2009
Improving soybean variety selection using farmer nominated varieties
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Craig Beyrouty, Purdue University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Phil DeVillez, Purdue University
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Indiana Soybean Alliance
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
Purdue University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

This initiative is a joint project between the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Purdue University. Farmers will nominate soybean varieties that would be collected in February for testing. These varieties would be separate from the company varieties being tested in the Purdue Soybean Performance Program and companies would not know which varieties have been nominated prior to turning in their entry forms.

The three regional tests will provide soybean growers quality unbiased soybean performance data that will be immediately released on the Purdue Crop Performance Program Website and made available in printed reports. This program will increase the number of varieties being tested and...

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics
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.