Soybean Cultivar S080135 Marker-Assisted Breeding

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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 identifying genetically superior plants, with many possible genetic combinations and environmental factors influencing trait expression, leading to high research costs and variability in resulting cultivars.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean cultivar S080135, which offers resistance to glufosinate herbicides and Phytophthora Root Rot, along with high yield potential and excellent agronomic characteristics, combined with methods such as selfing, backcrossing, and genetic transformation to produce plants with desirable traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved nutritional quality.

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 combinations can be explored, but the process becomes time-consuming and unpredictable due to environmental factors masking true genotypic value

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional phenotypic selection methods with molecular marker-based genotypic selection. Instead of observing physical traits that are masked by environmental factors, the invention uses DNA markers to directly identify superior genetic combinations, eliminating the time-consuming process of multi-environment phenotypic evaluation while maintaining genetic diversity exploration.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces molecular markers as an intermediary between genotype and phenotype. These markers serve as proxies for desirable traits, allowing breeders to select for genetic superiority without waiting for phenotypic expression. This intermediary system resolves the contradiction by enabling accurate genetic assessment independent of environmental conditions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If replicated evaluations are conducted to accurately assess genetic worth, then selection precision improves, but research costs and time requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic worth estimationVSAvoidresearch cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces costly and time-consuming replicated phenotypic evaluations with molecular marker analysis. By using DNA-based assays to directly measure genetic merit, the invention achieves high measurement precision without the need for multiple environmental replicates, thereby significantly reducing research costs and resource requirements.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs genotypic assessment early in the breeding process using molecular markers, before investing resources in replicated field trials. This preliminary genetic screening allows breeders to identify and advance only the most promising lines, eliminating the need for expensive replicated evaluations of inferior genotypes and optimizing resource allocation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If multiple breeding cycles are performed to combine desirable traits, then cultivar quality improves, but the development timeline extends to 8-12 years

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivar qualityVSAvoidbreeding output per year
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional multi-cycle phenotypic selection with marker-assisted selection that can identify superior genetic combinations in a single generation. This substitution allows breeders to combine multiple desirable traits more rapidly by directly selecting for marker profiles associated with each trait, dramatically increasing breeding productivity while maintaining cultivar quality.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables continuous breeding progress by eliminating the periodic interruptions inherent in traditional multi-year breeding cycles. Molecular marker analysis allows for uninterrupted selection and advancement of superior lines, maintaining continuous productive action in the breeding program rather than pausing for extended multi-environment phenotypic testing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS8338668B2Soybean cultivar S080135
Publication Date: 2012.12.25 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated S080135 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080135, to the plants of soybean S080135, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080135, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080135 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 S080135, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080135, 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 S080135 with another soybean cultivar.