Soybean Variety 5PQMB75 Breeding Acceleration

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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, but existing methods are slow and prone to directional changes.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean variety 5PQMB75, which is stable, high-yielding, and agronomically sound, along with methods for crossing, introgressing transgenic or mutant traits, and characterizing the variety to produce plants with improved traits, facilitating the development of new soybean varieties.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

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

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyield stabilityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by using pre-characterized genetic markers and molecular breeding techniques to identify and select desirable traits early in the breeding process. This allows breeders to make informed selections before field testing, significantly reducing the time required to develop new varieties while maintaining yield stability and disease resistance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical/phenotypic selection methods with molecular marker-assisted selection. Instead of visually assessing plant traits in the field, breeders use DNA markers to detect and select for desirable genetic characteristics, accelerating the breeding process from 6-12 years to a much shorter timeframe.

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

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple crossing and selection steps are performed to combine desirable traits, then the final variety achieves improved agronomic characteristics, but the process becomes complex and prone to directional changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic adaptabilityVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through molecular marker monitoring throughout the breeding process. Breeders can continuously track the presence and combination of desirable genetic markers across generations, providing real-time information that guides selection decisions. This feedback mechanism reduces process complexity by eliminating the need for extensive field testing and subjective assessment at each stage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the fundamental parameters of the breeding process by shifting from phenotypic to genotypic selection. This parameter change allows for more precise control over trait combination and reduces the number of crossing and selection steps required, thereby simplifying the overall breeding process while maintaining agronomic adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10638712B1Soybean variety 5PQMB75
Publication Date: 2020.05.05 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PQMB75 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PQMB75, cells from soybean variety 5PQMB75, plants of soybean 5PQMB75, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PQMB75. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PQMB75 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PQMB75, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PQMB75, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PQMB75. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PQMB75 are further provided.