Soybean Cultivar 28180826 for Marker-Assisted Trait Stacking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soybean cultivars lack improved 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, designated 28180826, with specific genetic modifications and traits, including disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, and altered fatty acid composition, achieved through traditional breeding and genetic engineering techniques.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop new soybean cultivars, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding process duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing parental germplasm for specific desirable traits (disease resistance, yield components, fatty acid profiles) before crossing. This advance preparation and selection of parents with known trait profiles accelerates the breeding process by eliminating the need for extensive screening in later generations, thus resolving the contradiction between achieving diverse trait combinations and reducing breeding time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If extensive screening and selection are performed to identify superior traits, then manufacturing precision of desired traits is improved, but resource efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait selection accuracyVSAvoidbreeding efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces extensive mechanical phenotypic screening with molecular marker-assisted selection. By using DNA markers linked to desirable traits, the breeding program can accurately identify plants with target traits without requiring large-scale field trials and phenotypic evaluation, thus maintaining high trait selection accuracy while dramatically improving breeding efficiency and resource utilization

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

3Stability of the object's composition

If multiple generations are advanced through careful selection, then cultivar stability is improved, but the time required for cultivar development increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivar uniformityVSAvoidgeneration advancement time
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through molecular marker tracking throughout the breeding process. By continuously monitoring marker profiles across generations, breeders can verify inheritance patterns and confirm genetic uniformity at each stage, allowing for accelerated generation advancement while maintaining cultivar stability. The marker feedback system enables early identification of desired genotypes, reducing the number of generations needed to achieve stable, uniform cultivars

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12599097B2Soybean cultivar 28180826
Publication Date: 2026.04.14 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 28180826 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 28180826, to the plants of soybean cultivar 28180826, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 28180826, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 28180826. 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 28180826. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 28180826, 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 28180826 with another soybean cultivar.