Soybean S120080 Breeding via Marker-Assisted Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean cultivar development is time-consuming and resource-intensive, aiming to combine desirable traits such as high seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profile, but existing methods are inefficient in achieving stable and uniform cultivars with desired characteristics.

Innovation Solution

Development of a new soybean cultivar, S120080, through crossing, mutagenesis, and transformation methods, incorporating transgenic traits for resistance to glufosinate herbicides, Phytophthora root rot, and soybean cyst nematode, along with improved fatty acid composition, using regenerable cells in tissue culture for consistent production.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then multiple traits can be integrated into a single cultivar, but the process takes 6-12 years and is time-consuming

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 (disease resistance, yield potential, stress tolerance) before crossing. This advance preparation and screening of parents accelerates the breeding process by ensuring that crossing events are more likely to produce desired outcomes, reducing the overall time required to develop new cultivars with multiple integrated traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If conventional breeding approaches are used to develop stable and uniform cultivars, then genetic stability can be achieved, but resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivar stability and uniformityVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional mechanical and manual breeding operations with molecular marker-assisted selection and genomic evaluation systems. These biotechnological tools enable more efficient screening and selection of plants with desired traits, reducing the need for extensive field trials and manual evaluation, thereby decreasing resource consumption while maintaining cultivar stability and uniformity.

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

3Productivity

If extensive crossing and selection is performed to achieve superior varieties, then trait combination improves, but breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesuperior variety developmentVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct modular components: parental selection, controlled crossing, molecular marker screening, genomic evaluation, and advanced generation testing. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and managed more efficiently, reducing overall program complexity while maintaining high productivity in developing superior varieties with multiple desirable traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9018457B2Soybean cultivar S120080
Publication Date: 2015.04.28 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated S120080 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120080, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120080, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120080, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120080. 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 S120080. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120080, 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 S120080 with another soybean cultivar.