Our goal is to improve the physiological and genetic understanding of the IDCtolerance response in soybean. To do so, we are proposing to combine newly developed breeding material withcontrasting tolerance for IDC with functional genomics for studying roots. Although the IDC is visually observed inthe above ground parts of the soybean plants in the field, it is the roots (more specifically lateral roots and root hairs)that are directly involved in iron uptake.
The outcome of our proposed research will be detailed knowledge of mechanism(s) conferring tolerance to IDC andtarget gene(s) for breeding IDC tolerance traits into high-yield soybean cultivars.
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