Soybean Cultivar 179565921659 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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Problem

Soybean breeders face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding cultivars with desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved agronomic quality, as the complexity of inheritance and environmental factors complicate the identification of genetically superior plants, leading to unpredictable outcomes and significant research expenditures.

Innovation Solution

The development of soybean cultivar 179565921658, which is resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode Race 3 and susceptible to Phytophthora Root Rot, combined with advanced breeding methods like backcrossing, recurrent selection, and genetic marker-enhanced selection, allows for the introduction of traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and modified metabolic pathways, enabling the creation of superior soybean hybrids and varieties.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop soybean cultivars, then genetic diversity and adaptability are maintained, but the complexity of inheritance and environmental factors lead to unpredictable outcomes and significant research expenditures

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepredictability of breeding outcomesVSAvoidcomplexity of inheritance and environmental factors
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs molecular markers as intermediary tools to detect and select plants with desirable genetic traits. These markers serve as mediators between the complex genetic inheritance patterns and the breeder's selection process, enabling more predictable and reliable breeding outcomes by providing objective criteria for plant selection without requiring complete understanding of the underlying genetic complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If advanced breeding methods like backcrossing and genetic marker-enhanced selection are used, then the development process is streamlined and genetic stability is enhanced, but the complexity of the breeding program increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveefficiency of cultivar developmentVSAvoidcomplexity of breeding program
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program is segmented into distinct phases: initial crossbreeding, marker-assisted selection, backcrossing, and field testing. This segmentation allows each phase to be optimized independently, improving overall productivity while managing complexity through structured organization. The molecular markers provide specific selection criteria that divide the complex selection process into manageable steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes changes in genetic parameters through controlled backcrossing to transfer specific traits while maintaining the genetic background of the recurrent parent. By carefully managing the proportion of genetic material from different sources and using molecular markers to track specific loci, the program achieves efficient trait integration without overwhelming complexity in the breeding program structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits like disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved agronomic quality are combined in a single variety, then superior cultivars are developed, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring these traits increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of desirable traits in a cultivarVSAvoiddifficulty of identifying genetically superior plants
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

Molecular markers serve as intermediary indicators that simplify the detection and measurement of complex traits. Instead of directly measuring difficult-to-assess characteristics like disease resistance or drought tolerance, the markers provide easily detectable genetic signatures that correlate with these traits, enabling more straightforward identification of superior plants during the breeding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10426124B2Soybean cultivar 179565921658
Publication Date: 2019.10.01 CONFLUENCE GENETICS LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 179565921658 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 179565921658, the plants of soybean 179565921658, to plant parts of soybean 179565921658, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 179565921658 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 179565921658, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 179565921658, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 179565921658 with another soybean cultivar.