Soybean Variety Breeding for Multi-Trait Yield and Disease Tolerance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soybean varieties lack improved combinations of traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, and nutritional quality, making them less efficient and less adaptable to various growing conditions.

Innovation Solution

Development of the soybean variety 01106455, which incorporates genetic modifications for herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, achieved through methods like genome editing using engineered nucleases, and breeding techniques such as backcrossing and pedigree selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding methods are used, then existing soybean varieties are maintained, but they lack improved combinations of traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, and herbicide tolerance

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidtrait combination

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by introducing specific genetic modifications to alter the trait parameters of soybean varieties. Through genome editing and selective breeding, the patent changes key parameters including disease resistance levels, herbicide tolerance, and nutritional composition to create superior variety 01106455 that combines multiple improved traits simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If genetic modifications are introduced to improve traits, then seed yield and nutritional quality are enhanced, but the complexity of breeding methods increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveseed yieldVSAvoidbreeding method complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical and manual breeding methods with modern biotechnological approaches including genome editing using engineered nucleases and molecular marker-assisted selection. This substitution of breeding mechanisms enables precise introduction of desired traits while reducing the overall complexity and time required for developing improved soybean varieties

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits are combined in a single variety, then adaptability to diverse agricultural conditions is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring trait performance increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveagricultural condition adaptabilityVSAvoidtrait performance evaluation

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through molecular marker-assisted selection and genomic evaluation systems that continuously monitor and measure the performance of multiple traits in variety 01106455. These feedback systems enable breeders to track disease resistance, yield components, and nutritional quality simultaneously, making the evaluation of multi-trait combinations systematic and manageable

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12543689B2Soybean variety 01106455

Publication Date: 2026.02.10 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106455. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106455. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106455 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01106455 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.