Microbial pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes (Phytophthora) cause serious yield losses to soybean and detrimentally affect the income and wellbeing of soybean growers. Support from Ohio Soybean Council (OSC) during the last few years have allowed us to develop transgenic soybean cultivars that are resistant to multiple viruses through a single transgene, and to conduct a comprehensive survey of all viruses present in Ohio soybean fields.
Here we propose to further demonstrate the field performance of the virus-resistant transgenic soybean with another year of field testing. We also request the continued support from OSC so that we can complete the virus survey...
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