Location: Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research
Project Number: 6070-21220-069-036-R
Project Type: Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2019
End Date: Sep 30, 2020
Objective:
Objective 1. Explore diverse soybean germplasm, including wild soybeans, for sources of genetic diversity responsible for seed protein content.
Objective 2: Identify, confirm and characterize genes responsible for seed protein synthesis and storage.
Objective 3: Develop breeder-friendly genetic markers for targeted protein genes to assist development of high quality germplasm with high protein levels and/or increases in select amino acids.
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Objective 4. Incorporate high (>70%) oleic acid into high yielding lines with >36% seed and >48% meal protein.
Approach:
Conventional breeding and molecular mapping approaches will be used to accomplish these objectives.