Soybean Variety A1015657 Breeding Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding methods face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding varieties with desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality, as they rely on conventional breeding techniques that are time-consuming and unpredictable, leading to significant research costs and variability in results.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1015657, which includes methods for crossing and breeding to introduce specific traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality through genetic transformation and backcrossing, allowing for the creation of hybrid seeds and plants with consistent physiological and morphological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then disease resistance and nutritional quality can be improved, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidbreeding process duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, nutritional quality) before initiating the breeding program. The parental selection is carefully planned in advance based on trait analysis, which reduces the time required during the actual breeding process while ensuring reliable disease resistance in the final variety.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then improved nutritional quality can be achieved, but research costs increase due to unpredictability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenutritional qualityVSAvoidresearch costs
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation and selection processes at multiple breeding stages. Performance data from parental lines and intermediate generations are continuously monitored and fed back into the breeding decisions, allowing researchers to adjust selections based on actual trait expression. This reduces unpredictability and optimizes research resource allocation while ensuring improved nutritional quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single soybean variety, then yield and resistance can be improved, but the breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yieldVSAvoidbreeding program structure
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases: parental selection, initial crossing, intermediate generation evaluation, and final variety development. Each phase focuses on specific traits (e.g., disease resistance in early generations, yield in later generations), which simplifies the overall program structure while achieving multiple desirable traits in the final variety through systematic trait accumulation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8115074B2Soybean variety A1015657
Publication Date: 2012.02.14 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1015657. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1015657. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1015657 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1015657 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.