2015
A Gene Discovery Pipeline for Soybean Seed Composition Traits
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Indiana Soybean Alliance
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Karen Hudson, USDA-ARS-Purdue University
Co-Principal Investigators:
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Indiana Soybean Alliance
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
USDA-ARS-Purdue University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Soybean farmers rely on improved soybean seed composition for continued profitability. The project goals are to characterize the genes that control soybean oil composition and yield. Researchers will generate new germplasm for breeding programs and develop new technologies for soybean genetics. Objectives include identifying and exploiting new sources of genetic variation conferring desirable oil composition traits with high throughput genomics tools; characterizing over 70 mutants that carry reduced levels of linolenic acid or elevated oleic acid, and soybean lines with other types of variation in the fatty acid profile; and using these lines to produce soybean oils with added stability and greater health benefits.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, ag retailers, agronomists

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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.