Soybean Variety XBP04002 Trait Stability Breeding

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current soybean breeding processes are time-consuming and resource-intensive, aiming to develop stable, high-yielding soybean varieties with desirable traits such as disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved fatty acid profiles, while existing methods struggle to efficiently combine these traits in a single variety.

Innovation Solution

The development of a novel soybean variety, XBP04002, which is the result of extensive breeding and selection, incorporating traits like resistance to aerial blight, brown stem rot, and improved fatty acid composition, achieved through careful genetic manipulation and backcrossing techniques to introduce desired traits into a stable genetic background.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If extensive breeding and selection processes are used to combine multiple desirable traits in a single soybean variety, then the variety achieves improved yield, disease resistance, and agronomic characteristics, but the development process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive

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

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-selecting and characterizing parental lines with specific desirable traits (disease resistance, yield potential, agronomic characteristics) before initiating the breeding program. This preliminary characterization allows for more efficient crossing and selection processes, reducing the overall time required to develop stable varieties with combined traits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple desirable traits are combined in a single soybean variety through breeding, then the variety achieves superior performance, but the complexity of the breeding program increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the breeding program into distinct phases: parental line selection, crossing operations, progeny evaluation, and variety development. Each phase focuses on specific traits and objectives, making the overall complex process more manageable and systematic while achieving comprehensive trait combination.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If precise planning and efficient resource use are maintained throughout the breeding process, then development time is reduced, but the ability to make necessary changes in direction is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebreeding efficiencyVSAvoidprogram flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies feedback by implementing systematic evaluation and monitoring at each breeding stage, allowing the program to assess progress toward goals and make informed adjustments. This feedback mechanism maintains efficiency by preventing wasted effort on unproductive crosses while preserving flexibility to redirect resources when new opportunities or challenges arise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8309802B1Soybean variety XBP04002
Publication Date: 2012.11.13 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A novel soybean variety, designated XBP04002 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP04002, cells from soybean variety XBP04002, plants of soybean XBP04002, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP04002. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP04002 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, and/or native trait into soybean variety XBP04002, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP04002. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP04002 are further provided.