2019
Breeding & Development of a Breadth of SB Cultivars
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Ohio Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
Breeding & Development of a Breadth of SB Cultivars
Lead Principal Investigator:
Leah McHale, The Ohio State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
19-R-21
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Ohio Soybean Council
$140,000
Institution Funded:
The Ohio State University
$140,000
Brief Project Summary:

These research objectives aim to drive innovation through development of new traits for increased yield and specialty products. Development of food grade cultivars offers the opportunity to expand international niche markets. Development of high oleic cultivars meets a growing market demand. Improvement of pest and disease resistance increases yield. Ultimately, high-yielding materials with superior added-value traits will be released. Novel traits will be genetically characterized, and materials will be released along with ‘breeder friendly’ molecular markers suitable for selecting the traits of interest. This enables all released material to be easily integrated into private breeding programs.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents, soybean breeders, seed companies

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

First quarter (March 2019)
• Send seed to collaborators (Dorrance, Michel, Niblack) for greenhouse assays.
• Perform compositional analysis (protein and oil) on NIR & GC (~200).
• Perform protein subunit composition analyses.
• Make selections based on yield, disease, & seed composition data. Begin planting plans.

Second Quarter (June 2019)
• Propose releases to the Crop Variety Release and Distribution Committee (for material not released in winter/fall of 2018).
• Send seed to collaborators for additional trial locations (regional uniform tests).
• Plant field tests (~10000) and seed increases, plant greenhouse crossing blocks.

Third Quarter (September 2019)
• Carry out crosses in greenhouse (>200).
• Collect DNA samples from F2 nursery lines, assay markers, make selections.
• Collect field notes. Rogue seed increases to maintain purity.

Fourth Quarter (December 2019)
• Harvest plots and crosses, analyze yield and agronomic data from harvest.
• Plant hybrid seed (>200) in greenhouse, send seed to winter nursery for advancement.

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.