Soybean Variety 01063975 Marker-Assisted Breeding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding methods face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding varieties with improved traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and herbicide resistance, which are difficult to predict and require extensive research efforts due to the complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01063975, which includes specific genetic loci conferring traits like glyphosate and dicamba tolerance, resistance to diseases, and improved agronomic characteristics, achieved through a breeding program involving cross-pollination and genetic marker-assisted selection, allowing for the production of hybrid seeds and inbred lines with predictable and desirable traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop soybean varieties with improved traits, then genetic diversity and trait combinations can be explored, but the process requires extensive research efforts and is difficult to predict due to complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination diversityVSAvoidbreeding research time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical/phenotypic selection methods with molecular marker-based genetic analysis. By using DNA markers to track specific genes and traits, the breeding process shifts from observing physical characteristics to directly analyzing genetic composition, enabling more accurate prediction of trait inheritance and reducing the time required for breeding research.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces molecular markers as an intermediary between genotype and phenotype. These markers serve as detectable indicators that allow breeders to identify and select for desired traits at the genetic level before phenotypic expression, providing an intermediate step that accelerates the breeding process while maintaining genetic diversity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If extensive cross-pollination and genetic combinations are performed to achieve desired traits, then trait improvement potential increases, but the unpredictability and complexity of genetic combinations increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait improvement potentialVSAvoidgenetic combination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through molecular marker analysis at multiple stages of the breeding process. By continuously monitoring genetic composition using DNA markers, breeders can adjust crossing strategies based on actual genetic progress, ensuring that desired traits are being accumulated while avoiding unwanted genetic combinations, thus managing complexity through informed decision-making.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the complex genetic improvement process into manageable components by using specific molecular markers to track individual genes or gene groups. This allows breeders to focus on selecting for specific traits independently, breaking down the overall complex genetic combination problem into smaller, more controllable selection units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of manufacture

If conventional breeding procedures are used without molecular markers, then breeding processes are simpler in terms of technology, but the precision and predictability of trait inheritance decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding process simplicityVSAvoidtrait inheritance predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces phenotypic observation and selection with molecular marker-based genetic analysis. This substitution maintains relative procedural simplicity while dramatically improving measurement precision, as DNA markers provide direct, unambiguous evidence of gene presence and inheritance patterns that cannot be obtained through external observation alone.

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

Data Source

PatentUS10070617B1Soybean variety 01063975
Publication Date: 2018.09.11 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063975. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063975. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063975 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063975 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.