Soybean Variety 01072220 Herbicide Resistance 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 combine effectively using conventional breeding techniques.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01072220, which incorporates a single locus conversion through genetic transformation, conferring traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, using methods such as backcrossing and genetic marker-assisted selection, and involves the use of transgenic genes and engineered nucleases for genome editing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are used to combine improved traits, then breeding stability is maintained, but the ability to effectively combine multiple traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and herbicide resistance is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination capabilityVSAvoidbreeding method complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses molecular markers as intermediaries to bridge the gap between conventional breeding and trait selection. These markers serve as detectable proxies for desired traits, enabling breeders to select for multiple complex traits simultaneously through marker-assisted selection rather than relying solely on phenotypic observation and multiple generations of crossing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/time-intensive process of conventional phenotypic selection with molecular detection methods. Instead of manually tracking trait inheritance through multiple generations of crossing and phenotypic evaluation, the invention uses DNA-based molecular markers to directly detect and select for desired traits at the genetic level, significantly accelerating the breeding process.

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

2Productivity

If genetic transformation and genome editing are employed to introduce improved traits, then breeding efficiency and trait combination are enhanced, but the complexity of the breeding process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary genetic modification through genome editing to directly introduce desired traits into the soybean variety. Rather than relying on slow conventional crossing and selection processes, the invention uses CRISPR/Cas9 or similar genome editing tools to make precise genetic modifications in advance, creating varieties with desired traits such as herbicide resistance or improved nutritional content in a single step or few generations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the fundamental parameter of how genetic traits are introduced and selected. Instead of using traditional phenotypic selection parameters that require multiple generations, the invention switches to molecular marker detection parameters that allow direct genetic analysis. This parameter change enables simultaneous selection for multiple traits and dramatically reduces the time and complexity of the breeding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If single locus conversion through genetic transformation is used, then specific traits such as herbicide resistance and improved nutritional quality are achieved, but the manufacturing precision and stability of the variety may be affected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait expression stabilityVSAvoidgenetic modification precision
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces imprecise conventional breeding methods with precise genome editing technologies. Instead of relying on random mutations or complex multi-locus inheritance patterns that are difficult to control, the invention uses CRISPR/Cas9 or TALEN systems to make targeted, precise edits at specific genomic locations. This substitution of methodology achieves both high precision in trait introduction and stability in trait expression across generations.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses molecular markers as intermediaries to ensure precise and stable genetic modifications. These markers serve as verification tools to confirm that the desired genetic changes have been successfully introduced and are being properly expressed. The markers provide a reliable link between the genetic modification event and the phenotypic outcome, ensuring both precision and stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10506787B1Soybean variety 01072220
Publication Date: 2019.12.17 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072220. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072220. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072220 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072220 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.