2018
Evaluate current, elite public and private soybean lines for drought tolerance
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Contributor/Checkoff:
South Carolina Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Ben Fallen, USDA-ARS
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
South Carolina Soybean Board
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Institution Funded:
Clemson University
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Brief Project Summary:

Objectives for this project include evaluating about 200 current, elite public and private soybean lines for drought tolerance, using elite breeding material with improved drought tolerance to develop new breeding populations and continuing to screen, advance and select early generation populations developed for drought tolerance.

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

Information And Results
Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.