Both growers and breeders are frustrated that soybean yields are not increasing as rapidly as yields in maize. Recent evidence also shows that soybean seed protein is drifting lower, but attempts to stabilize or increase protein concentration using current breeding methods will likely slow yield increases further. We propose to increase the rate of genetic improvement for yield and protein by developing a new breeding strategy for soybean called Genomic Selection (GS). GS allows breeders to predict high yield-potential crosses and predict the performance of potential varieties by using thousands of genetic markers weighted based on associations with yield or other economically valuable traits....
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