2015
Enhancing disease resistance in soybean by focusing on viruses and virus-assisted gene discovery
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Ohio Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
Enhancing disease resistance in soybean by focusing on viruses and virus-assisted gene discovery
Lead Principal Investigator:
Feng Qu, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Ohio Soybean Council
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
The Ohio State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Microbial pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes (Phytophthora) cause serious soybean yield losses. Previous research developed transgenic soybeans resistant to multiple viruses through a single transgene and conducted a comprehensive survey of all viruses present in Ohio soybean fields. This project aims to further demonstrate the field performance of the virus-resistant transgenic soybean with another year of field testing, complete the virus survey, prepare a detailed distribution map for each discovered virus, optimize a virus-induced gene silencing vector based on bean pod mottle virus and adopt VIGS as a functional genomics research tool to analyze candidate genes that condition resistance to fungal and oomycete pathogens.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents, soybean breeders, seed companies

Information And Results
Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.