2022
Screening Soybean Germplasm and Breeding Soybeans for Flood Tolerance
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomics
Parent Project:
Breeding and Genetic Mapping for Flooding Tolerance in Soybean
Lead Principal Investigator:
Pengyin Chen, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
Blair Buckley, Louisiana State University
Tessie Wilkerson, Mississippi State University
Daryl Chastain, Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center
M O Way, Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Beaumont, TX
Leandro Mozzoni, University of Arkansas
+4 More
Project Code:
319-22
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Mid-South Soybean Board
$100,000
Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council
$60,000
Institution Funded:
University of Missouri
$160,000
Brief Project Summary:
Many midsouth producers have poorly-drained, heavy soils that are prone to flooding and commonly lose 50% of yield. There are no released soybean cultivars with high levels of flood tolerance. Developing these lines will increase farmer profit and serve as a genetic source for flood tolerance.
Unique Keywords:
#breeding & genetics, #research coordination, #seed composition
Information And Results
Project Summary

Many midsouth producers have poorly-drained, heavy soils that are prone to flooding and commonly lose 50% of yield. There are no released soybean cultivars with high levels of flood tolerance. Developing these lines will increase farmer profit and serve as a genetic source for flood tolerance.

Project Objectives

(1) identify flood tolerant cultivars from elite and germplasm source – recommend current tolerant varieties to farmers

(2) incorporate flood tolerance into elite backgrounds

Project Deliverables

Yield data for available varieties and their performance under flooding. New breeding lines.

Progress Of Work

Final Project Results

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

Developing lines with flood-tolerance cultivars will increase farmer profits and serve as a genetic source for flood tolerance.

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.