Location: Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation Research
Project Number: 6070-21220-070-009-A
Project Type: Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Oct 1, 2022
End Date: Sep 30, 2023
Objective:
Develop varieties and breeding lines with >12% wild soybean genome by pedigree, >48% meal protein and competitive yields with check varieties.
Develop genes and markers for high protein and essential amino acids
Develop varieties and breeding lines combining >48% meal protein, >70% oleic acid and/or >6% sucrose
Approach:
Conventional and marker assisted breeding, genomics approaches will be used to
achieve this objective. NIR technology will be used to measure protein, oil and
amino acids.
The 6k SNP chips will be used to map the genes/QTLs for mapping the protein genes in cultivated soybean.
