2014
Use of genomics to develop disease resistant soybeans
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Virginia Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
Use of genomics to develop disease resistant soybeans
Lead Principal Investigator:
M A Saghai Maroof, Virginia Tech
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Virginia Soybean Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Virginia Tech
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

The long-term objective for this project is to develop disease-resistant and high-yielding soybean cultivars adapted to the Virginia growing conditions. A major objective for the current project phase is to develop breeder-friendly and easy to use DNA markers for soybean virus resistance genes and their incorporation into breeding lines. The objectives of this research project are to:
~ Determine the magnitude of change in dryland soybean yield with variety improvement in full-season and double-cropped soybean systems.
~ Collect data on plant populations density, emergence rates, maturity dates, plant heights, lodging, yield, yield parameters (seed size, numbers and pods/plants) and...

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics
Information And Results
Final Project Results

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