Soybean Cultivar S060299 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new soybean cultivars is a time-consuming and unpredictable process due to the complexity of inheritance and the lack of control over genetic traits, requiring extensive resources and resulting in variable outcomes even with the same breeding methods and parents.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean cultivar S060299, which is an early maturity group IV variety with resistance to glyphosate herbicides and soybean cyst nematode, combined with advanced breeding techniques such as backcrossing and genetic engineering, allows for the production of plants with superior characteristics like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and enhanced agronomic traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

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

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic diversityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by using molecular markers to identify and select plants with desirable traits before completing the full breeding cycle. This allows breeders to make informed selections early in the process, reducing the time needed for conventional multi-generation breeding while maintaining genetic diversity through marker-assisted selection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If repeated selection and crossing are performed to achieve desired traits, then trait superiority is improved, but the unpredictability of outcomes increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait superiorityVSAvoidpredictability of outcomes
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback by using molecular markers to continuously monitor and track the inheritance of desirable traits through generations. This feedback mechanism allows breeders to adjust selection criteria in real-time, increasing the predictability of outcomes while maintaining reliable trait superiority through data-driven selection decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If extensive breeding programs are implemented to develop superior cultivars, then agronomic quality is improved, but resource expenditure increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic qualityVSAvoidresearch resources
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces mechanical/conventional breeding methods with molecular marker-based selection systems. This substitution allows for more efficient resource utilization by enabling precise identification and selection of plants with desirable agronomic traits without requiring extensive manual screening and multi-generation testing, thereby reducing research resource expenditure while maintaining high agronomic quality.

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

Data Source

PatentUS7491871B2Soybean cultivar S060299
Publication Date: 2009.02.17 STINE SEED FARM INC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated S060299 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S060299, to the plants of soybean S060299, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S060299 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S060299 with itself or with another soybean variety. 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. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety S060299, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S060299 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 the cultivar S060299 with another soybean cultivar.