Soybean Variety 5PACK85 Trait Stability and Breeding Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new soybean varieties is a time-consuming process that requires precise planning and efficient resource use, aiming to combine desirable traits such as high yield, disease resistance, and environmental tolerance, while existing methods are inefficient and directionally unstable, taking six to twelve years from the first cross to delivering finished seed to farmers.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of the novel soybean variety 5PACK85, which is stable and high-yielding, with methods for crossing, introgressing transgenic or mutant traits, and characterizing the variety to produce plants and plant parts with improved agronomic characteristics, including resistance to diseases and environmental stresses.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean variety development methods are used, then breeders can combine desirable traits such as high yield and disease resistance, but the process takes six to twelve years and is time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of desirable traitsVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing soybean variety 5PACK85 with multiple desirable traits including high yield, disease resistance, and environmental stress tolerance before deployment. The variety has been预先 developed and tested to combine multiple traits simultaneously, eliminating the need for time-consuming multi-generational breeding programs. This pre-prepared genetic foundation allows farmers to immediately benefit from improved traits without waiting for lengthy development cycles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If breeders aim for maximal yield over different conditions and environments, then variety stability is improved, but the complexity of testing and validation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety stabilityVSAvoidtesting and validation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by developing soybean variety 5PACK85 with multi-functional traits that perform consistently across diverse environmental conditions. The variety exhibits simultaneous resistance to multiple diseases (Phytophthora root rot, Frogeye leaf spot, Sudden death syndrome), tolerance to abiotic stresses (drought, heat, cold), and maintained high yield potential. This multi-functional design allows a single variety to serve multiple purposes and environments, reducing the need for complex environment-specific breeding programs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If breeders focus on precise planning and efficient resource use, then development efficiency is improved, but the requirement for precise planning increases complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevelopment efficiencyVSAvoidplanning complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by fundamentally altering the breeding approach from multi-generational field testing to direct deployment of a pre-characterized variety with known performance parameters. Variety 5PACK85 has been developed with optimized genetic parameters for yield, disease resistance, and stress tolerance, allowing breeders to skip intermediate selection generations. This parameter optimization enables efficient resource allocation and streamlined development processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS9961869B1Soybean variety 5PACK85
Publication Date: 2018.05.08 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PACK85 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PACK85, cells from soybean variety 5PACK85, plants of soybean 5PACK85, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PACK85. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PACK85 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PACK85, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PACK85, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PACK85. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PACK85 are further provided.