2020
Application of next-generation sequencing technology for accelerating soybean breeding for high yield and disease resistance
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
Application of next-generation sequencing technology for accelerating soybean breeding for high yield and disease resistance
Lead Principal Investigator:
Tarek Hewezi, University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
20-115-R
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
$31,500
Institution Funded:
University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
$31,500
Brief Project Summary:

This ongoing project uses a combination of plant breeding, molecular biology, bioinformatics and genomic methodologies to discover new genes in order to improve soybean nodulation under a wide range of normal and stress conditions. Identifying genes that can be used to enhance nodulation efficiency and nitrogen fixation can enhance amino acid biosynthesis and protein content in soybean seeds. Unique datasets from previous research place the research team in excellent position to carry out a functional characterization of gene candidates to prove their functions in enhancing nodule number, size, life span, nitrogen fixation and most importantly seed yield and quality as a logic next step of this project.

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

Information And Results
Final Project Results

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