Soybean Cultivar Breeding With Staged Trait Combination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current soybean cultivars face challenges in combining desirable traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profiles, which are time-consuming to develop and require precise planning and resource management.
Innovation Solution
Development of a new soybean cultivar (10240732) with enhanced traits achieved through traditional breeding and genetic modification, including introgression of transgenic or mutant traits, and use of regenerable cells for tissue culture to produce plants with superior characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the cultivar achieves stability and uniformity, but the development process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing parental lines with specific desirable traits (fatty acid profiles, disease resistance, yield characteristics) before crossing. The parental germplasm is carefully chosen and prepared in advance to ensure the F1 hybrid will inherit the desired combination of traits, reducing the time needed for subsequent selection and breeding cycles.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single cultivar, then the overall performance improves, but the breeding program complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct stages: selecting parental lines with specific single traits, crossing them to produce F1 hybrids, evaluating F1 performance, and then proceeding to F2 and backcrossing generations. This segmented approach allows systematic combination of multiple traits while managing program complexity through structured, phased development.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple desirable traits from different parental lines into a single F1 hybrid cultivar. By combining parental germplasm with complementary traits (such as disease resistance from one parent and improved fatty acid profile from another), the breeding program achieves versatile cultivars that exhibit multiple improved characteristics simultaneously.
3Productivity
If precise forward planning is implemented, then resource efficiency improves, but the flexibility to adapt to changes decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by implementing a flexible breeding program structure that allows adaptation at each generation. While the overall program has forward planning, the patent enables adjustment of crossing strategies, selection criteria, and resource allocation based on performance data from F1 evaluations and emerging agricultural needs. This dynamic approach maintains resource efficiency while preserving adaptability to changes.
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AI summary
A soybean cultivar designated 10240732 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 10240732, to the plants of soybean cultivar 10240732, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 10240732, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 10240732. 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 10240732. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 10240732, 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 10240732 with another soybean cultivar.