Winter Wheat Cultivar Breeding for Yield and Disease Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wheat cultivars lack desirable traits such as improved yield, disease resistance, and agronomic quality, which are essential for sustainable and efficient wheat production.

Innovation Solution

Development of the wheat cultivar 01102460, which is a hard red winter type common wheat bred for winter wheat growing regions, incorporating traits like disease resistance, improved yield, and agronomic quality through a combination of traditional breeding and genetic engineering, including the introduction of transgenic genes for herbicide resistance, insect resistance, and disease tolerance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional breeding methods are used to develop wheat cultivars, then genetic diversity and trait combination are limited, but the breeding process remains simple and cost-effective

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetrait combinationVSAvoidbreeding process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines traditional breeding methods with genetic engineering techniques to integrate multiple desirable traits into single wheat cultivars. This merging approaches allows simultaneous improvement of yield, disease resistance, and quality traits through both conventional crossbreeding and transgenic modification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The wheat cultivars represent composite genetic materials that integrate genes from multiple parental lines and introduced transgenic elements. This composite approach creates novel genetic combinations that provide enhanced and multiple traits simultaneously

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If genetic engineering is used to introduce specific traits, then disease resistance and yield improvement are enhanced, but regulatory approval and public acceptance become more difficult

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisease resistanceVSAvoidregulatory approval

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses traditional breeding as an intermediary approach to achieve trait improvement through conventional means where possible, reducing the need for complex genetic engineering. This intermediary strategy facilitates regulatory approval while still achieving desired disease resistance and yield improvements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If multiple traits are combined in single cultivars, then overall productivity and agronomic quality improve, but the complexity of breeding programs increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveyieldVSAvoidbreeding program

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs preliminary action by pre-selecting parental lines with specific desirable traits before initiating breeding programs. This preliminary selection of parents with complementary traits simplifies the subsequent breeding process while ensuring multiple traits are successfully combined in the final cultivars

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12527277B2Wheat cultivar 01102460

Publication Date: 2026.01.20 MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC

AI summary

The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated 01102460. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar 01102460. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar 01102460 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar 01102460 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods.