Soybean Variety A1037503 Breeding 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, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality, as they rely on conventional breeding techniques that are time-consuming and unpredictable, and often result in variations due to environmental factors.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety A1037503, which is adapted for late group VI growing regions, involves a breeding history that includes specific crosses and selection methods to combine traits like disease resistance, herbicide resistance, and improved agronomic characteristics, and can be used in breeding programs through methods such as backcrossing and genetic transformation to introduce desired traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used, then soybean varieties can be developed with desirable traits, but the process is time-consuming and unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepredictability of trait inheritanceVSAvoidbreeding development time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional mechanical breeding methods (manual crossing, selection, and propagation) with genetic transformation technology. This involves introducing specific genes or genetic sequences directly into the soybean genome using molecular biology techniques, thereby substituting the mechanical and time-intensive process of traditional breeding with a more precise and accelerated genetic modification approach.

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

2Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding techniques are used, then soybean varieties can be developed, but environmental factors cause variations in traits

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidenvironmental influence on traits
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and isolates specific genetic traits or genes that confer desirable characteristics (such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, or improved nutritional content) and introduces them directly into the target soybean variety through genetic transformation. This approach separates the desired traits from the complex environmental and genetic variations that occur in conventional breeding, ensuring more stable and predictable trait expression.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Productivity

If genetic transformation is used to introduce desired traits, then breeding efficiency is improved, but the complexity of the breeding program increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs genetic transformation technology as an intermediary mechanism to bridge the gap between desired traits and the target soybean variety. This intermediary approach allows for the precise introduction of specific genes or genetic sequences without requiring complex multi-generational breeding programs, thereby simplifying the overall breeding strategy while maintaining high efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8901391B2Soybean variety A1037503
Publication Date: 2014.12.02 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037503. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037503. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037503 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037503 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.