Soybean Cultivar 26060745 for Multi-Trait Breeding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean cultivars face challenges in combining desirable traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profiles, which are time-consuming to develop and require precise planning and resource management.

Innovation Solution

Development of a new soybean cultivar 26060745 with specific breeding and genetic modification techniques, including crossing, mutagenesis, and transformation, to introduce desired traits like disease resistance, altered fatty acid composition, and abiotic stress tolerance, along with methods for regenerating plants and determining genotype through DNA sequencing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the cultivar achieves improved seed yield, disease resistance, and stress tolerance, but the development process takes 6-12 years and requires significant resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-screening and selecting parental lines with desired traits (disease resistance, stress tolerance, yield potential) before initiating the breeding program. This advance preparation of germplasm with known desirable characteristics reduces the time required for trait combination and validation in subsequent generations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation and selection at multiple stages of the breeding process. Performance data from field trials, disease resistance assessments, and yield measurements are continuously monitored and used to guide further breeding decisions, accelerating the development of superior cultivars by learning from each generation's results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single cultivar, then the overall agronomic quality and seed yield improve, but the breeding program complexity and resource requirements increase

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases, each targeting specific trait combinations. Parental lines are selected and crossed in a systematic sequence, with each generation focused on incorporating particular traits (e.g., disease resistance first, then stress tolerance, then yield optimization). This segmented approach manages program complexity by breaking down the multi-trait combination task into manageable stages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements local quality by selecting parental lines with exceptional performance in specific traits rather than requiring all parents to be superior in all traits. For example, one parent may excel in disease resistance while another excels in yield potential, and the breeding program combines these localized strengths to create a cultivar with overall superior performance across multiple traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Loss of time

If breeding programs maintain precise forward planning and efficient resource use, then development time is reduced, but flexibility to make improvements or changes in direction is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding cycle durationVSAvoidbreeding direction flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by designing a breeding program with built-in flexibility at key decision points. While the overall timeline and resource allocation are planned in advance, the program allows for adjustments in breeding direction based on emerging data from field trials, changes in market demands, or new disease pressures. This dynamic approach enables timely modifications without completely disrupting the breeding schedule.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements continuity of useful action by maintaining ongoing evaluation and selection processes throughout the breeding program. Rather than completing discrete, rigid phases, the program continuously generates and tests new genetic combinations, allowing for directional changes while maintaining productive momentum. This continuous action ensures that resource investment remains effective even when breeding priorities are adjusted.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS20250287900A1Soybean cultivar 26060745
Publication Date: 2025.09.18 MERTEC LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 26060745 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 26060745, to the plants of soybean cultivar 26060745, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 26060745, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 26060745. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 26060745. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 26060745, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 26060745 with another soybean cultivar.