Soybean Variety 5PFNS26 Trait Integration and Breeding Time Reduction

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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 5PFNS26, which can be crossed with other soybean plants to introduce transgenic, mutant, or native traits, and methods for producing and characterizing soybean plants, seeds, and plant parts to achieve stable, high-yielding soybeans with improved agronomic characteristics and disease resistance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional soybean variety development methods are used, then multiple desirable traits can be combined, but the process takes six to twelve years and is time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of desirable traitsVSAvoiddevelopment time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing a diverse germplasm collection with known desirable traits before the breeding process begins. This allows breeders to select and cross specific genotypes with predetermined characteristics, eliminating the need for time-consuming trait discovery and validation during the breeding process, thus reducing the overall development time while maintaining trait combination effectiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If traditional breeding methods are used, then new varieties can be developed, but resource efficiency is low and planning precision is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety development outputVSAvoidresource efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation and selection processes at multiple stages of the breeding program. Performance data from field trials, genetic analysis, and trait expression monitoring are fed back into the breeding decision-making process, allowing for real-time adjustments that optimize resource allocation and improve productivity while reducing wasted resources on ineffective breeding lines

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If traditional breeding processes are used, then finished seed can be delivered to farmers, but the process requires minimal changes in direction and precise planning

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed delivery efficiencyVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding process into distinct modular stages: germplasm selection, controlled crossing, progeny evaluation, trait validation, and seed production. Each stage has specific objectives and deliverables, allowing for independent optimization and management. This modular approach reduces overall process complexity while maintaining productivity by enabling parallel processing of multiple breeding lines and reducing interdependencies between process steps

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11234401B1Soybean variety 5PFNS26
Publication Date: 2022.02.01 AGRIGENETICS INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFNS26 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFNS26, cells from soybean variety 5PFNS26, plants of soybean 5PFNS26, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFNS26. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFNS26 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFNS26, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFNS26, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFNS26. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFNS26 are further provided.