Wheat Variety W080148I1 Breeding Segmentation and Marker Selection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current wheat breeding methods face challenges in combining desirable traits such as high seed yield, disease resistance, drought tolerance, and improved agronomic characteristics into a single wheat variety, while maintaining uniformity and stability.

Innovation Solution

The development of the wheat variety W080148I1, which involves genetic modification and locus conversion through transgenic techniques, including the introduction of specific genes for traits like herbicide resistance, disease resistance, and abiotic stress tolerance, combined with traditional breeding methods like backcrossing and selection, to create a stable and uniform wheat line.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to combine multiple desirable traits, then the complexity of the breeding process increases, but the uniformity and stability of the resulting variety may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecombination of desirable traitsVSAvoidbreeding process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding process is divided into distinct stages: initial crossing to combine traits, followed by backcrossing to stabilize the variety, and final selection for uniformity. This segmentation allows complex trait combination to be managed through systematic, manageable steps rather than attempting all transformations simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Parental lines are pre-selected and pre-characterized for specific desirable traits before the crossing process begins. This preliminary preparation ensures that the crossing step efficiently combines known beneficial traits, reducing the complexity of subsequent breeding operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Stability of the object's composition

If multiple generations of backcrossing are performed to stabilize the variety, then the time required for variety development increases, but the uniformity of the final variety is improved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety uniformityVSAvoidbreeding duration
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

At each backcrossing generation, plants are evaluated for uniformity in key traits. This feedback mechanism allows breeders to monitor progress toward stability and adjust the number of backcrossing generations accordingly, preventing unnecessary time loss while ensuring adequate uniformity is achieved.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Molecular markers and DNA analysis techniques are used to assess genetic uniformity and track desired traits through generations, replacing reliance solely on phenotypic observation. This substitution accelerates the detection of uniformity, reducing the time required for stabilization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Manufacturing precision

If strict selection criteria are applied to maintain variety purity, then the productivity of the breeding program decreases, but the manufacturing precision of the variety is improved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevariety purityVSAvoidbreeding program output
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Molecular marker technology and DNA-based identification systems replace traditional, time-consuming phenotypic selection methods. This substitution enables rapid, accurate identification of plants meeting purity criteria, maintaining variety precision while significantly increasing breeding program productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

Once a variety meeting strict purity criteria is developed, it is replicated through controlled propagation and seed production programs. This copying approach allows a single high-purity variety to serve multiple purposes and locations without requiring continuous re-breeding, thereby increasing overall productivity while maintaining variety precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS10085400B2Wheat variety W080148I1
Publication Date: 2018.10.02 PIONEER HI BREED INTERNATIONAL INC

AI summary

A wheat variety designated W080148I1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W080148I1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W080148I1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W080148I1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W080148I1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W080148I1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.