Soybean Variety 5PPAN44 Breeding Stability and Yield

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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 5PPAN44, 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

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-selecting and characterizing parent lines with specific desirable traits before crossing. The breeder's goal is to combine improved combinations of desirable traits through planned crosses between pre-characterized parents, reducing the time needed for trait discovery and selection during the breeding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through systematic evaluation and characterization of breeding lines at multiple stages. The variety is evaluated for yield, disease resistance, and other traits across different environments, with data fed back into selection decisions to guide further breeding steps and ensure the combination of desirable traits is achieved efficiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used, then stable varieties can be developed, but the process requires extensive resources and is inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of varietyVSAvoidbreeding efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding process into distinct, manageable stages: parent line selection, crossing, F1 evaluation, and variety development. Each stage has specific objectives and evaluation criteria, allowing for systematic progression and efficient resource allocation while maintaining variety stability through controlled breeding steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by evaluating breeding lines under different environmental conditions and measuring multiple traits (yield, disease resistance, maturity). This multi-parameter approach ensures stable variety development by selecting lines that perform consistently across varying parameters, while the systematic measurement approach improves breeding efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple crosses and selections are performed to achieve high yield and resistance, then desirable traits are combined, but the directionality and planning precision are compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of traitsVSAvoidbreeding directionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by establishing clear breeding objectives and selecting parent lines with specific desirable traits before initiating crosses. The breeder's goal is to combine improved combinations of desirable traits through planned crosses between pre-characterized parents, ensuring breeding directionality is maintained throughout the process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through systematic evaluation of breeding lines for yield, disease resistance, and other traits. This feedback mechanism ensures that selection decisions align with breeding objectives, maintaining directionality while achieving the combination of desirable traits through data-driven selection at each breeding stage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10327409B1Soybean variety 5PPAN44
Publication Date: 2019.06.25 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPAN44 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPAN44, cells from soybean variety 5PPAN44, plants of soybean 5PPAN44, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPAN44. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPAN44 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPAN44, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPAN44, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPAN44. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPAN44 are further provided.