Skip to main content
ARS Home » Plains Area » Brookings, South Dakota » Integrated Cropping Systems Research » Research » Publications at this Location » Publication #375425
Research Project: Productive Cropping Systems Based on Ecological Principles of Pest Management

Location: Integrated Cropping Systems Research

Title: Resistance among selected wild soybean and associated soybean accessions against two virulent colonies of Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Author
item Hesler, Louis
item Taliercio, Earl

Submitted to: Phytoparasitica
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/26/2002
Publication Date: 9/4/2020
Citation: Hesler, L.S., Taliercio, E.W. 2020. Resistance among selected wild soybean and associated soybean accessions against two virulent colonies of Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Phytoparasitica. 49:243-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-020-00845-0.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-020-00845-0

Interpretive Summary: The soybean aphid is an economically important pest of soybean. Wild soybean (also known simply as ‘soja’) has many useful traits, including some lines with aphid resistance that may be incorporated into modern soybean cultivars. The objective of this work was to evaluate 76 selected soja lines and 14 associated soybean lines in the laboratory for resistance against the ‘Accrue’ and ‘Volga16’ colonies of soybean aphid, which are each particularly noxious even to some resistant soybean varieties. In free-choice tests, soja lines PI 407175, PI 407190, PI 407206, PI 407240, PI 507624 and PI 562558 were resistant against the Accrue colony, and PI 407191wf and PI 597458 C were resistant against the Volga16 colony. None of the soybean test lines except the resistant check, PI 437696, showed resistance against either colony in free-choice tests. In no-choice tests, soja line PI 507624 showed strong resistance against the Accrue colony; whereas PI 407240 and PI 407190 had intermediate aphid levels; PI 597458 C showed strong resistance to Volga16 aphids, and PI 407191wf had had an intermediate level of resistance. Based on results from tests against both colonies, soja lines PI 507624 and PI 597458 C may be strong candidates in breeding programs to develop aphid-resistant soybean cultivars.

Technical Abstract: The soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) is an important pest of soybean (Glycine max). Wild soybean (Glycine soja; also known as ‘soja’) has many useful traits, including some accessions with aphid resistance that may be incorporated into modern soybean cultivars. The objective of this work was to evaluate 76 selected soja accessions and 14 associated soybean accessions for resistance against two virulent colonies of soybean aphid in environmental-chamber experiments. In free-choice tests, soja accessions PI 407175, PI 407190, PI 407206, PI 407240, PI 507624 and PI 562558 were resistant against the Accrue colony, and PI 407191wf and PI 597458 C were resistant against the Volga16 colony. None of the soybean test accessions except the resistant check, PI 437696, showed resistance against either colony in free-choice tests. In no-choice tests, soja accession PI 507624 showed strong resistance against the Accrue colony; whereas PI 407240 and PI 407190 had intermediate aphid levels; PI 597458 C showed strong resistance to Volga16 aphids, and PI 407191wf had had an intermediate level of resistance. Based on results from both sets of tests, soja accessions PI 507624 and PI 597458 C may be strong candidates in breeding programs to develop aphid-resistant soybean cultivars.