2023
National USDA Uniform Soybean Tests / Yield, Disease Resistance and Quality Traits Evaluation of Public Breeding Lines (Year 3 of 3)
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Contributor/Checkoff:
United Soybean Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
AgricultureSustainabilityYield trials
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Anne Gillen, USDA-ARS
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
23-201-S-C-3-A
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
United Soybean Board
$123,528
Institution Funded:
USDA-ARS
$123,528
Brief Project Summary:
Our goal is to increase soybean value for the entire value chain by selection of soybean with consistent higher levels of protein and excellent yield that will aid in the development of commercial soybean lines with an improved nutritional bundle. To achieve this goal public soybean breeders need multi-location multi-year data to support the release of lines. Private seed company breeders need data to select public lines to be licensed for sale to farmers and/or used in their breeding programs. The Uniform Soybean Tests provide objective data on yield, agronomics, seed composition (protein, oil, fatty acids and oligosaccharides [sugars]), pest reaction and disease reaction to facilitate these decisions. This will provide high yield, higher protein soybean varieties for U.S. soybean farmers that directly increases their profitability.
Information And Results
Project Summary

Project Objectives

Project Deliverables

Progress Of Work

Final Project Results

This project provided public soybean breeders with multi-location multi-year data to support the release of soybean lines. The Uniform Soybean Tests provided objective data on yield, agronomics, seed composition (protein, oil, fatty acids and oligosaccharides [sugars]), pest reaction and disease reaction to facilitate these decisions. Private seed company breeders use these data to select public lines to be licensed for sale to farmers and/or used in their breeding programs. All deliverables met.

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

Our goal is to increase soybean value for the entire value chain by selection of soybean with consistent higher levels of protein and excellent yield that will aid in the development of commercial soybean lines with an improved nutritional bundle. To achieve this goal this project provided public soybean breeders with multi-location multi-year data to support the release of lines. The Uniform Soybean Tests provided objective data on yield, agronomics, seed composition (protein, oil, fatty acids and oligosaccharides [sugars]), pest reaction and disease reaction to facilitate these decisions. Private seed company breeders use these data to select public lines to be licensed for sale to farmers and/or used in their breeding programs. This will provide high yield, higher protein soybean varieties for U.S. soybean farmers that directly increases their profitability.

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.