Soybean Variety 01067649 Breeding 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 01067649, 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 soybean breeding methods are used to develop new varieties with improved traits, then genetic diversity and trait improvement are achieved, but the process requires extensive research efforts and time due to the complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors

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, desirable traits and using molecular marker-assisted selection to track specific genetic markers throughout the breeding process. This allows breeders to predict trait expression before final variety establishment, significantly reducing the time and research efforts needed compared to conventional breeding where trait expression is uncertain until late-stage testing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits are combined in a single soybean variety to improve yield, disease resistance, and nutritional quality, then the agronomic value is enhanced, but the genetic complexity and difficulty of stable trait combination increase

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding process into distinct stages, each targeting specific traits. Parental lines are selected for specific trait combinations, and molecular markers are used to track individual trait inheritance independently. This segmented approach to trait combination reduces genetic complexity by managing each trait's inheritance separately rather than attempting to combine all traits simultaneously, making stable multi-trait variety development more achievable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20200060148A1Soybean variety 01067649
Publication Date: 2020.02.27 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067649. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067649. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067649 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067649 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.