2011
Evaluation of stress tolerance of soybean varieties in Wisconsin
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Lead Principal Investigator:
Shawn Conley, University of Wisconsin
Co-Principal Investigators:
Paul Esker, University of Wisconsin
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Brief Project Summary:

The goal of this project is to develop an early season assessment tool to evaluate soybean variety response to abiotic (water) and biotic (insect or disease) stresses. The project is based on the fact that soybean variety selection is the number one mechanism that growers can use to increase their chances for higher yield and crop profitability. In Wisconsin, over 300 soybean varieties are annually tested at several locations and each of the locations are subjected to at least one stress during the growing season. Often these stresses are not readily apparent, and thus, greatly limit the ability to explain yield differences between varieties in the test. The researchers in this study...

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics, #soybean stress, #soybean variety testing
Information And Results
Final Project Results

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