Soybean Variety A1024210 Breeding Methods

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

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 A1024210, 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 soybean plants with consistent physiological and morphological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding procedures are used to develop soybean varieties, then a wide range of genetic combinations are generated, but the process becomes time-consuming and unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic combination diversityVSAvoidbreeding development time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting specific parental lines with known desirable traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, yield characteristics) before crossing. This pre-planning and selection of parents with defined genetic characteristics allows the breeding program to move directly toward specific breeding objectives, avoiding the time-consuming trial and error of conventional breeding while still generating diverse genetic combinations through controlled crosses

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding procedures are used to develop soybean varieties, then numerous genetic combinations are produced, but the process becomes unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic combination diversityVSAvoidbreeding outcome predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by systematically evaluating progeny for specific target traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, yield, quality characteristics) and using this information to guide subsequent breeding decisions. This feedback loop allows breeders to select and advance only those lines that demonstrate the desired traits, making the breeding process more predictable and reliable while maintaining genetic diversity through controlled crossing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Manufacturing precision

If genetic transformation and backcrossing methods are used, then specific desirable traits can be introduced precisely, but the device and process complexity increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex breeding process into distinct, manageable stages: (1) genetic transformation to introduce specific traits into donor lines, (2) backcrossing to transfer traits to the target variety background, (3) selection and evaluation of progeny, and (4) variety development. This segmentation allows each step to be optimized and controlled independently, achieving precise trait introduction while making the overall complex process more manageable and systematic

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8420898B2Soybean variety A1024210
Publication Date: 2013.04.16 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024210. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024210. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024210 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024210 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.