Soybean Variety 5PEBH29 Breeding for Yield Stability

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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.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean variety 5PEBH29, which is self-pollinated to ensure homozygosity and phenotypic stability, along with methods for crossing, introgressing transgenic or mutant traits, and characterizing the variety to produce stable, high-yielding soybeans with improved agronomic characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the variety achieves high yield and disease resistance, but the development process takes six to twelve years and requires extensive resources

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by establishing a structured breeding program with predefined objectives and selecting germplasm with desired traits before beginning the breeding process. This upfront planning and selection of parent lines with specific characteristics (high yield, disease resistance) accelerates the development timeline by avoiding later directional changes and reducing the overall six to twelve year period.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through multi-environment testing and evaluation of breeding lines. By systematically assessing performance across different locations and conditions, breeders can identify superior lines that maintain stability and uniformity, allowing for more efficient progression through breeding stages and reducing development time while ensuring reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple breeding objectives are pursued simultaneously, then the final variety achieves superior agronomic characteristics, but the breeding process becomes complex and requires precise planning

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic characteristicsVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases and objectives. Different breeding lines are developed with specific focused goals (e.g., one line for yield, another for disease resistance), which are then combined in later generations. This modular approach manages complexity by handling multiple objectives separately before integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates soybean varieties that serve multiple functions by combining several desirable traits in a single variety. The breeding program aims to produce lines that simultaneously achieve high yield, disease resistance, and adaptability to different environments, making the final variety universally applicable across multiple agronomic requirements.

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

3Manufacturing precision

If extensive testing and evaluation are conducted to ensure variety stability, then the breeding accuracy improves, but the resource requirements and time investment increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding accuracyVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by conducting testing and evaluation at strategically selected stages of the breeding process rather than continuously throughout. Multi-environment testing is performed at key milestones to ensure stability and uniformity, providing sufficient breeding accuracy without the need for exhaustive continuous testing, thus optimizing resource use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11089754B1Soybean variety 5PEBH29
Publication Date: 2021.08.17 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEBH29 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEBH29, cells from soybean variety 5PEBH29, plants of soybean 5PEBH29, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEBH29. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEBH29 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEBH29, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEBH29, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEBH29. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEBH29 are further provided.