Soybean 01073445 Trait Stacking via Transgenic Locus Conversion

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding methods face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding soybean varieties that combine desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality, while also being economically viable and environmentally sustainable.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety 01073445, which incorporates genetic modifications and transgenic traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality through specific locus conversions and breeding techniques like backcrossing and genetic transformation, allowing for the integration of desirable traits into the soybean genome.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding methods are used to develop soybean varieties, then the breeding process is simple and cost-effective, but it is difficult to combine multiple desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality in a single variety

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of desirable traitsVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the genetic composition of soybean varieties through transgenic technology. Specific genetic parameters are altered to introduce desirable traits such as disease resistance (e.g., resistance to soybean cyst nematode, sudden death syndrome), drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality (e.g., modified fatty acid composition, increased protein content) that cannot be easily achieved through conventional breeding alone.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates composite genetic structures by combining multiple transgenic events and traits within a single soybean variety. This involves integrating different genetic modifications (e.g., herbicide resistance genes, disease resistance genes, nutritional improvement genes) into the soybean genome to produce varieties with multiple simultaneous desirable characteristics that would be difficult to combine through traditional breeding methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If transgenic methods and genetic modifications are used to improve soybean varieties, then desirable traits such as disease resistance and nutritional quality can be integrated, but the regulatory approval process becomes more complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidregulatory approval time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by conducting comprehensive safety assessments, environmental studies, and efficacy trials during the variety development phase. This includes performing toxicity studies, allergenicity assessments, and field trials to generate data that can be submitted to regulatory agencies, thereby preparing the necessary documentation and evidence in advance to expedite the regulatory approval process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring the performance and safety of transgenic soybean varieties throughout development and testing. Data from field trials, environmental impact assessments, and compositional analysis are used to refine the variety and address regulatory concerns, creating a feedback loop that helps streamline the approval process by proactively resolving potential issues before formal submission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Stability of the object's composition

If multiple backcrossing generations are performed to stabilize traits, then trait stability improves, but the breeding cycle time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait stabilityVSAvoidbreeding cycle speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies mechanics substitution by replacing the mechanical, time-consuming process of multiple backcrossing generations with molecular marker-assisted selection and direct genetic transformation. Instead of relying on repeated sexual reproduction and selection over several generations to stabilize traits, the patent uses molecular markers to track and confirm the presence of desired traits, and transgenic technology to directly introduce stable genetic modifications, thereby achieving trait stability much more rapidly.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the breeding approach by altering the genetic parameters directly through transgenic modification rather than relying on gradual stabilization through repeated backcrossing. This involves introducing specific genes or gene sequences that provide stable, inheritable traits such as disease resistance or improved nutritional composition, eliminating the need for multiple generations of selection and stabilizing the desired traits in a single generation or few generations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10856508B1Soybean variety 01073445
Publication Date: 2020.12.08 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073445. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073445. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073445 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073445 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.