Soybean Cultivar S140176 Breeding via Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The development of new soybean cultivars is a time-consuming process that requires precise planning and resource management, aiming to combine desirable traits such as high seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profile, while existing methods are inefficient in achieving these goals.

Innovation Solution

The introduction of soybean cultivar S140176, which is developed through crossing and mutagenesis, incorporating traits like glyphosate resistance and specific fatty acid modifications, and can be used in various breeding methods including selfing, backcrossing, and tissue culture to produce plants with superior characteristics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the cultivar will have improved agronomic quality, but the development process will take 6-12 years and require significant resources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic qualityVSAvoidbreeding cycle duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing parental lines with specific desirable traits (high seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, improved fatty acid profile) before crossing. This advance preparation of parental germplasm with defined characteristics accelerates the breeding process while ensuring the resulting cultivar S140176 inherits superior agronomic qualities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single cultivar, then the overall performance is improved, but the breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases: selecting parental lines with specific traits, performing controlled crosses, evaluating F1 progeny for desired characteristics, and advancing superior lines through generations. This segmented approach to combining multiple traits (yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, fatty acid profile) manages program complexity while achieving versatile cultivar S140176.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9320244B1Soybean cultivar S140176
Publication Date: 2016.04.26 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated S140176 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S140176, to the plants of soybean cultivar S140176, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S140176, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S140176. 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 S140176. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S140176, 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 S140176 with another soybean cultivar.