Soybean aphid remains the most important insect pest in Ohio and the North Central region. Although resistant soybean varieties exist, resistant aphid biotypes threatened the durability of resistance. Most classical breeding methods are slow, and current evaluations of transgenic approaches requires whole plant assays. Soybean production needs a new technique to more rapidly transfer novel pest control technologies into the hands of the growers. This proposal builds on previous research (funded by USB) in optimizing soybean aphids to survive on transgenic soybean hairy roots. Transgenic soybean hairy roots (HR) offer a rapid introduction and validation tool for analysis of aphid resistance...
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.