New early-maturing germplasm lines for utilization in chickpea improvement

Resistance to Soybean Aphid in Early Maturing Soybean Germplasm

yellow, and even drop. Other symptoms of direct feeding damage include plant stunting, poor pod fill, reduced Since 2000, the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) has pod and seed counts, smaller seed size, and nutrient become a major pest of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in North America. In the USA, there are currently no commercial soybean deficiencies resulting in overall yield and q...

Development of Early Maturing GEM lines with Value Added Traits: Moving U.S. Corn Belt GEM Germplasm Northward

Introduction: The corn-breeding program at NDSU has been developing early maturing (6595RM) corn since 1933. We have created ‘EarlyGEM’, a continuous effort to incorporate GEM germplasm into the northern U.S. Corn Belt. Our program is one of the few public programs that can still offer a strong emphasis on germplasm improvement, inbred line development, and training of applied plant breeders. T...

Evaluating the Agronomic Potential of Chickpea Germplasm for Western Nebraska

Characterising root trait variability in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germplasm

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important grain legume crop but its sustainable production is challenged by predicted climate changes, which are likely to increase production limitations and uncertainty in yields. Characterising the variability in root architectural traits in a core collection of chickpea germplasm will provide the basis for breeding new germplasm with suitable root traits ...

New Sources of Germplasm: Lines, Transgenes, and Breeders

There have been many claims that plant breeding would be radically altered by genetic engineering and genetic erosion. There is little doubt that both will affect breeding procedures in the long term; their short term effects are probably minor. A more relevant and immediate concern is the lack of newly-trained Ph.D.s with hands-on experience in plant breeding. Neither public nor private instit...