In recent years, the University of Illinois breeding program has developed and provided to the soybean industry new germplasm and varieties that have helped increase the profitability of soybean production in Illinois. In this project, high yielding germplasm with unique genes for disease and pest resistance will be developed.
As stated previously, resistance to SCN and soybean aphids in commercial soybean varieties trace to work done at the University of Illinois. The major focus of this work will be resistance to SCN, soybean aphids, sudden death syndrome, and Japanese beetles. In these projects, resistance genes that have been mapped, or we are in the process of mapping and confirming,...
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