Soybean Cultivar Breeding for Yield, Disease Resistance, and Fatty Acids

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soybean cultivars lack improved combinations of desirable traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and altered fatty acid profiles, which are essential for enhancing agricultural productivity and nutritional value.

Innovation Solution

Development of a new soybean cultivar (22140806) with specific genetic modifications and breeding techniques to introduce traits like herbicide resistance, disease tolerance, and altered fatty acid composition, combined with advanced molecular biology methods for genetic transformation and introgression of transgenic traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop new soybean cultivars, then genetic diversity can be maintained, but the development process takes 6-12 years and requires multiple crossing generations

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing parental germplasm for desirable traits (disease resistance, yield potential, fatty acid profiles) before crossing. This advance preparation allows for more efficient selection and reduces the time needed for subsequent breeding generations, while maintaining genetic stability through careful parental selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple crossing generations are performed to combine desirable traits, then trait combination improves, but resource consumption and process complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by focusing breeding efforts on specific target traits rather than attempting to improve all characteristics simultaneously. By identifying and selecting for particular desirable traits (such as specific fatty acid profiles or resistance to particular diseases) in parental lines, the breeding program achieves efficient trait combination with reduced complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by modifying breeding strategies based on measured traits of parental germplasm. Through characterization of fatty acid compositions, disease resistance levels, and yield potentials, the breeding program adjusts crossing decisions and selection criteria to optimize trait combination efficiency while managing program complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding processes are used, then genetic uniformity can be achieved, but the ability to introduce novel traits is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic uniformityVSAvoidnovel trait introduction
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the intermediary principle by using carefully selected parental germplasm as mediators to bridge conventional breeding and novel trait introduction. By choosing parents with known desirable characteristics and complementary traits, the program efficiently introduces novel combinations while maintaining genetic uniformity through controlled crossing and selection processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12599098B2Soybean cultivar 22140806
Publication Date: 2026.04.14 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 22140806 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 22140806, to the plants of soybean cultivar 22140806, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 22140806, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 22140806. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 22140806. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 22140806, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 22140806 with another soybean cultivar.