Soybean Variety A1037425 Integrated Trait Stacking

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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, which are difficult to predict and require extensive research efforts due to the complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1037425, which combines improved traits through a breeding program involving crossing, selection, and genetic transformation, including the introduction of transgenic genes for herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and enhanced nutritional quality, while maintaining the variety's morphological and physiological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional soybean breeding methods are used to develop new varieties with multiple desirable traits, then the variety can achieve stable high-yielding performance, but the breeding process requires extensive research efforts and time due to the complexity of genetic combinations and environmental factors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestable high-yielding performanceVSAvoidbreeding process time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-introducing multiple desired traits through genetic transformation before field testing. The soybean variety A1037425 was developed with herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality traits already integrated through biotechnology, allowing direct evaluation of performance without lengthy conventional breeding cycles of crossing and selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single soybean variety, then the agronomic quality and yield are improved, but the genetic complexity and difficulty of achieving stable inheritance increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic qualityVSAvoidgenetic complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple desirable traits into a single soybean variety A1037425 through genetic transformation. The variety combines herbicide resistance (glyphosate and glufosinate), disease resistance (Phytophthora and sudden death syndrome), and improved nutritional quality (increased protein and oil content) into one integrated genetic package, achieving versatile agronomic performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Reliability

If transgenic genes are introduced for herbicide resistance and disease resistance, then the resistance traits are achieved, but the complexity of genetic transformation and regulation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresistance traitsVSAvoidgenetic transformation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by using a common genetic transformation platform to introduce multiple resistance traits simultaneously. The soybean variety A1037425 was transformed with genes conferring both herbicide resistance (CP4 EPSPS for glyphosate, PAT for glufosinate) and disease resistance (Rps1k for Phytophthora, SDS resistance genes) using the same transformation methodology, simplifying the overall process compared to separate breeding programs for each trait.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS8907180B2Soybean variety A1037425
Publication Date: 2014.12.09 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037425. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037425. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037425 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037425 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.