The long-term objective for this project is to develop disease-resistant and high-yielding soybean cultivars adapted to the Virginia growing conditions. A major objective for the current project phase is to develop breeder-friendly and easy to use DNA markers for soybean virus resistance genes and their incorporation into breeding lines. The objectives of this research project are to:
~ Determine the magnitude of change in dryland soybean yield with variety improvement in full-season and double-cropped soybean systems.
~ Collect data on plant populations density, emergence rates, maturity dates, plant heights, lodging, yield, yield parameters (seed size, numbers and pods/plants) and...