Soybean Variety A1026033 Genetic Transformation for Trait Stability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding methods face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding soybean varieties with desirable traits such as disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, and improved nutritional quality, as they rely on conventional breeding techniques that are time-consuming and unpredictable, leading to genetic variability and environmental sensitivity.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1026033, which includes a single locus conversion through genetic transformation, enabling the introduction of traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, and the use of specific breeding methods like backcrossing and marker-assisted selection to stabilize these traits across generations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

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

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional mechanical breeding techniques (crossing, selection, and recombination of entire genomes) with genetic transformation technology that directly introduces specific desirable traits through molecular methods. This substitution enables precise trait introduction without the time-consuming and unpredictable nature of traditional breeding while maintaining genetic diversity through targeted modifications rather than random crossbreeding.

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

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are used to introduce desirable traits, then multiple traits can be combined, but the process becomes unpredictable and results in genetic variability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination capabilityVSAvoidtrait expression consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by introducing specific desirable traits (such as herbicide resistance, disease resistance, or improved nutritional quality) through targeted genetic transformation at specific loci, rather than combining entire genomes through conventional breeding. This approach enables precise control over which traits are introduced and how they are expressed, achieving both trait combination capability and expression consistency by modifying only the specific genetic regions that confer the desired properties.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If genetic transformation is used to introduce traits, then trait introduction efficiency is improved, but the complexity of the breeding process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait introduction efficiencyVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs marker-assisted selection as an intermediary tool to simplify the genetic transformation process. By using molecular markers that are tightly linked to the introduced traits, breeders can easily track and select for the desired traits in transformed plants, reducing the complexity of monitoring and selecting for multiple traits simultaneously. This intermediary approach maintains high trait introduction efficiency while making the overall breeding process more manageable and less complex.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8669432B2Soybean variety A1026033
Publication Date: 2014.03.11 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1026033. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1026033. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1026033 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1026033 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.