2022
North Missouri Soybean Breeding Program
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
North Missouri soybean breeding program
Lead Principal Investigator:
Andrew Scaboo, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
Eduardo Beche, University of Missouri
Mariola Klepadlo, University of Missouri
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Project Code:
340-22
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
$450,000
Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$450,000
Brief Project Summary:
The objective of this project is to develop commercially competitive conventional and herbicide
resistant (LL55 and Enlist E3) soybean varieties for northern Missouri. This project’s sole focus is to deliver new and improved soybean varieties and germplasm for release by the MU seed committee.

Not only does the breeding program focus on a current market need in the form of conventional maturity group 3 and early group 4 varieties, but it also works with other public and private soybean research and breeding programs by supplying extremely valuable germplasm for continued profitability and productivity for US and Missouri farmers.
Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics
Information And Results
Project Summary

The objective of this project is to develop commercially competitive conventional and herbicide
resistant (LL55 and Enlist E3) soybean varieties for northern Missouri. This project’s sole focus is to deliver new and improved soybean varieties and germplasm for release by the MU seed committee.

Not only does the breeding program focus on a current market need in the form of conventional maturity group 3 and early group 4 varieties, but it also works with other public and private soybean research and breeding programs by supplying extremely valuable germplasm for continued profitability and productivity for US and Missouri farmers.

Project Objectives

The objective of this project is to develop commercially competitive conventional and herbicide resistant (LL55 and Enlist E3) soybean varieties for northern Missouri. Variety development is focused on maturity group III through early maturity group IV with high yield potential, resistance to major diseases, and improved seed composition. During 2018, we started working with the Liberty Link (LL55) herbicide resistance trait (glufosinate resistance) and during 2020 we started working with Enlist E3 material. Now and in the future, the northern Missouri breeding program will largely (~75%) focus on conventional germplasm and glufosinate resistance germplasm (~25%) for variety development.

Project Deliverables

This project’s sole focus is to deliver new and improved soybean varieties and germplasm for release by the MU seed committee.

Progress Of Work

Final Project Results

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

The largest benefit to farmers would be in the form of new and improved soybean varieties and germplasm that can be grown on their farm, as well as used by the industry in breeding and research efforts.

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.