We expect to develop a pipeline for breeding the HOLL trait into competitive soybean varieties in all US maturity groups. This project will result in HOLL soybean variety release beginning in 2017. In addition, research will be conducted to determine the environmental stability of the high oleic acid trait, the optimum allele combinations to achieve the target HOLL profile across US soybean production environments, new sources of the high oleic trait in combination with low palmitic acid, and defining any collateral changes in soybean seed composition that may accompany the HOLL trait.

Progress for each KPI is specified according to the numbered KPIs in section 3.4:
Five of the six breeders representing Maturity Group (MG) 00 to I, and IV to VII are on track for the goal to release up to 30 high oleic + low linolenic varieties between 2017 and 2018. The sixth breeder (III) forecasts release in 2019. Advanced material shows near yield parity with current commercial lines. All breeders have integrated Roundup-Ready herbicide resistance into their program, and one is incorporating Liberty-Link resistance. Overall, oleic level is running 80-85% and many lines show protein content a little higher than their checks. Work continues on indentifying new sources of oleic content (greater than 85%) and sources that reduce the number of linolenic genes that are needed in a stack with oleic.