In order to identify genes involved in soybean resistance to aluminium (Al) stress differential gene expression patterns of Al-stressed and non-stressed tolerant and sensitive soybean cultivars were compared. Out of eight described genes, potentially related to mechanisms of aluminium stress, only phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) revealed enhanced expression in roots of tolerant as compar...

Genetic diversity and relationships of 11 species and cultivars belonging to different Angiosperms families were examined using sodium dodecyl sulfate seed protein markers. The protein was resolved into 36 bands (for soybean), 41 (for quinoa), 35 (for buckwheat), and 28 to 39 bands of Amaranth species, respectively. All species and cultivars can be distinguished from each other. Soybean, quinoa...

Soybean pathogens significantly impact yield, resulting in over $4 billion dollars in lost revenue annually in the United States. Despite the deployment of improved soybean cultivars, pathogens continue to evolve to evade plant defense responses. Thus, there is an urgent need to identify and characterize gene networks controlling defense responses to harmful pathogens. In this review, we focus ...

Accumulation of information about natural hybridization between GM soybean (Glycine max) and wild soybean (Glycine soja) is required for risk assessment evaluation and to establish biosafety regulations in Japan. This is particularly important in areas where wild relatives of cultivated soybean are grown (i.e. East Asia including Japan). To collect information on temporal and spatial factors af...

R7 stage (one seed pod at mature color; 50% of leaves yellow) produced forage that was similar in quality to Tall forage soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars in maturity alfalfa harvested at early bloom. When soybean was groups V, VI, and VII have been developed to supply forage. Our objective was to determine the effect of harvest date and row spacing grown as an intercrop with corn, the...

Three cultivars of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cvs Harper, McCall, and Maple Amber) were grown in the field and kept continuously deflowered throughout the normal seedfill period. For all cultivars, deflowering led to delayed leaf abscission and a slower rate of chlorophyll loss. Compared to control plants, photosynthesis and ribulose 1,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) level ...

Soybeans contain approximately 40% protein and 20% oil and represents an important source of protein in animal rations and human diets. Attempts are being made to increase further the overall protein content of soybeans by utilization of exotic germplasms. In this study, soybean cultivars from Nepal have been characterized and their potential as a germplasm resource for improvement of the prote...

to expand the genetic base of NA breeding. In that regard, China has released 651 cultivars from 1923 to 1995 Chinese and North American (NA) soybean breeding programs (Cui et al., 1999). Through pedigree analysis, Cui et al. have a 70-yr history of genetic progress in relative isolation from each other. Because both programs rest upon a genetic base that is primarily (2000a,b) established that...

The molecular mechanisms and the defense responses associated with partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean are unknown. In this study, we examined correlations between the expression of defense genes with partial resistance. First, to determine whether constitutive levels of expression of defense-related genes correlated with partial resistance to P. sojae, northern blot analysis of...

Present study was conducted to characterize soybean genotypes for the kunitz trypsin inhibitor at molecular and biochemical level. Genotypes used in the present study included one null KTI soybean line PI542044 (the source of null allele of kunitz trypsin inhibitor being used in soybean breeding programs in India), DSRtiti (homozygous recessive genotype for KTi gene) and seven other elite soybe...