Soybean Variety 01064633 Trait Stacking via Marker-Assisted Selection

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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, herbicide tolerance, and nutritional quality, 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 01064633, which includes specific genetic loci conferring traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, achieved through a combination of traditional breeding techniques and genetic transformation, allowing for the introduction of desirable traits while maintaining the morphological and physiological characteristics of the parent variety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with improved traits, then genetic diversity and trait combination are enhanced, but the breeding process becomes extremely time-consuming and difficult to predict due to complex genetic combinations and environmental factors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding process duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with desired traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, nutritional quality) before crossing. The breeding program systematically identifies and combines specific traits in advance through controlled crosses, reducing the unpredictable time required for trait development in traditional breeding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes breeding parameters by using molecular markers to track and select for specific traits during the breeding process. This allows for accelerated selection and reduces the time required to develop varieties with multiple improved traits compared to traditional phenotypic selection methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If extensive research efforts are made to develop soybean varieties with disease resistance and herbicide tolerance, then trait improvement is achieved, but the complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors makes prediction of successful varieties difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidgenetic combination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies feedback through molecular marker-assisted selection, where DNA markers linked to desired traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance) are used to track the inheritance of these traits through generations. This provides real-time feedback on genetic composition, allowing breeders to select plants with the desired trait combinations reliably, despite the complexity of genetic interactions and environmental factors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If multiple traits are combined in a single soybean variety to improve yield and quality, then agronomic performance is enhanced, but the breeding process requires extensive crossing and selection to achieve stable inheritance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yieldVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex task of combining multiple traits into manageable segments. Each parental line is selected for specific trait combinations (e.g., one parent for herbicide resistance, another for disease resistance), and molecular markers are used to track each trait segment independently through the breeding process, simplifying the overall complexity of developing multi-traditional varieties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10159205B1Soybean variety 01064633
Publication Date: 2018.12.25 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064633. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064633. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064633 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064633 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.