2016
Improving Efficiency of Soybean Breeding with Drone-based Canopy
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
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This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Katy M Rainey, Purdue University
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Brief Project Summary:

The rate at which soybean yields are increasing has declined in the past 25 years compared to previous decades due to management practices and a lack of genetic diversity in elite North American germplasm. Soybean breeding pipelines are remarkably similar among seed companies and the public sector. New types of analytical approaches could reduce errors and improve soybean breeding efficiency so yield increases can be seen quicker, however, their must be established before breeding pipelines are changed. Objectives of this project include demonstrating whether new sources of data and analytical approaches can improve efficiency in early generation stages of soybean breeding; and selecting high-yielding soybean lines for consideration of release as varieties.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, ag retailers, Extension specialists

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Results will be published.

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.