2013
Genetic transformation for soybean improvement
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
Genetic transformation to investigate genes conferring tolerance to soybean iron deficiency chlorosis
Lead Principal Investigator:
Robert Stupar, University of Minnesota
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Minnesota
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

The goal of this project is to identify and confirm the genes that cause differences in Iron Deficiency Chlorosis (IDC) responses among cultivars, and target these genes for improvement in susceptible cultivars. The researchers will use a new technique called Zinc Finger Nuclease (ZFN) and TALEN mutagenesis to mutate genes of interest and recover non-transgenic mutants with improved traits. The development of the IDC transformations, along with ZFN and TALEN mutagenesis technology, will enable future projects to accelerate the development of genetically improved soybean lines for Minnesota growers. This research group is the first in the world to develop targeted gene specific mutants.

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics
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