Researchers in the kudzu bugs native range in China have studied genetic insect resistance in soybean. They have found a resistance due to QTL H, D1a, D1b and C2, D1b was originally discovered by our University of Georgia group (Rector et al., 2000) and has been introgressed into the Benning germplasm lines and is available for immediate testing. Although we also discovered C2 (Rector et al., 2000a), no follow-up work has been done with it. The overall goal is to first verify that QTLs D1a, D1b and C2 in fact provide resistance to kudzu bugs. If the effect is found to be real, then the genes will all be combined into one single variety, so as to maximize their effect. The first objective...
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