Soybean Variety 01064184 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 and time due to the complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01064184, which includes specific genetic loci conferring traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved agronomic characteristics through genetic transformation and backcrossing, allowing for the creation of stable and high-yielding soybean plants.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding methods are used to develop soybean varieties with improved traits, then trait stability and yield improvement can be achieved, but the breeding process requires extensive time and resources due to genetic complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait stabilityVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by using molecular markers to identify and select plants with desired traits before actual breeding occurs. This allows breeders to pre-screen large populations for specific genetic markers associated with disease resistance, yield, and other desirable traits, significantly reducing the time required for traditional phenotypic selection and accelerating the breeding process while maintaining trait stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If molecular marker technology is used to accelerate breeding, then breeding time is reduced, but the complexity of genetic analysis and measurement increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidgenetic analysis complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses molecular markers as intermediaries between the desired traits and the selection process. These markers serve as detectable proxies for complex genetic traits, allowing breeders to screen for disease resistance, yield potential, and other difficult-to-measure characteristics through simple DNA analysis rather than complex phenotypic evaluation, thus reducing measurement difficulty while maintaining breeding efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits are combined in a single variety, then agronomic quality and resistance are improved, but the genetic combination complexity increases making prediction difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic qualityVSAvoidgenetic combination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex task of combining multiple traits into manageable segments through the use of specific molecular markers for each trait. Each marker allows independent selection for a particular trait (e.g., disease resistance, yield, maturity), enabling breeders to systematically combine multiple traits through marker-assisted selection rather than relying on unpredictable genetic recombination, thus reducing overall genetic complexity while improving agronomic quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20190059289A1Soybean variety 01064184
Publication Date: 2019.02.28 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064184. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064184. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064184 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064184 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.