Location: Plant Genetics Research
Project Number: 5070-21000-043-022-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2021
End Date: Sep 30, 2022
Objective:
1). Characterize the high protein QTL genes and alleles important to soybean agriculture and illustrate their associated biological network. 2). Develop new strategies to apply the genes into developing new soybean with desirable seed protein and other quality traits and improved resilience to climate change.
Approach:
A combination of data sciences, molecular, genetic and genomic approaches will be employed to explore soybean genetic diversity to discover genes important to soybean seed quality, and producing and characterizing soybean plants containing altered gene activities for developing new soybean with superior seed quality.
