Historical Project Details: Yield and Economic Evaluation of Soybean Biotechnology Varieties and Their Response to Selenium (2018)

2018

Yield and Economic Evaluation of Soybean Biotechnology Varieties and Their Response to Selenium

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Contributor/Checkoff:

North Dakota Soybean Council

Category:

Sustainable Production

Keywords:

GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality

Parent Project:

This is the first year of this project.

Lead Principal Investigator:

Gautam Pradhan, North Dakota State University-Williston Research Extension Center

Co-Principal Investigators:

Project Code:

QSSB

Contributing Organization (Checkoff):

North Dakota Soybean Council

$16,189

Institution Funded:

North Dakota State University

$16,189

Brief Project Summary:

Soybean acreage has been steadily increasing in the western North Dakota, which has exceptionally drier climate (<13 inches of rain) than the eastern part. In 2016, 95% of 5.9 million acres of ND soybean was planted with herbicide resistant biotechnology varieties. There are mainly three types of soybean biotechnology varieties seeds available in the market, which are Roundup Ready 2 Xtend (RR2X), Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield (RR2Y), and Roundup Ready (RR1). The patents of RR1 expired in 2015, so farmers may now save harvested RR1 seed and dramatically reduce seed input cost by about $40 per acre. However, there is a lack of information on potential advantage of RR1 soybeans over other...

Unique Keywords:
#soil fertility

Information And Results

Project Deliverables

The anticipated results of this project include (a) Determination of best net profit soybean biotechnology variety(s) for western ND, and (b) Ascertaining whether selenium improves drought tolerance and yield of soybean under no-till dryland condition.

Final Project Results

The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.