Soybean Variety Breeding for Yield and Herbicide Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing soybean varieties lack improved combinations of traits such as higher seed yield, disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, and nutritional quality, making them less efficient and less adaptable to various environmental conditions.

Innovation Solution

Development of the soybean variety 01106154, which incorporates genetic modifications and hybridization techniques to enhance traits like glyphosate, glufosinate, and dicamba resistance, along with improved agronomic qualities, through methods such as backcrossing and genetic marker-assisted selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If conventional soybean varieties are used, then existing agronomic traits are maintained, but seed yield, disease resistance, and herbicide tolerance remain insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveseed yieldVSAvoiddisease resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program segmented the development process into distinct phases: initial cross between MK0920B2-B0DNN and MK0315A2-T4LNN, followed by systematic backcrossing (BC1, BC2, BC3) with selection at each generation. This segmentation allowed independent optimization of yield traits and resistance traits at different stages, ultimately combining them in the final variety 01106154

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The invention merged multiple parental traits into a single unified variety. The cross between MK0920B2-B0DNN and MK0315A2-T4LNN combined disease resistance and herbicide tolerance traits, while subsequent backcrossing merged these with high-yield characteristics, creating variety 01106154 that integrates all desired traits simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple traits are combined in a single variety, then agronomic performance improves, but breeding program complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenvironmental adaptabilityVSAvoidbreeding program complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program performed preliminary selection of parental lines with specific desired traits before initiating the cross. Parents MK0920B2-B0DNN and MK0315A2-T4LNN were pre-selected for disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, and yield potential. This preliminary action simplified subsequent breeding steps by ensuring the foundation material already possessed key traits

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The program implemented feedback mechanisms through systematic evaluation and selection at each breeding generation. Performance data from BC1, BC2, and BC3 generations were analyzed to guide selection decisions, allowing the breeders to adjust and optimize the breeding approach based on observed trait expression and combine multiple desirable traits while managing complexity through structured selection criteria and iterative improvement based on performance data at each generation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12543690B2Soybean variety 01106154
Publication Date: 2026.02.10 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106154. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106154. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106154 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01106154 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.