2018
Genetic Improvement of Flood Tolerance and Best Management Practices for Sustainable Soybean Production (Year 2 of 1720-172-0129)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
United Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
(none assigned)
Parent Project:
Genetic Improvement of Flood Tolerance and Best Management Practices for Sustainable Soybean Production (Year 1 of 1720-172-0129)
Lead Principal Investigator:
Henry Nguyen, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
John Orlowski, Cornell University
Blair Buckley, Louisiana State University
Tommy Carter, North Carolina State University
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Project Code:
1820-172-0129
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
$278,603
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
$163,000 - The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC) is supporting the flood tolerance breeding program in Missouri ($80k/year). The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) is providing a partial support ($25k/year) to work on the field screening for flood tolerance. The North Carolina Soybean Producers Association (NCSPA) is funding a graduate student to conduct research on “Flood Tolerant Soybean Varieties for North Carolina” ($25k). The Louisiana Soybean and Small Grain Research and Promotion Board is providing partial support ($22k/year) for the LSU AgCenter’s soybean breeding program which includes breeding efforts for flood tolerance. The Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board (MSPB) is providing the tuition for a graduate student to work on flooding related work in Mississippi ($11k/yr.)
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Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$278,603
Brief Project Summary:

Unique Keywords:
#abiotic stress, #climate change, #flood
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

- New genetic resources (promising PIs and genes) from adapted, exotic and wild soybeans to increase genetic diversity for flood tolerance at both early and mid-season flood stress.
- Genetic and physiological mechanisms associated with flood tolerance.
- DNA markers associated with flood tolerance genes for marker-assisted selection.
- Improved high-yielding and flood tolerant germplasm (comparable to commercial checks) to support commercial variety development.
- Estimates of yield loss and seed quality reduction for flood timing (early, mid and late season flood stress) and duration to aid in field planning, replant decisions, and crop insurance claims.
- Optimization of management practices, particularly raised beds, which can prevent yield loss from flood in soybean.

Final Project Results

Updated December 2, 2018:
See Year 3 Project for Final Report (FY19)

See Year 3 Project for Final Results (FY19)

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