Soybean Variety 01106379 for Multi-Trait Breeding Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soybean varieties lack improved combinations of traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, and nutritional quality, making it challenging to develop stable and high-yielding soybean varieties that meet agronomic and nutritional demands.

Innovation Solution

Development of the novel soybean variety 01106379, which includes genetic modifications for herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, achieved through genetic transformation using engineered nucleases and single locus conversions, along with breeding methods like backcrossing and hybridization to enhance desired traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional soybean varieties are used, then basic agricultural production is maintained, but improved combinations of traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, and herbicide tolerance are lacking

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidseed yield
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple desirable traits (disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, high seed yield) into a single soybean variety through genetic transformation and breeding programs. The variety integrates resistance to Phytophthora, Southern stem canker, and Southern root knot with improved seed yield and quality characteristics, resolving the contradiction by merging previously separate trait improvements into one unified variety.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes genetic modifications and single locus conversions to change the genetic parameters of the soybean variety. By introducing specific genes through genetic transformation and performing locus conversions, the variety achieves improved disease resistance and yield characteristics that conventional breeding alone could not achieve, directly addressing the technical contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If multiple traits are improved through genetic transformation, then agronomic performance is enhanced, but the complexity of developing and regulating the variety increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yieldVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs preliminary action through pre-planned breeding programs and genetic transformation strategies. The breeding program is designed with specific objectives from the outset, selecting parental lines and planning transformation steps in advance to achieve multiple traits simultaneously, thereby managing the complexity of multi-trait improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses intermediaries such as model organisms and controlled breeding programs to manage the complexity of developing multi-trait varieties. By using controlled crossbreeding and genetic transformation as intermediary steps, the complex process of integrating multiple traits is broken down into manageable stages, reducing the overall complexity despite the multiple improvements achieved.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If single locus conversions are performed to confer specific traits, then desired characteristics are achieved, but the process requires precise genetic modification techniques

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveherbicide toleranceVSAvoidgenetic transformation precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by performing single locus conversions at specific locations in the soybean genome to confer desired traits such as herbicide tolerance. By targeting specific loci rather than performing random mutations or whole-genome modifications, the patent achieves precise trait addition with minimal disruption to other genetic functions, thereby managing the precision requirement while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12593805B2Soybean variety 01106379
Publication Date: 2026.04.07 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106379. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106379. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106379 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01106379 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.