Strategy 1
- Environmentally stable low sat soybeans to better compete with low sat oils such as canola.
- Palmitoleic acid accumulating soybeans with the associated additional value and new market opportunities.
- Soybean oil not needing hydrogenation and therefore free of trans-fatty acids.
- The higher oil/normal protein soybeans will be more valuable for traditional uses as well as for soy-diesel.
- Meal higher in protein and reduced in anti-nutritional components.
Strategy 2
- Development of rust resistant soybean cultivars to limit yield loss from this disease.