Soybean Variety 01051641 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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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 variability in resulting soybean lines.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01051641, which incorporates specific genetic loci through backcrossing and genetic transformation to confer traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and modified fatty acid composition, allowing for the creation of stable and high-yielding soybean plants with improved agronomic characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties, then genetic diversity can be maintained, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and unpredictable with high variability in resulting lines

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepredictability of breeding outcomesVSAvoidbreeding development time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional mechanical breeding methods (cross-pollination, selection, and generation advancement) with genetic engineering techniques. Specifically, it uses backcrossing combined with molecular marker-assisted selection to precisely introduce desired traits (such as disease resistance genes) into elite soybean backgrounds, dramatically reducing the time required and increasing predictability of breeding outcomes while maintaining genetic diversity through controlled introgression

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

2Productivity

If conventional breeding methods are employed to combine multiple desirable traits, then genetic variability is preserved, but the complexity and time required to achieve stable varieties increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces molecular markers as intermediaries to facilitate trait selection and combination. By using DNA markers linked to desired traits (such as disease resistance genes), breeders can selectively combine multiple traits in the background of elite soybean varieties without the complexity of traditional multi-generational selection, thereby improving breeding efficiency while managing program complexity through molecular guidance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Manufacturing precision

If backcrossing and genetic transformation are used to introduce specific traits, then breeding precision and predictability improve, but the genetic diversity and adaptability may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait introduction precisionVSAvoidgenetic adaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by introducing specific desired traits (such as disease resistance or herbicide tolerance) into an elite soybean genetic background through backcrossing, while maintaining the overall adaptability and genetic quality of the parent variety. This allows precise modification of specific loci without compromising the global adaptability and performance characteristics of the soybean variety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS9968056B2Soybean variety 01051641
Publication Date: 2018.05.15 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051641. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051641. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051641 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051641 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.