Breeding for increased protein concentration, sudden death syndrome resistance, and soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean

Brzostowski, Lillian Frances

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Title

Breeding for increased protein concentration, sudden death syndrome resistance, and soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean

Author(s)

Brzostowski, Lillian Frances

Issue Date

2017-04-07

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Diers, Brian

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Diers, Brian

Committee Member(s)

• Kolb, Fred
• Nelson, Randy
• Hartman, Glen

Department of Study

Crop Sciences

Discipline

Crop Sciences

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Soybean
• Soybean protein
• Sudden death syndrome
• Soybean cyst nematode

Abstract

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is one of the most important agronomic crops in the USA and worldwide with dynamic uses in food, industry, and feed. Development of improved soybean cultivars is critical to provide the resources necessary for a growing world population. Approximately 83 million acres/33.5 million hectares of soybean were harvested in 2016 in the USA, and Illinois is one of the top soybean producing states. For the past several decades, soybean breeders have sought to protect and improve the economic value of soybean through genetic improvement of seed composition and disease resistance traits. In order for a gene to be effectively incorporated into a breeding program, it must maintain its desired effect across many genetic backgrounds without a negative effect on agronomic traits such as yield. The objective of this dissertation was to identify genetic regions that can be used in breeding programs to successfully increase protein concentration, sudden death syndrome (SDS) resistance, and soybean cyst nematode (SCN) resistance.

Graduation Semester

2017-05

Type of Resource

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