Soybean S110149 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding methods face challenges in developing stable, high-yielding soybean varieties with desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved nutritional quality, as they rely on conventional breeding techniques that are time-consuming and unpredictable, leading to genetic variability and environmental sensitivity.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety S110149, which combines improved traits through a breeding program involving crossing, selection, and genetic transformation, resulting in a stable variety suitable for mid-group 0 growing regions with specific characteristics like resistance to diseases, herbicides, and improved agronomic traits, and the use of tissue culture and regenerable cells to propagate and enhance the variety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional breeding techniques are used to develop soybean varieties with desirable traits, then the breeding process is simple and accessible, but it is time-consuming and unpredictable, resulting in genetic variability and environmental sensitivity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding stabilityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by transitioning from conventional phenotypic selection to molecular marker-assisted selection, changing the selection parameter from observable traits to genetic markers. This enables earlier and more accurate selection of desirable traits, reducing breeding cycle duration while improving stability through controlled genetic inheritance patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/conventional breeding system with a molecular biology-based system using genetic transformation and molecular markers. This substitution eliminates the need for lengthy phenotypic evaluation cycles and enables precise control over trait inheritance, thereby reducing time loss and improving breeding reliability.

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

2Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding techniques are used, then the breeding methodology is simple and widely applicable, but it produces genetic variability and environmental sensitivity that reduce consistency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic stabilityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces conventional phenotypic selection with molecular marker-assisted selection and genetic transformation techniques. This substitution provides precise control over genetic composition, eliminating random genetic variability and environmental sensitivity while maintaining a manageable breeding program through standardized molecular protocols.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses molecular copying of specific genetic markers and traits rather than relying on phenotypic copying through conventional breeding. This allows exact replication of desirable genetic characteristics without the variability inherent in phenotypic selection, achieving genetic stability while keeping the breeding program organized through marker-based tracking.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Productivity

If conventional breeding is used to achieve high yield and desirable traits, then the approach is accessible to traditional breeders, but it is unpredictable and leads to inconsistent results

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yieldVSAvoidbreeding predictability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces unpredictable phenotypic selection with molecular marker-assisted selection that provides predictable genetic outcomes. By selecting and transforming plants based on known molecular markers associated with high yield and desirable traits, the breeding process becomes predictable and reliable, ensuring consistent production of high-yielding varieties.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms through molecular marker analysis that continuously monitors and guides the breeding process. This feedback allows real-time adjustment of breeding strategies based on genetic data, ensuring predictable outcomes and reliable production of high-yield varieties with consistent characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8618369B2Soybean variety S110149
Publication Date: 2013.12.31 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated S110149. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety S110149. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety S110149 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety S110149 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.