2013
Project 3: Increasing and protecting yield through the utilization of exotic genetic resources at UIUC
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Illinois Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Brian Diers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Principal Investigators:
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Illinois Soybean Association
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Illinois-Carbondale
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

In recent years, the University of Illinois breeding program has developed and provided to the soybean industry new germplasm and varieties that have helped increase the profitability of soybean production in Illinois. In this project, high yielding germplasm with unique genes for disease and pest resistance will be developed.

As stated previously, resistance to SCN and soybean aphids in commercial soybean varieties trace to work done at the University of Illinois. The major focus of this work will be resistance to SCN, soybean aphids, sudden death syndrome, and Japanese beetles. In these projects, resistance genes that have been mapped, or we are in the process of mapping and confirming,...

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics
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.