Soybean Cultivar Trait Stacking Through Preselected Germplasm

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soybean cultivars lack improved traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and altered fatty acid profiles, which are essential for enhancing agricultural productivity and nutritional value.

Innovation Solution

Development of a new soybean cultivar (24180206) with specific genetic modifications, including herbicide tolerance and disease resistance, achieved through traditional breeding and genetic engineering techniques, to combine desirable traits like higher seed yield, improved fatty acid composition, and abiotic stress tolerance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop new soybean cultivars, then genetic diversity and trait combination are improved, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding process duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing parental germplasm for specific desirable traits (disease resistance, yield components, fatty acid profiles) before crossing. This advance preparation and selection of parents with known trait profiles accelerates the breeding process while ensuring the desired trait combinations are achieved in the offspring.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If multiple generations of breeding are conducted to stabilize cultivar traits, then genetic stability is improved, but the development time and resource investment increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecultivar stabilityVSAvoidresource investment
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs feedback by systematically evaluating and characterizing traits at each breeding generation, using this information to guide subsequent selection and crossing decisions. This feedback mechanism allows for more efficient progression through breeding generations, reducing the number of generations needed while maintaining genetic stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Manufacturing precision

If selective breeding for specific traits is intensively pursued, then trait improvement is enhanced, but genetic diversity may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait improvementVSAvoidgenetic diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by focusing intensive selection on specific local traits (fatty acid composition, disease resistance to particular pathogens, yield components) while maintaining broader genetic diversity through the use of diverse parental germplasm. This allows precise improvement of targeted traits without completely sacrificing overall genetic variation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12599088B2Soybean cultivar 24180206
Publication Date: 2026.04.14 M S TECH LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 24180206 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 24180206, to the plants of soybean cultivar 24180206, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 24180206, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 24180206. 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 24180206. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24180206, 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 24180206 with another soybean cultivar.