Soybean Cultivar Trait Stacking for Yield and Fatty Acid Targets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing soybean cultivars lack improved combinations of desirable traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and altered fatty acid profiles, which are time-consuming to develop and require precise planning and resource efficiency.
Innovation Solution
Development of a new soybean cultivar 29050906 with specific genetic modifications and breeding techniques to introduce traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and altered fatty acid composition, utilizing methods such as mutagenesis and transformation, and breeding practices like backcrossing and hybrid production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering 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 significant resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-characterizing parental germplasm for specific traits (fatty acid composition, disease resistance, yield) before crossing. This advance preparation allows breeders to select parents with known, complementary traits, reducing the time needed for subsequent selection and evaluation steps in the breeding program.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback through systematic evaluation and characterization of parental lines and progeny for multiple traits simultaneously. By measuring fatty acid profiles, disease resistance, and yield potential at various stages, breeders can adjust selection criteria and breeding strategies based on actual performance data, accelerating the development of cultivars with desired trait combinations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If soybean cultivars are developed with altered fatty acid profiles, then nutritional and industrial properties are improved, but breeding complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by focusing breeding efforts on specific fatty acid traits (oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid) within the overall seed composition. Rather than attempting to improve all seed characteristics simultaneously, the program targets particular fatty acid profiles needed for specific industrial and nutritional applications, simplifying the breeding approach while achieving desired versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by systematically varying fatty acid composition parameters through selective crossing and evaluation. By adjusting the genetic makeup to achieve specific fatty acid ratios (higher oleic, modified linoleic/linolenic balances), the program creates cultivars tailored for different applications such as cooking oils, industrial products, and nutritional supplements.
3Productivity
If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single cultivar, then overall performance is improved, but selection and development difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by breaking down the complex task of evaluating multiple traits into separate, manageable components. The breeding program independently assesses yield potential, disease resistance, and fatty acid composition through distinct evaluation protocols and parental line characterizations, making it easier to track and select for each trait while developing multi-trait cultivars.
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AI summary
A soybean cultivar designated 29050906 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 29050906, to the plants of soybean cultivar 29050906, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 29050906, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 29050906. 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 29050906. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 29050906, 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 29050906 with another soybean cultivar.