Soybean Variety A1024181 Breeding Predictability

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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 the need for innovative approaches to combine desirable traits effectively.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1024181, 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 the breeding process is time-consuming and unpredictable, but the methods are simple and do not require complex genetic transformation procedures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepredictability of breeding outcomesVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing genetic transformation techniques to directly modify specific genes or gene combinations in soybean plants, rather than relying on conventional phenotypic selection. This allows precise control over trait inheritance patterns and accelerates the breeding cycle by skipping multiple generation steps, thereby improving predictability while reducing time loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The invention replaces the mechanical/conventional breeding system (manual crossing and phenotypic selection) with a molecular biology-based system (genetic transformation and molecular marker assistance). This substitution enables direct manipulation of genetic material to achieve desired traits more reliably and efficiently, resolving the contradiction between reliability and time loss.

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

2Reliability

If conventional breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the process is straightforward, but it fails to consistently produce stable, high-yielding varieties with multiple desirable traits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestability of variety characteristicsVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces molecular markers as intermediaries between the genetic transformation process and the selection of stable varieties. These markers serve as detectable indicators of specific gene presence or genotype, enabling precise tracking and selection of plants with desired traits throughout the breeding program, thereby ensuring stability while managing complexity through systematic tracking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The invention employs a multi-functional breeding system that integrates genetic transformation, molecular marker analysis, and phenotypic evaluation into a unified approach. This universal system can simultaneously target multiple desirable traits (disease resistance, yield, quality) while maintaining stability, resolving the contradiction by consolidating multiple functions into a coordinated program rather than separate processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If genetic transformation and backcrossing are used to introduce specific traits, then the breeding process becomes more efficient and predictable, but the methods require complex laboratory procedures and expertise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoiddifficulty of trait introduction
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by developing and validating molecular markers and transformation protocols before the actual breeding program begins. This preparation includes creating reference databases, establishing selection criteria, and pre-testing transformation efficiency, thereby simplifying the subsequent trait introduction process and improving productivity while reducing the operational difficulty through advance planning and standardized procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8324466B2Soybean variety A1024181
Publication Date: 2012.12.04 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024181. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024181. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024181 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024181 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.