Soybean Variety 01064676 Genomic 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, herbicide tolerance, and nutritional quality, 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 01064676, which includes specific genetic loci conferring traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, achieved through a combination of traditional breeding and genetic transformation, allowing for the production of hybrid seeds and plants suitable for commercial cultivation and further breeding programs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop soybean varieties with improved traits, then genetic diversity and trait combination are achieved, but the process requires extensive time and shows high unpredictability in outcome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepredictability of trait expressionVSAvoidbreeding development time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with known, characterized genomes and predetermined traits before crossing. This allows breeders to predict offspring characteristics more accurately and reduces the time needed for phenotypic screening across multiple generations, as the genetic basis for desired traits is already established in the parental selection stage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through systematic evaluation of parental line performance and genomic characterization before and during the breeding process. By monitoring trait expression and genomic markers in intermediate generations, breeders can adjust selection criteria and crossing strategies to ensure predictable achievement of target traits, reducing overall development time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If multiple traits are combined in a single soybean variety, then agronomic performance and resistance are improved, but the genetic complexity and breeding difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistance and herbicide toleranceVSAvoidgenetic combination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the multi-trait breeding process into distinct modules: selecting parental lines for specific individual traits (disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, yield), crossing them to combine traits, and then evaluating progeny for each trait separately. This modular approach simplifies the management of genetic complexity while achieving reliable combination of multiple desirable traits in the final variety.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If extensive phenotypic evaluation is performed to ensure variety stability, then trait reliability is improved, but resource consumption and time requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety stabilityVSAvoidresources consumed in breeding
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces extensive mechanical phenotypic evaluation with genomic marker-assisted selection. By using DNA markers linked to desired traits, breeders can predict trait expression at the molecular level without requiring large-scale field trials and phenotypic measurements, significantly reducing resource consumption while maintaining variety stability and reliability.

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

Data Source

PatentUS10271498B2Soybean variety 01064676
Publication Date: 2019.04.30 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064676. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064676. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064676 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064676 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.