Soybean Variety A1015895 Breeding Precision

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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 procedures that are time-consuming and unpredictable, with millions of possible genetic combinations generated without control.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1015895, which includes methods for crossing and breeding to produce plants with specific traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, using techniques such as backcrossing and genetic transformation to introduce desired loci while maintaining the morphological and physiological characteristics of the original variety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding procedures 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 time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with known desirable traits (disease resistance, nutritional quality) before initiating the breeding program. This allows the breeding process to start with optimized genetic combinations rather than exploring random variations, significantly reducing the time required to develop varieties with reliable disease resistance while maintaining targeted trait improvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs parameter changes by modifying breeding program parameters such as selection criteria, crossing strategies, and evaluation metrics to accelerate the breeding process. By adjusting these parameters, the program achieves faster development of disease-resistant varieties without sacrificing the reliability of trait expression, transforming a traditionally slow process into a more efficient system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding procedures generate millions of genetic combinations, then trait diversity can be explored, but the process becomes unpredictable and difficult to control

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait diversityVSAvoidbreeding outcome control
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by focusing breeding efforts on specific genomic regions containing genes for desired traits rather than attempting to control or analyze all millions of genetic combinations. This targeted approach maintains trait diversity in relevant areas while achieving predictable outcomes by concentrating resources on key genetic loci that determine disease resistance and nutritional quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs segmentation by dividing the complex breeding problem into manageable components: selecting specific parental lines with known traits, identifying key genetic markers, and focusing crossing programs on combinations most likely to produce desired outcomes. This segmentation transforms an overwhelming number of undifferentiated genetic combinations into a structured set of targeted breeding events with predictable results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Manufacturing precision

If backcrossing and genetic transformation techniques are used to introduce desired loci, then specific traits can be precisely introduced, but the complexity of the breeding program increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait introduction precisionVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies mechanics substitution by replacing traditional mechanical breeding methods (repeated backcrossing and phenotypic selection) with molecular marker-assisted selection and genetic transformation techniques. This substitution enables precise introduction of desired loci through DNA-level manipulation rather than relying on complex multi-generational breeding programs, reducing program complexity while maintaining or improving trait introduction precision.

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

Data Source

PatentUS8383892B2Soybean variety A1015895
Publication Date: 2013.02.26 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1015895. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1015895. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1015895 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1015895 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.