Soybean 5PVAN09 Breeding Program 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 5PVAN09, 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

1Productivity

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used, then desirable traits can be combined in a single variety, but the process is time-consuming and requires many years (6-12 years) from first cross to finished seed delivery

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding speedVSAvoidtime to develop new variety
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-establishing a structured breeding program with defined objectives, selecting germplasm with desired traits before crossing, and planning multiple generations of selection and evaluation in advance. This organized approach reduces the 6-12 year development time by ensuring efficient use of resources and minimal changes in direction throughout the breeding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback through continuous evaluation of breeding progress, monitoring trait expression in successive generations, and adjusting selection criteria based on performance data. This feedback mechanism ensures the breeding program stays on track and achieves desired traits efficiently, reducing overall development time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single variety, then agronomic performance improves, but the complexity of the breeding program increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases: germplasm selection, crossing, F1 generation evaluation, F2 generation selection, and advanced generation testing. Each phase focuses on specific traits or objectives, making the overall complex process of combining multiple desirable traits more manageable and systematic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by concentrating on specific trait combinations in specific generations. For example, early generations focus on basic trait inheritance while later generations focus on stabilizing specific agronomic characteristics. This localized approach to trait combination reduces overall program complexity by addressing one aspect at a time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Stability of the object's composition

If self-pollination is used to ensure homozygosity and phenotypic stability, then variety uniformity improves, but the breeding process becomes more restrictive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvephenotypic stabilityVSAvoidbreeding flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by using self-pollination selectively in later generations (F3 and beyond) when homozygosity is needed for stability, while allowing controlled cross-pollination in earlier generations (F1, F2) to maintain breeding flexibility and combine diverse traits. This dynamic approach to pollination strategy balances phenotypic stability with breeding adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11963508B2Soybean variety 5PVAN09
Publication Date: 2024.04.23 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated 5PVAN09 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PVAN09, cells from soybean variety 5PVAN09, plants of soybean 5PVAN09, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PVAN09. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PVAN09 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PVAN09, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PVAN09, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PVAN09. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PVAN09 are further provided.