Soybean Variety 01063898 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, due to the unpredictability of genetic combinations and the need for extensive research and resources.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01063898, which incorporates specific genetic traits through cross-breeding and genetic transformation, including transgenic genes for herbicide resistance and disease resistance, and the use of advanced breeding techniques like backcrossing and marker-assisted selection to introduce desired loci while maintaining the variety's morphological and physiological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop soybean varieties, then genetic diversity is maintained, but the unpredictability of genetic combinations results in lower breeding efficiency and extended development time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidvariety development time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by using marker-assisted selection to pre-identify plants carrying desired genetic traits before actual phenotypic expression occurs. Molecular markers allow breeders to select for disease resistance, yield components, and other complex traits at the seedling stage, eliminating the need to wait for field performance and dramatically accelerating the breeding cycle while maintaining genetic diversity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If extensive research and resources are invested in traditional breeding, then desirable traits can be combined, but the process becomes complex and resource-intensive with uncertain outcomes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination stabilityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through molecular marker analysis that provides real-time information on the presence and combination of desired traits in breeding populations. This feedback mechanism allows breeders to make informed selection decisions at each generation, ensuring stable combination of desirable traits while reducing program complexity by eliminating guesswork and reducing the number of generations required

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are employed to improve disease resistance and yield, then genetic variation is preserved, but the selection process becomes difficult and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidtrait selection difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces mechanical/phenotypic selection with molecular marker-based detection. Instead of visually assessing disease resistance or yield potential in mature plants, the system uses DNA markers to detect the presence of resistance genes and yield-related quantitative trait loci at the molecular level, making trait detection rapid, accurate, and independent of environmental conditions

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

Data Source

PatentUS9907258B2Soybean variety 01063898
Publication Date: 2018.03.06 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063898. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063898. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063898 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063898 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.