The focus of this project is on improving soybean quality traits with regard to seed development and protein/oil levels. This will be done by conducting high-throughput next-generation sequencing of two well characterized parent lines, Minsoy and Noir1, in order to identify genes with contrasting seed protein and oil levels and then develop markers. The researchers will also conduct functional analyses on candidate genes to test their ability to affect seed protein and oil levels in soybean.
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