2015
Novel traits for soybean improvement through fast neutron mutagenesis
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
Analysis of soybean fast neutron gene deletion mutants for root architecture
Lead Principal Investigator:
Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota
Co-Principal Investigators:
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Minnesota
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

The genetic base of soybean breeding programs is relatively narrow, meaning that there is a lack of diversity for many traits. This limits the opportunities for breeders to improve varieties beyond a relatively narrow phenotypic range. Soybean mutagenesis is one proposed method to overcome these barriers. A population of mutated individuals has the potential to harbor individuals with novel phenotypes, or phenotypes that extend beyond the natural range (e.g. seed oil levels that exceed current high-oil varieties). With this purpose in mind, researchers at the University of Minnesota initiated the development of a soybean fast neutron mutant population in 2007.

The development of the...

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics
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