Argyranthemum Supa742 Cultivar Compact Habit Red-Purple Florets

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for new compact Argyranthemum cultivars with unique inflorescence forms and floret colors, as existing cultivars lack the desired compactness and distinct color variations.

Innovation Solution

The development of the Argyranthemum frutescens cultivar 'Supa742' through cross-pollination of proprietary selections, resulting in a compact, freely branching plant with red-purple ray florets, which differs from its parents in floret color and is more compact than the cultivar Supalight.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Shape

If existing Argyranthemum cultivars are used, then they have established growth habits and flowering, but they lack the desired compactness and distinct color variations

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplant compactnessVSAvoidcolor variation

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding for specific morphological parameters (plant height, spread, inflorescence diameter) and color parameters (ray floret color, disk floret color) to create a new cultivar with optimized compactness and distinct red-purple coloration that differs from parent cultivars

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If new cultivars are developed through cross-pollination, then unique inflorescence forms and colors are achieved, but breeding time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinflorescence uniquenessVSAvoidbreeding duration

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing controlled cross-pollination between selected parent plants with desirable traits, then systematically selecting and propagating the best offspring through vegetative cuttings to stabilize the new cultivar's characteristics and achieve true-to-type reproduction

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Shape

If compact plant habit is selected, then space efficiency is improved, but growth vigor may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplant habit compactnessVSAvoidgrowth vigor

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSStrength

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by creating a cultivar with differentiated growth characteristics: compact overall plant habit with controlled height and spread, while maintaining vigorous local growth in the form of freely branching lateral stems and abundant inflorescence production throughout the flowering season

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUSPP18435P2Argyranthemum plant named `Supa742`

Publication Date: 2008.01.15 NUFLORA INT

AI summary

A new and distinct cultivar of Argyranthemum plant named ‘Supa742’, characterized by its compact, uniform, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences with red purple-colored ray florets; and good garden performance.