Soybean Variety A1035813 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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 techniques that are time-consuming and unpredictable, leading to genetic variability and environmental dependence.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1035813, which combines improved traits through specific breeding methods including backcrossing and genetic transformation, allowing for the introduction of desired loci such as herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and enhanced nutritional quality, while maintaining the morphological and physiological characteristics of the original variety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then the breeding process is time-consuming and unpredictable, but the resulting varieties exhibit genetic variability and environmental dependence

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety stabilityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by transitioning from conventional phenotypic selection to molecular marker-assisted selection, changing the selection parameter from physical traits to genetic markers. This enables earlier and more reliable identification of desirable traits, reducing breeding cycle time while improving variety stability through controlled genetic modification rather than random conventional breeding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional breeding techniques are used, then the process is simple and accessible, but it cannot reliably introduce specific desirable traits such as disease resistance and drought tolerance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait introduction capabilityVSAvoidbreeding method complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses molecular markers as intermediaries between the desired traits and the breeding process. These markers serve as detectable indicators of genes conferring disease resistance, drought tolerance, and other desirable traits, enabling precise tracking and selection without requiring complex field testing for each trait individually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/phenotypic selection process with a molecular/biochemical approach. Instead of selecting plants based on observable physical traits, the method uses DNA markers to identify and select for specific genes, providing more reliable and targeted trait introduction with greater precision.

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

3Manufacturing precision

If conventional breeding is used to combine desirable traits, then the process is straightforward, but it produces genetic variability that reduces predictability

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination precisionVSAvoidbreeding outcome predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through molecular marker analysis that provides real-time information about the genetic composition of breeding lines. This feedback loop allows breeders to monitor the inheritance of desirable traits and adjust the breeding strategy accordingly, improving both the precision of trait combination and the predictability of outcomes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8742223B2Soybean variety A1035813
Publication Date: 2014.06.03 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1035813. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1035813. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1035813 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1035813 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.