Genomic regions associated with important seed quality traits in food-grade soybeans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The production of soy-based food products requires specific physical and chemical characteristics of the soybean seed. Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with value-added traits, such as seed weight, seed protein and sucrose concentration, could accelerate the development of competitive high-protein soybean cultivars for the food-grade market through marker-assisted selection (MAS). The objectives of this study were to identify and validate QTL associated with these value-added traits in two high-protein recombinant inbred line (RIL) populations.

Results

The RIL populations were derived from the high-protein cultivar 'AC X790P' (49% protein, dry weight basis), and two high-yielding commercial cultivars, 'S18-R6' (41% protein) and 'S23-T5' (

SUBMITTER: Whiting RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7583236 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature