2011
Positional cloning of the major aphid resistances genes Rag1 and Rag2
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Illinois Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Matthew Hudson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Principal Investigators:
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Illinois Soybean Association
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Soybean aphids can cost Illinois growers millions of dollars in lost yield, insecticide and spraying costs. Genetic resistance to aphids is the cheapest, most reliable and most environmentally benign of all the methods for aphid control. Cloning Rag1 and Rag2 will both facilitate the creation of aphid-resistant elite germplasm and speed the discovery of new aphid resistance genes when the resistance mediated by these loci is inevitably defeated.

Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics, #soybean aphid - genetic resistance, #soybean gene mapping
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