Soybean XB53S08 Trait Stacking via Preliminary Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding processes are time-consuming and resource-intensive, aiming to develop stable, high-yielding varieties with desirable traits like disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profiles, but few varieties exhibit a valuable combination of these traits effectively.

Innovation Solution

The development of the soybean variety XB53S08, which is resistant to Roundup herbicides, Phytophthora, and various diseases, with improved yield potential and tolerance to abiotic stresses, achieved through careful breeding and selection, allowing for self-pollination and seed harvesting to maintain genetic stability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional soybean breeding processes are used to develop varieties with multiple desirable traits, then disease resistance and yield potential are improved, but the breeding process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidbreeding process time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, yield potential, abiotic stress tolerance) before initiating the breeding program. This advance preparation of germplasm with known trait profiles accelerates the breeding process while ensuring the development of varieties with reliable disease resistance and other desirable characteristics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single soybean variety, then agronomic quality and yield are improved, but the complexity of the breeding program increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveyield potentialVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple desirable traits from different parental lines into a single soybean variety through systematic crossing and selection. The breeding program combines disease resistance, yield potential, and abiotic stress tolerance traits by crossing parental lines that each contribute specific traits, then selecting progeny that inherit the desired combination, thereby achieving high productivity with improved agronomic quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Quantity of substance

If extensive breeding and selection is performed to achieve stable, high-yielding varieties, then grain production is maximized, but resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegrain productionVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by utilizing the natural self-pollination capability of soybean plants to maintain genetic stability and fix desirable traits in the developed varieties. This self-service mechanism reduces the need for continuous manual intervention and resource input for trait maintenance, allowing the variety to reproduce true-to-type progeny autonomously while maximizing grain production.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS7642421B1Soybean variety XB53S08
Publication Date: 2010.01.05 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB53S08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB53S08, to the plants of soybean XB53S08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB53S08 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB53S08 with another soybean plant, using XB53S08 as either the male or the female parent.