Decreased agricultural diversity from extensive use of the corn (Zea mays L.)- soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) rotation and occasional inclusion spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), has threatened cropping system sustainability. Using specialty oilseeds crops to extend corn-soybean might improve yields promote We tested whether corn, soybean, would be improved in a following oilseed versus or ...

Integration of cover crops and livestock (ICLS) in an existing corn (Zea mays L.)–soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cropping system can be effective strategy to improve soil physical hydrological properties. Three on-farm long-term (≥30 yr) sites (Sites 1, 2 3) one short-term (3 experimental site (Site 4) with a randomized block design eastern South Dakota were selected evaluate the impacts ICLS...

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most destructive soybean pest worldwide. Host plant resistance is the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective way of mitigating SCN damage to soybeans. However, overuse of the resistant soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars from limited genetic resources has resulted in SCN race shifts in many soybean-growing areas. Thus, exploration of novel sou...

Legumes are of great economic importance. Depending on the species, they cultivated for food, fodder, green manure, and even as ornamentals. Legume seeds contain many valuable nutrients also anti-nutritional substances. The aim study is to compare important seed quality traits in pea (Pisum sativum L.), faba bean (Vicia white lupin (Lupinus albus narrow-leafed angustifolius yellow lupine luteus...

Two nitrate reductase deficient mutants of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr. cv Bragg) were isolated from approximately 10,000 M(2) seedlings, using a direct enzymic assay in microtiter plates. Stable inheritance of NR345 and NR328 phenotypes has been demonstrated through to the M(5) generation. Both mutants were affected in constitutive nitrate reductase activity. Assayable activities of cNR in ...

Somaclonal variation has become common for many plant species including soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr). The present study was aimed to compare the morphological and yield characters of tissue culture derived and field grown soybean cultivar CO-3 (Coimbatore-3). With respect to the plants derived from tissue culture, the morphological characters such as length of roots, shoots, petioles, intern...