Location: Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research
Project Number: 6070-21220-069-055-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2019
End Date: Sep 30, 2020
Objective:
1. Develop soybean cultivars and germplasm with higher seed protein content,
competitive yield and oil content compared to elite cultivars.
2. Identify, confirm and characterize genes responsible for seed protein synthesis and storage.
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.
Approach:
Classical and marker assisted breeding will be used to develop soybean germplasm
with high protein. Molecular mapping and genomics approaches will be used to map new genes controlling seed protein content. We will develop markers for marker assisted breeding. Genetic diversity in both G. max and wild soybean will be used for enhancing the genetic bases of high protein and high yielding soybean lines to be developed.
