The objective of this research is to develop new flood tolerant soybean varieties for the Missouri Delta region and Mid-South environments. Breeding varieties with flood tolerance for higher yields, disease and nematode resistance and quality traits.

1. The goal of this project is to screen a set of varieties and new plant introductions in group III, IV, and V to identify new sources of flooding tolerance.
2. To identify new flood tolerance germplasm and identify and map genes for tolerance
3. Evaluate lines aimed at developing adapted material for flood tolerance and current cultivars for tolerance.

1) Continue variety development and mapping of new genes.
2) Begin to map genes from wild soybeans with greater tolerance to flooding than cultivated types
3) Make new crosses among flood tolerant cultivated types and flood tolerant wild soybeans
4) Yield test lines under flooding and under optimum conditions

Updated February 5, 2020:

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Updated February 5, 2020:

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When dealing with potential losses to stresses, many growers have to decide whether or not to grow the highest-yielding cultivars or to grow cultivars that are the most stable when stresses are encountered. This project will identify cultivars with flood tolerance so that specific recommendations can be made to producers. This project will also identify new sources of flood tolerance from diverse germplasm and incorporate such tolerance into high yielding background.