Soybean Variety A1024638 Genetic Stability and Breeding Efficiency

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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, leading to significant research costs and variability in resulting soybean varieties.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1024638, 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 modifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding procedures are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then the breeding process is time-consuming and unpredictable, but the resulting varieties show significant variability and high research costs

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing controlled genetic modifications and specific breeding techniques (such as backcrossing and genetic transformation) to alter the genetic parameters of soybean plants. This allows for predictable introduction of desirable traits like disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality while controlling the breeding cycle duration through systematic genetic manipulation rather than conventional random breeding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If conventional breeding procedures are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then research costs are high and variability in results is significant, but the process lacks efficiency and stability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidresearch cost
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of conventional trial-and-error breeding with a more systematic approach using genetic transformation and controlled backcrossing. This substitution enables efficient introduction of specific traits (such as herbicide resistance, insect resistance, and disease resistance) with reduced research costs and minimized variability, as the genetic modifications are precisely controlled rather than relying on random genetic combinations.

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

3Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding procedures are used, then the process is simple in concept but produces unstable and variable soybean varieties

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic stability of soybean varietyVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing controlled genetic modifications and backcrossing procedures before the actual breeding process. This preliminary preparation ensures genetic stability by pre-establishing the desired traits through controlled genetic transformation, thereby reducing the complexity of subsequent breeding operations and ensuring stable, predictable variety development.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8431779B2Soybean variety A1024638
Publication Date: 2013.04.30 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1024638. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1024638. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1024638 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1024638 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.