These research objectives aim to drive innovation through development of new traits for increased yield and specialty products. Development of food grade cultivars offers the opportunity to expand international niche markets. Development of high oleic cultivars meets a growing market demand. Improvement of pest and disease resistance increases yield. Ultimately, high-yielding materials with superior added-value traits will be released. Novel traits will be genetically characterized, and materials will be released along with ‘breeder friendly’ molecular markers suitable for selecting the traits of interest. This enables all released material to be easily integrated into private breeding programs.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents, soybean breeders, seed companies