Soybean Variety A1024626 Breeding Stability

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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, and often result in varied genetic combinations that are difficult to predict.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1024626, 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 stable and high-yielding soybean plants with controlled genetic characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties, then genetic diversity is increased, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and unpredictable

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with desired traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, nutritional quality) before crossing. This preliminary selection and characterization of parents accelerates the breeding process while maintaining genetic diversity, as the desirable traits are already established in the parental generation rather than being discovered through lengthy conventional breeding

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties, then natural genetic recombination occurs, but the outcome becomes unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic recombinationVSAvoidbreeding outcome predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation and selection of parental lines based on predetermined criteria (herbicide resistance to specific formulations, disease resistance to particular pathogens, nutritional composition). This feedback-driven selection process ensures that only parents with verified desirable traits are crossed, making the breeding outcome predictable while still utilizing natural genetic recombination

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes key breeding parameters by defining specific target traits with measurable thresholds (e.g., resistance to glyphosate at specified concentrations, disease resistance scores, nutritional content levels). By transforming qualitative breeding goals into quantifiable parameters, the patent makes breeding outcomes predictable while maintaining genetic recombination benefits

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple breeding objectives are pursued simultaneously, then variety improvement is comprehensive, but the breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait improvement comprehensivenessVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the breeding program into distinct, manageable components: (1) selection of parents with specific herbicide resistance traits, (2) selection of parents with disease resistance traits, (3) selection of parents with nutritional quality traits, and (4) crossing and evaluation. This segmentation allows each objective to be pursued systematically through dedicated parental selection, reducing overall program complexity while achieving comprehensive variety improvement

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS8415530B2Soybean variety A1024626
Publication Date: 2013.04.09 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024626. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024626. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024626 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024626 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.