Project Number: 6402-21220-010-23
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Apr 01, 2012
End Date: Mar 31, 2013

Objective:
1. Develop breeding/mapping populations and select high-yield resistant breeding lines from the new sources of resistance identified in the first phase of this project. 2. Determine the genetics of resistance of these new sources of resistance and develop molecular markers for these traits. 3. Determine pathogen diversity with emphasis on how this affects the expression of resistance to PSD in soybean.

Approach:
Field screening and laboratory assays will be conducted to determine: 1) The resistance of soybean lines to PSD; and 2) The genetic and pathogenic diversity of PSD isolates collected and purified from different genotypes of soybean in different geographic origins.