Soybean Variety 5PCVB54 Breeding via Molecular Markers

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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 5PCVB54, which includes methods for crossing, introgressing transgenic, mutant, or native traits, and characterizing soybean plants to produce stable, high-yielding varieties with improved agronomic characteristics, disease resistance, and environmental tolerance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the resulting varieties achieve high yield and stability, but the development process takes six to twelve years and requires significant resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety stabilityVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing parental lines with molecular markers and selecting parents with complementary desirable traits before crossing. This advance preparation optimizes the breeding process from the outset, reducing the time required to develop stable varieties while maintaining reliability through systematic trait combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through molecular marker-assisted selection and performance evaluation at multiple stages of breeding. By continuously monitoring trait expression and variety performance, breeders can make informed decisions to maintain stability while accelerating the development timeline through targeted selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used to combine multiple desirable traits, then stable varieties are produced, but resource efficiency is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety stabilityVSAvoidresource efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical/phenotypic selection methods with molecular marker-assisted selection and genomic evaluation systems. This substitution enables more efficient tracking of desirable traits through DNA markers, reducing the resources required for field trials and phenotypic evaluation while maintaining variety stability.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the selection parameters from purely phenotypic observations to molecular genetic markers and genomic predictions. This parameter change allows for earlier and more accurate selection of stable varieties, improving resource efficiency by reducing the number of generations and field trials needed to confirm stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding approaches are used, then directionality can be maintained, but the process requires precise planning and is sensitive to changes in direction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding program stabilityVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by developing a standardized molecular marker-assisted selection platform that can evaluate multiple traits simultaneously across different parental lines. This multi-functional system maintains breeding program directionality while reducing complexity through integrated trait evaluation and standardized protocols.

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

Data Source

PatentUS11096365B2Soybean variety 5PCVB54
Publication Date: 2021.08.24 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PCVB54 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PCVB54, cells from soybean variety 5PCVB54, plants of soybean 5PCVB54, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PCVB54. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PCVB54 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PCVB54, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PCVB54, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PCVB54. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PCVB54 are further provided.