Soybean Cultivar Trait Stacking With Marker-Guided Breeding

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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 23250249 with specific traits including disease resistance, improved fatty acid composition, and abiotic stress tolerance, achieved through traditional breeding and genetic modification techniques, such as mutagenesis and transformation, to introduce desired genetic traits.

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 lines for specific traits (disease resistance, fatty acid composition, abiotic stress tolerance) before crossing. This allows breeders to select parents with desired traits in advance, reducing the time needed for screening and selection in later generations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses molecular markers to copy or track specific genetic traits through generations. By using DNA markers linked to desirable traits, breeders can identify and select plants carrying those traits without needing to wait for phenotypic expression, significantly accelerating the breeding process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If genetic modification techniques are used to introduce desired traits, then breeding efficiency and trait precision are improved, but regulatory complexity and public acceptance challenges increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidregulatory complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by using conventional breeding methods (crossing, selection, and combination of traits) rather than genetic modification. This changes the approach from transgenic techniques to traditional recombination, achieving breeding efficiency through controlled crosses while avoiding the regulatory and public acceptance issues associated with GMOs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits are combined in a single cultivar, then agronomic performance and nutritional value are improved, but the complexity of breeding program management increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveagronomic performanceVSAvoidbreeding program management
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, and separately evaluating different trait combinations. This segmentation allows breeders to manage complex multi-trait programs systematically, tracking each trait's inheritance and expression independently while working toward the integrated goal of combining multiple desirable traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12568910B2Soybean cultivar 23250249
Publication Date: 2026.03.10 MERTEC LLC

AI summary

A soybean cultivar designated 23250249 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 23250249, to the plants of soybean cultivar 23250249, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 23250249, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 23250249. 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 23250249. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 23250249, 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 23250249 with another soybean cultivar.