Objective 1. Application of biotechnology to control of the soybean cyst nematode: Genetic diversity and soybean genetic resources (P. Arelli, S. Cianzio, and Z. Li)
1) Identify new sources of SCN resistance
2) Release conventional cultivars and germplasm lines with SCN resistant in MG I, II, and III (Cianzio, ISU)
3) Release soybean germplasm lines with SCN and RKN resistance in maturity groups VI. VII and VIII (Arelli, USDA and Zenglu Li, UGA)
4) Improved germplasm lines with SCN resistance from Peking source
5) Improved DNA marker assay for selection of SCN and RKN resistance
Objective 2: Genetic evaluation and development of germplasm resistant to multi-nematodes in group III, IV, and V soybeans (H. Nguyen, G. Shannon, T. Vuong, Z. Li and R. Robbins)
1) The development of several mapping populations derived from new sources of resistance to SCN, RKN, and RN.
2) Completion of QTL analyses of RKN and RN resistance in the Magellan x PI 567516C population.
3) Completion of QTL analyses of SCN, RKN and RN resistance in the new population derived from the Magellan x PI 567305 population.
4) Completion of the evaluation of over 500 PIs from early MG for SCN resistance.
5) Completion of association mapping study using the USB-supported SNP marker development (~50,000 SNPs) to detect novel genomic regions conveying resistance to SCN.
6) Narrowing down the genomic regions of novel QTL by fine-mapping.
7) The development of molecular markers associated with the genes/QTL identified and test high-throughput SNP genotyping platform using the Fluidigm EP1 system.
8) Robust SNP marker assays for selection of root-knot Ma and Mj resistance
Objective 3: Screen lines derived from crosses between soybean and G. tomentella and identify lines that have SCN resistance transferred from the G. tomentella parent. (R. Nelson, R. Singh, and T. Niblack)
1) Soybean lines with SCN resistance derived from introgressed G. tomentella.
2) Evidence in the form of DNA markers and response to HG types that indicates the SCN resistance from G. tomentella is different from that currently available from soybean or wild soybean.