Research Project: Designing Soybeans with Enhanced Seed Quality and Plant Health Traits

Location: Crop Production and Pest Control Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Combinations of mutations in the raffinose synthase genes and the fatty acid desaturase genes for improvement of soybean oil and meal traits - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Elevated soybean seed oil phenotype associated with a single nucleotide polymorphism in GmNFR1a - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Patibandla, S.V., Carrero-Colon, M., Song, Q., Qin, Q., Clevinger, E., Zhu, H., Saghai Maroof, M.A., Hudson, K.A. 2025. Elevated soybean seed oil phenotype associated with a single nucleotide polymorphism in GmNFR1a. Plants. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14233676.

Identification of a quantitative trait locus on chromosome 15 conferring resistance to Pythium irregulare in soybean - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Detranaltes, C.E., Quigley, C.V., Song, Q., Ma, J., Cai, G. 2025. Identification of a quantitative trait locus on chromosome 15 conferring resistance to Pythium irregulare in soybean. PhytoFrontiers. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-05-25-0049-R.

Genomic analysis and predictive modeling in the Northern Uniform Soybean Tests - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Wartha, C., Campbell, B., Ramasubramanian, V., Nice, L., Brock, A.N., Cai, G., Eskandari, M., Graef, G., Hudson, M., Hyten, D., Mahan, A.L., Martin, N., Mchale, L., Miranda, C., Dominguez, E.M., Nelson, R., Rainey, K., Rajcan, I., Scaboo, A., Schapaugh, W., Singh, A., Gomes, J.P., Wang, D., Lorenz, A. 2025. Genomic analysis and predictive modeling in the Northern Uniform Soybean Tests. Crop Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.70138.

A novel quantitative trait locus reduces Fusarium graminearum infection in Glycine max seedlings - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Detranaltes, C.E., Quigley, C.V., Song, Q., Ma, J., Cai, G. 2025. A novel quantitative trait locus reduces Fusarium graminearum infection in Glycine max seedlings. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-11-24-0364-R.

Four-llele combinations for high oleic, low linolenic soybeans - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hudson, K.A., Carrero-Colon, M. 2024. Four-llele combinations for high oleic, low linolenic soybeans. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/aocs.12925.

Population structure and mating type distribution of Cercospora sojina from soybeans in Indiana, United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Cai, G., Lopez Da Silva, L., Pineros-Guerrero, N., Telenko, D. 2024. Population structure and mating type distribution of Cercospora sojina from soybeans in Indiana, United States. The Journal of Fungi. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10110802.

Genome-wide association study reveals marker-trait associations with resistance to Pythium irregulare from soybean germplasm - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Detranaltes, C.E., Ma, J., Cai, G. 2024. Genome-wide association study reveals marker-trait associations with resistance to Pythium irregulare from soybean germplasm. Journal of Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijpb15030056.

Comparative genomics approach for the development of microsatellite markers and population structure of Fusarium virguliforme in Argentina and the USA - (Abstract Only)

Genome-wide informative microsatellite markers and population structure of Fusarium virguliforme from Argentina and the USA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Da Silva, L., Tian, H., Schemerhorn, B.J., Xu, J., Cai, G. 2023. Genome-wide informative microsatellite markers and population structure of Fusarium virguliforme from Argentina and the USA. The Journal of Fungi. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9111109.

Identification of soybean germplasm and associated molecular markers with resistance to Fusarium graminearum - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Detranaltes, C.E., Ma, J., Cai, G. 2023. Identification of soybean germplasm and associated molecular markers with resistance to Fusarium graminearum. Agronomy. 13. Article 2376. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092376.