2019
Screening soybean germplasm and breeding soybeans for flood tolerance
Contributor/Checkoff:
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Abiotic stressField management SustainabilityWater supply
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Pengyin Chen, University of Missouri
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
MSSB
Brief Project Summary:

Flooding is a major abiotic stress for soybeans, causing an estimated $1.5 billion per year in economic losses to U.S. agriculture. One project aims to build long-term, value-chain resilience to flooding stress. Flood damage can be caused by extreme rainfall events, excessive irrigation or by rainfall occurring after irrigation. Early-season flooding is frequent due to excessive rain and in spring and early summer. In 2019, spring floods hit key U.S. row crop growing regions, impacting more than 66% of the lower 48 states, including key agricultural production states such as Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, and Tennessee.

Key Beneficiaries:
#Farmers, #processors
Unique Keywords:
#agriculture, #best management practices, #climate, #climate, #crop yield, #crops, #excessive rains, #excessive rains, #flood resilience, #flood tolerance, #flood tolerance, #flooding, #flooding, #genes, #genetic markers, #genetic markers, #genetics, #germplasm, #high-yielding soybeans, #irrigation, #management, #plant breeding, #rain, #rainfall, #rains, #resilience, #seed quality, #seed quality, #soil, #soil flooding, #soil flooding, #soybean, #soybean germplasm, #soybean lines, #soybean lines, #soybean plants, #soybean production, #soybeans, #spring floods, #water quality & management, #wild soybeans, #yield
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

We will develop flood tolerant germplasm and cultivars to be released and made available for crossing by private and public breeders. We will develop markers and tools for selecting superior lines for flood tolerance. We will also provide the farmers with rankings for currently available cultivars that are more tolerant to flooding.

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.