UGA Soybean Breeding and Molecular Genetics Laboratory

Soybean Breeding – Develop soybean varieties with high yield, enhanced quality, disease and pest resistance, and herbicide tolerance
Increasing soybean yield with exotic germplasm:
- Identify and utilize soybean genetic diversity for germplasm enhancement;
- Map yield QTL and introgress them into elite soybean germplasm lines
Drought, heat, and flood tolerant varieties for the Midwest and South: Building on success:
- Map QTL for drought tolerance
- Breeding for drought tolerance
High oleic soybean breeding – Develop soybean cultivars with high oleic and low linolenic acid contents
Development of high yielding soybean cultivars and germplasm with higher seed protein content and improved amino acid composition
Identification and utilization of resistance to soybean rust:
- Evaluate soybean lines for rust resistance
- Identify novel rust resistance loci
Discovery of novel nematode resistance genes and development of productive soybeans with multiple-nematode resistance
Soybean insect resistance – Identify and determine the function of insect-resistance genes in soybean, and deploy them in elite soybean varieties
Genome-wide association studies for traits of interest
Genomic selection for improving soybean yield

Quantitative Aspects of Plant Breeding, PBGG (CRSS) 8880, Spring Semester, Even Years

Research