Soybean Variety D5903654 Breeding via Genetic Transformation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new soybean varieties is a time-consuming and unpredictable process due to the complexity of combining desirable traits like seed yield, disease resistance, and environmental adaptability, making it challenging to produce stable and high-yielding soybean varieties efficiently.

Innovation Solution

The soybean variety D5903654 is developed through specific breeding methods, including crossing and selection techniques, which involve genetic transformation to introduce desired traits such as herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality, allowing for the production of hybrid seeds and plants with consistent physiological and morphological characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then genetic diversity and adaptability are improved, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and unpredictable

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoidbreeding time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by utilizing genetic transformation techniques to directly modify specific genetic parameters rather than relying on traditional multi-generational crossing. This allows for precise introduction of desired traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, nutritional quality) without requiring extensive breeding cycles, thereby reducing breeding time while maintaining adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses genetic transformation as an intermediary mechanism to transfer desired traits into the soybean variety. Instead of traditional crossing methods that require multiple generations of selection, the transformation process serves as a direct mediator to introduce specific genes (such as herbicide resistance genes and disease resistance genes) into the target variety, significantly accelerating the breeding process

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single variety, then overall value and commercial viability are improved, but the complexity of inheritance and selection increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait stabilityVSAvoidbreeding complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by introducing desired traits through separate genetic transformation events rather than attempting to combine multiple traits through complex crossing programs. Each trait (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, nutritional quality) can be introduced independently through transformation, allowing for systematic development and selection of individual traits before combining them in the final variety

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent utilizes parameter changes by directly modifying specific genetic parameters through transformation rather than relying on complex inheritance patterns. This approach allows for precise control over trait expression and stability, reducing the complexity associated with tracking and selecting multiple inherited traits across generations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If conventional breeding procedures are used without DNA level control, then genetic combinations are diverse, but the selection process becomes unpredictable and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidselection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies feedback by utilizing molecular markers and DNA-level analysis to monitor and verify the introduction of desired traits during the transformation process. This feedback mechanism allows breeders to accurately identify plants that have successfully incorporated target genes, enabling informed selection decisions and reducing the unpredictability associated with conventional breeding methods

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces mechanical breeding methods (crossing, pollination, phenotypic selection) with biochemical and molecular techniques (genetic transformation, DNA analysis, marker-assisted selection). This substitution enables direct manipulation and verification of genetic material at the molecular level, significantly improving breeding efficiency and selection accuracy while reducing resource requirements

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

Data Source

PatentUS7687684B2Soybean variety D5903654
Publication Date: 2010.03.30 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated D5903654. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety D5903654. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety D5903654 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety D5903654 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.