Soybean Cultivar S140156 Breeding Acceleration

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new soybean cultivars is a time-consuming process that requires precise planning and efficient resource use, aiming to combine desirable traits such as high seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profile, while existing methods are limited in efficiently introducing transgenic or mutant traits into soybean cultivars.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean cultivar S140156, which allows for methods like selfing, backcrossing, and transformation to introduce transgenic or mutant traits, along with the use of regenerable cells in tissue culture for producing plants with specific characteristics, such as resistance to glufosinate herbicides and improved agronomic traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop new soybean cultivars, then desirable traits can be combined, but the process takes 6-12 years and requires extensive resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination reliabilityVSAvoidbreeding cycle time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-screening and selecting parental germplasm with specific desirable traits (herbicide resistance, disease resistance, yield characteristics) before crossing. This preliminary selection and preparation of parental lines with known trait profiles accelerates the breeding process while ensuring reliable trait combination in the final cultivar.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If multiple breeding steps are performed to combine desirable traits, then superior varieties are achieved, but the process becomes complex and requires precise planning

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety superiorityVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding process into distinct stages: parental selection, crossing, progeny evaluation, and cultivar development. Each stage focuses on specific traits and objectives, making the overall complex process more manageable and easier to plan precisely while achieving superior variety outcomes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If conventional breeding methods are used, then new cultivars can be developed, but resource efficiency is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivar development successVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies mechanics substitution by replacing traditional mechanical breeding methods with molecular marker-assisted selection and genomic evaluation tools. This substitution allows for more efficient tracking of desirable traits through generations, reducing the need for extensive field trials and physical manipulation of large plant populations, thereby improving resource efficiency while maintaining development success.

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

Data Source

PatentUS9351466B1Soybean cultivar S140156
Publication Date: 2016.05.31 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated S140156 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S140156, to the plants of soybean cultivar S140156, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S140156, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S140156. 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 S140156. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S140156, 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 S140156 with another soybean cultivar.