Testing the efficacy of existing USDA Rhizobium germplasm collection accessions as inoculants for guar

Prospects of Genomic Prediction in the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection: Historical Data Creates Robust Models for Enhancing Selection of Accessions

The identification and mobilization of useful genetic variation from germplasm banks for use in breeding programs is critical for future genetic gain and protection against crop pests. Plummeting costs of next-generation sequencing and genotyping is revolutionizing the way in which researchers and breeders interface with plant germplasm collections. An example of this is the high density genoty...

Germplasm Accessions Resistant to Straighthead in the USDA Rice Core Collection1

The USDA rice core collection, containing 1,801 accessions from 115 countries or sources and representing about 10% of the whole collection, was established by a stratified random-sampling method. A total of 990 accessions in the core collection that headed in 110 days or less and were 150 cm or less in height were evaluated for straighthead resistance on a 1 to 9 scale with 1 being very resist...

Title: Prospects of genomic prediction in the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection: Historical data creates robust models for enhancing selection of accessions. Authors:

Characterization of Insect Resistance Loci in the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection Using Genome-Wide Association Studies

Management of insects that cause economic damage to yields of soybean mainly rely on insecticide applications. Sources of resistance in soybean plant introductions (PIs) to different insect pests have been reported, and some of these sources, like for the soybean aphid (SBA), have been used to develop resistant soybean cultivars. With the availability of SoySNP50K and the statistical power of g...

Distribution of Genomic Variation in the USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection and Relationship with Phenotypic Variation