2014
Impact of Growing Location and Disease in the Biomass Composition of Soybean Seeds
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Sustainable Production
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GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
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This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Ana Alonso, University of North Texas
Co-Principal Investigators:
Leah McHale, The Ohio State University
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Brief Project Summary:

The market value and use of soybean seeds depends upon their biomass composition (content in proteins, oils, and carbohydrates). Factors including, but not limited to, genetics, fertilization, climatic conditions, and disease pressure, can modify biomass composition and consequently impact soybean price. Research challenges for improving soybean seeds currently aim at increasing the protein and oil content as well as modifying the essential proteinogenic amino acids and fatty acid composition. The goal of this project is to quantify biochemical traits that are particularly important for the market value of soybean. This study will determine the levels of proteins, the content in proteinogenic...

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