In the U.S., soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) causes an annual loss of 128.6 million bushels of soybean (Glycine max) or $1,286 billion. The PI has developed a novel system for genotype-independent genetic transformation of grain legumes including soybean, and an international patent application has been filed by MSU entitled "Method for gene delivery into grain legumes and in vitro regeneration of the same" (PCT Application No. PCT/US11/47050). The PI has already used this system and genetically transformed 7 genetically distanced MSU common bean lines for white mold disease resistance and Liberty herbicide resistance. Recently, she developed a soybean-specific transgene vector...
Five genetically distanced Michigan soybean lines resistant to both SCN and SDS, as well as resistant to Liberty herbicide.
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