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Building soybean harvests
Both
molecular genetics and traditional breeding techniques are being used
to improve soybean harvests. A study in molecular genetics is analyzing
the genes that provide resistance to the soybean cyst nematode, a parasite
that causes major crop losses worldwide. This investigation is identifying
and characterizing the molecular make-up of these genes to improve future
crops.
Another
study used traditional breeding techniques to develop a new soybean variety,
called Musen, that is resistant to certain types of the cyst nematode.
The new variety is also resistant to the Southern root-knot nematode and
stem canker disease and produces outstanding yields. The Musen variety
was made available to growers in 1997.
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