Soybean Cultivar S170109 Transgenic Trait Integration

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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 higher 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 S170109, which allows for methods such as selfing, backcrosses, and hybrid production, along with the use of transgenic variants containing specific transgenes for herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved fatty acid metabolism, and the application of tissue culture techniques for regenerating plants with desired traits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding methods are used to combine desirable traits, then the cultivar achieves stable genetic traits, but the breeding process takes 6-12 years and is time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegenetic stabilityVSAvoidbreeding duration
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-introducing transgenic or mutant traits into the soybean cultivar S170109 through genetic modification before traditional breeding begins. This allows desirable traits such as herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and improved fatty acid profile to be incorporated at the outset, eliminating the need for lengthy selective breeding processes and reducing the overall breeding duration from 6-12 years to a much shorter timeframe.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If transgenic or mutant traits are introduced into soybean cultivars, then desirable traits such as herbicide resistance and improved fatty acid profile are achieved, but the complexity of the breeding process increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait diversityVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses tissue culture techniques as an intermediary method to facilitate the introduction of transgenic or mutant traits into soybean cultivar S170109. The tissue culture system serves as a mediator that enables efficient regeneration of plants from transformed cells, simplifying the overall process of incorporating diverse traits while maintaining manageable complexity in the breeding workflow.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Manufacturing precision

If multiple breeding methods such as selfing, backcrosses, and hybrid production are used, then the desired genetic traits are effectively combined, but the resource requirements and process complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combination accuracyVSAvoidbreeding method complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by developing a multi-functional breeding approach where soybean cultivar S170109 can be used across multiple breeding methods (selfing, backcrosses, hybrid production) and can incorporate various types of traits (transgenic, mutant, conventional) through a single integrated platform. This universal system allows breeders to achieve precise trait combinations while reducing the need for separate specialized protocols for each breeding method.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10455800B1Soybean cultivar S170109
Publication Date: 2019.10.29 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated S170109 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170109, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170109, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170109, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170109. 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 S170109. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170109, 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 S170109 with another soybean cultivar.