Soybean Variety 01067646 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 01067646, which includes specific genetic modifications and locus conversions for traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, achieved through genetic transformation and backcrossing techniques, allowing for the introduction of desired traits while maintaining the original variety's morphological and physiological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional 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 time and cannot predict outcomes reliably

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepredictability of trait outcomesVSAvoidbreeding research time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses molecular markers as copies or proxies for actual genes controlling desired traits. By detecting marker patterns associated with specific traits (such as disease resistance or yield components), breeders can predict trait outcomes without waiting for phenotypic expression, thereby improving reliability and reducing breeding time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical/phenotypic selection methods with molecular marker-based selection. Instead of observing physical traits after plants grow (which is time-consuming and unpredictable), the invention uses DNA analysis to directly assess genetic composition, substituting a faster, more reliable molecular detection system for conventional breeding mechanics

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

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits are combined in soybean breeding to achieve high-yielding varieties, then agronomic quality and resistance traits improve, but the genetic complexity increases making breeding more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of agronomic traitsVSAvoidgenetic combination complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the complex breeding problem into manageable parts by identifying and tracking individual molecular markers for specific traits separately. Each marker represents a discrete genetic element that can be selected for independently, allowing breeders to combine multiple traits through marker-assisted selection rather than dealing with the overwhelming complexity of entire genetic combinations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces molecular markers as intermediary indicators between genes and phenotypic traits. These markers serve as detectable proxies that simplify the selection process, allowing breeders to indirectly select for complex trait combinations by tracking marker patterns rather than directly managing genetic complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If extensive phenotypic evaluation is performed to ensure variety stability and quality, then trait accuracy improves, but productivity and breeding efficiency decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait evaluation accuracyVSAvoidbreeding output efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary genetic assessment using molecular markers at early breeding stages, before phenotypic evaluation is needed. By determining genetic composition and predicting trait outcomes through marker analysis in advance, the invention eliminates or reduces the need for extensive later phenotypic testing, thereby improving both precision and productivity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10492452B1Soybean variety 01067646
Publication Date: 2019.12.03 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067646. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067646. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067646 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067646 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.