Flooding is a major abiotic stress for soybeans, causing an estimated $1.5 billion per year in economic losses to U.S. agriculture. One project aims to build long-term, value-chain resilience to flooding stress. Flood damage can be caused by extreme rainfall events, excessive irrigation or by rainfall occurring after irrigation. Early-season flooding is frequent due to excessive rain and in spring and early summer. In 2019, spring floods hit key U.S. row crop growing regions, impacting more than 66% of the lower 48 states, including key agricultural production states such as Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee.
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