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Palmer, Reid |
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Submitted to: Plant Breeding Reviews
Publication Type: Review Article Publication Acceptance Date: 4/24/2006 Publication Date: 1/2/2007 Citation: Palmer, R.G. 2007. Theodore Hymowitz: scientist, plant explorer, soybean geneticist. Plant Breeding Reviews. 29:1-18. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Dr. Theodore Hymowitz is a professor in the Plant Sciences Department at the University of Illinois. The objective of this chapter is to highlight his research accomplishments. Prof. Hymowitz's primary contributions have been his participation in plant collecting trips, genetics of antinutritional and biologically active components of soybean seed, dissection of the diversity in the genus Glycine which culminated with studies on the speciation and evolution of the genus Glycine, and introgression of traits from the wild perennial soybean species into the cultivated species. The first successful hybridization of cultivated soybean X a wild perennial soybean was in 1993. To date, traits from wild species that have been transferred to the commercial species include tolerance to salt, drought, and tolerance/resistance to soybean cyst nematode and soybean rust. Commercial companies and public soybean breeders are using these alien addition lines to breed improved soybean cultivars. The ultimate beneficiaries are the consumer with quality soybean for food, feed, or industrial uses. |
