Veronica Allvbride Cultivar Breeding for Garden Suitability
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for new and distinct cultivars of Veronica plants that are suitable as garden plants with specific traits such as upright and spreading habit, small dark green leaves, dense inflorescences with white flowers, and a long flowering period, which existing cultivars like 'Alllady' do not fully provide.
Innovation Solution
A new cultivar 'Allvbride' of Veronica longifolia, developed through open-pollination and stabilized via asexual reproduction, exhibiting unique characteristics like more branching, smaller darker leaves, and longer inflorescences compared to its female parent, and differing from 'Alllady' in branching, leaf size, and inflorescence length.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing Veronica cultivars are used, then they have basic flowering characteristics, but they do not provide the desired combination of upright spreading habit, small dark green leaves, dense inflorescences with white flowers, and long flowering period
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by selectively breeding for specific trait combinations including upright spreading habit, small dark green leaves, dense inflorescences, white flower color, and long flowering period. This resolves the contradiction by modifying multiple plant parameters simultaneously to achieve garden suitability without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The new cultivar 'Allvbride' achieves multi-functionality by combining multiple desirable traits (upright habit, leaf characteristics, flowering density, color, and duration) into a single plant variety that serves multiple garden purposes, thereby improving versatility without requiring multiple different cultivars.
2Stability of the object's composition
If terminal cuttings are used for propagation, then the unique features are stable and reproduced true to type, but this requires controlled environment and time for root development
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs preliminary action by performing open-pollination breeding to develop the desired traits before propagation. The controlled environment for cutting propagation is prepared in advance, and the breeding program is conducted systematically before commercial propagation begins, reducing overall time loss.
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AI summary
A new and distinct cultivar of Veronica plant named ‘Allvbride’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; relatively small dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; dense inflorescences with numerous white-colored flowers; long flowering period; and suitability as a garden plant.