Soybean Cultivar Breeding for Yield and Trait Stability

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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 20430823 with specific genetic modifications and breeding techniques, including transgenic and mutagenesis methods, to introduce traits like herbicide resistance, disease tolerance, and altered fatty acid composition, along with methods for regenerating plants and determining genotypes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then multiple traits can be combined in a single cultivar, but the process takes six to twelve years and requires precise forward planning

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of desirable traitsVSAvoidbreeding process duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing parental germplasm with specific desirable traits before crossing. The parental lines are carefully chosen and evaluated for traits such as disease resistance, yield potential, and stress tolerance in advance, allowing the breeding program to proceed more efficiently without requiring extensive re-planning during the breeding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If novel germplasm is developed to achieve higher seed yield and improved traits, then productivity increases, but the development process requires extensive resources and precise planning

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yieldVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases with specific objectives: parental selection, crossing, F1 evaluation, and cultivar development. Each phase focuses on achieving specific traits or performance metrics, allowing resource allocation and management to be optimized at each stage rather than managing all complexity simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by selecting parental germplasm with specific local adaptations and trait combinations suited for particular environments or uses. Each parental line is chosen for its superior performance in specific traits (e.g., one parent for disease resistance, another for yield potential), allowing the final cultivar to inherit a tailored combination of qualities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If soybean cultivars are developed with improved fatty acid profiles and compositional traits, then nutritional quality and industrial functionality improve, but the breeding process becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefatty acid composition stabilityVSAvoidtrait selection complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies mechanics substitution by using molecular markers and genetic analysis to identify and select for desired fatty acid profiles and compositional traits. Instead of relying solely on phenotypic selection and chemical analysis of oil composition, the breeding program uses genetic markers associated with fatty acid metabolism genes to predict and select for improved compositional traits, simplifying the selection process.

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

Data Source

PatentUS12588637B2Soybean cultivar 20430823
Publication Date: 2026.03.31 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 20430823 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 20430823, to the plants of soybean cultivar 20430823, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 20430823, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 20430823. 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 20430823. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 20430823, 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 20430823 with another soybean cultivar.