• Develop high yielding soybean varieties with resistance to SCN, RKN and RN
• Incorporate genes from new sources such as PI 567516C and PI 438489B along with PI 437654 for broader resistance to SCN, RKN, and RN
• Evaluate associated genetic markers for use in the variety development program at MU
• Phenotype breeding lines from the southern and northern MO breeding programs for resistance against multiple SCN populations
• Evaluate new methodologies to improve the process of SCN phenotyping for high-throughput screening of breeding lines
• Screen advanced lines from the southern MO breeding program for RKN and RN through research collaboration with other universities