Location: Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research
Project Number: 6070-21220-069-068-R
Project Type: Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2020
End Date: Sep 30, 2021
Objective:
Objective 1. Develop soybean germplasm with increased seed protein content, competitive yield compared to elite cultivars.
Objective 2: Identify, confirm and characterize genes responsible for seed protein synthesis and storage.
Objective 3: Incorporate value-added traits and key abiotic traits into high-yielding and high-meal protein lines.
Objective 4. Use near-isogenic lines (NILs) to evaluate the effect of high vs average protein soymeal on growth and development of poultry (collaboration with nutritionists and poultry experts).
Approach:
Conventional breeding and molecular mapping approaches will be used to accomplish these objectives.