Soybean Variety A1035398 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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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 genetic variability and difficulty in replicating superior varieties.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1035398, which combines desirable traits through a specific breeding history and genetic transformation, including a single locus conversion, to produce plants with improved agronomic characteristics, disease resistance, and herbicide tolerance, using techniques like backcrossing and genetic transformation to introduce desired traits while maintaining the variety's morphological and physiological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then genetic variability and unpredictability occur, but the breeding process is time-consuming and difficult to replicate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding consistencyVSAvoidbreeding duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by transitioning from conventional phenotypic selection to marker-assisted selection using DNA markers. This changes the breeding parameter from visual trait assessment to molecular genetic analysis, enabling more precise and reliable selection of desirable traits while reducing breeding time and increasing reproducibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/conventional breeding system with a molecular biology-based system. Instead of relying on traditional cross-pollination and phenotypic observation, the invention uses DNA markers and molecular techniques to track and select for desirable traits, thereby reducing breeding time and improving consistency.

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

2Manufacturing precision

If conventional breeding techniques are used to combine desirable traits, then genetic variability is generated, but the process lacks precision and predictability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination precisionVSAvoidvariety stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional phenotypic-based breeding with molecular marker-assisted selection. This substitution enables precise tracking of specific genes and traits at the DNA level, allowing breeders to combine desirable traits with high precision and predictability while maintaining variety stability across generations.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces DNA markers as intermediaries between the breeding process and the desired traits. These molecular markers serve as mediators that allow indirect selection for desirable traits based on their genetic markers, thereby achieving precise trait combination without direct phenotypic observation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop new varieties, then genetic diversity is achieved, but the process is complex and difficult to manage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces complex conventional breeding management with molecular marker-based systems. This substitution simplifies the breeding program by providing objective, quantifiable genetic information that can be systematically tracked and managed, thereby reducing the complexity of managing genetic diversity while maintaining adaptability.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through molecular marker analysis that provides real-time information about the genetic composition of breeding populations. This feedback allows for continuous monitoring and adjustment of the breeding program, simplifying the management of genetic diversity and improving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8759628B2Soybean variety A1035398
Publication Date: 2014.06.24 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1035398. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1035398. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1035398 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1035398 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.