocols.
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AI summary
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01046250. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01046250. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01046250 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01046250 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.