Soybean Variety 5PBDN11 Breeding via Genetic Marker Profiling

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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 adaptability to various conditions, while existing methods are slow and prone to directional changes.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean variety 5PBDN11, which is developed through specific breeding methods and genetic marker profiles, allowing for the introduction of new traits and loci, enabling improved yield, disease resistance, and adaptability, and can be used to produce stable, high-yielding soybean plants.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the resulting varieties can achieve high yield and disease resistance, but the breeding process takes 6-12 years and requires extensive resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyield stability and disease resistanceVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing soybean parental lines using genetic marker profiles before breeding. This allows breeders to select parents with complementary traits and predict offspring characteristics in advance, reducing the time required for field testing and evaluation while maintaining reliability of yield and disease resistance traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through systematic evaluation of breeding progeny using genetic marker profiles and performance data. This feedback mechanism allows for selection of superior lines based on both genetic potential and actual field performance, accelerating the breeding cycle while ensuring reliable trait expression in final varieties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop new varieties, then desirable traits can be combined, but the process requires precise planning and is prone to changes in direction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination stabilityVSAvoidbreeding program management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces mechanical breeding trial-and-error with molecular-based genetic marker profiling. This substitution allows for precise prediction of trait inheritance and combination in offspring, reducing the need for extensive field testing and minimizing changes in breeding direction while maintaining stable trait combination.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of variety selection from phenotypic evaluation alone to a combination of genetic marker profile analysis and performance data. This parameter change enables more accurate prediction of trait expression and reduces breeding program complexity by identifying superior lines earlier in the development process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If extensive field testing is conducted to ensure variety stability across environments, then reliable performance data can be obtained, but resource requirements and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental adaptabilityVSAvoidbreeding resources
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by using genetic marker profiles to pre-identify lines with potential for environmental adaptability. This allows reduction in the number of field trials needed, as genetic markers provide early indication of how lines will perform across different environments, thereby reducing resource requirements while maintaining reliability assessment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses genetic marker profiles as a copy or proxy for extensive field testing. Instead of conducting numerous resource-intensive field trials for every breeding line, the marker profiles provide a replicated indication of genetic potential for environmental adaptability, reducing the quantity of physical testing resources required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10244700B1Soybean variety 5PBDN11
Publication Date: 2019.04.02 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PBDN11 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PBDN11, cells from soybean variety 5PBDN11, plants of soybean 5PBDN11, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PBDN11. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PBDN11 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PBDN11, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PBDN11, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PBDN11. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PBDN11 are further provided.