Soybean Variety 5PSWB23 Breeding via Molecular Marker Selection

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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 tolerance to environmental stresses, 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 soybean variety 5PSWB23, which is stable and high-yielding, with methods for crossing, introgressing transgenic or mutant traits, and characterizing the variety to produce plants and plant parts with improved agronomic characteristics, including resistance to diseases and environmental stresses.

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 is directionally unstable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedirectional stabilityVSAvoidbreeding development time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing molecular markers to detect and select specific genetic traits at the DNA level, transforming the breeding process from phenotypic selection to genotypic selection. This allows breeders to track and combine desired traits (such as disease resistance genes and yield-related markers) with precise control over genetic composition, thereby achieving directional stability while significantly reducing the time required for variety development

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single variety, then agronomic performance is improved, but the breeding process becomes more complex and resource-intensive

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex breeding process into manageable components through molecular marker-assisted selection. Each desired trait (disease resistance, yield, maturity) is tracked using specific molecular markers, allowing breeders to independently select and combine these traits systematically. This segmented approach to trait selection simplifies the overall breeding process while enabling the combination of multiple desirable traits in a single variety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Measurement precision

If traditional selection methods are used, then resource efficiency is low, but the process lacks precision in selecting desired traits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait selection precisionVSAvoidbreeding efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies mechanics substitution by replacing traditional mechanical/phenotypic selection methods with molecular marker-based genotypic selection. Instead of visually assessing plant traits after they manifest phenotypically (which is imprecise and time-consuming), the invention uses DNA markers to directly detect and select for desired genetic traits at the molecular level. This substitution dramatically improves measurement precision for trait selection while simultaneously increasing breeding productivity through faster, more accurate selection cycles

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

Data Source

PatentUS10512238B1Soybean variety 5PSWB23
Publication Date: 2019.12.24 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PSWB23 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PSWB23, cells from soybean variety 5PSWB23, plants of soybean 5PSWB23, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PSWB23. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PSWB23 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PSWB23, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PSWB23, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PSWB23. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PSWB23 are further provided.