The worldwide utilization of the Chinese soybean germplasm collection

Qiu, L.J. and Chen, P.Y. and Liu, Z.X. and et al, . (2011) The worldwide utilization of the Chinese soybean germplasm collection. Plant Genetic Resources, 9 (1). pp. 109-122.

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Abstract

This article focuses on advances in both basic and applied research on soybean germplasm resources collected from China and dispersed to the world. Many landraces developed over the course of the 4500 years since its domestication in the Huangdi period. Systematic germplasm collection was begun in the early 20th century by Professor Shou Wang, and since then over 170,000 accessions have been conserved worldwide. Evaluation with respect to key morphological characteristics, pest resistance, abiotic stress tolerance and nutritional quality attributes has been widely carried out. In addition, genetic diversity has been assessed at the DNA level, and used to establish core collections for both cultivated (Glycine max) and wild (Glycine soja) soybean. Some core sets have targeted the most used parental lines, and others have focused on specific traits, such as resistance to the soybean cyst nematode or to soybean mosaic virus, or enhanced phosphorus use efficiency. The recent acquisition of the soybean genome sequence should accelerate the utilization of not only the Chinese soybean germplasm collection, but also those maintained elsewhere in the world.

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Additional Information: This research was supported by Crop Germplasm Conservation (NB04-22-6, NB04-23-3, NB05-070401-22-06,NB06-070401-05, NB07-2130315-06, NB08-2130315-06 and NB08-213031506), National Key Technologies R&D Program in the 11th Five-Year Plan (No. 2006BAD13B05) and the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of China (973) (Nos. G1998010203, 2004CB117203 and 2010CB125900), and International Scientific Cooperative Project (No. 2008DFA330550).
Uncontrolled Keywords: China, soybean germplasm, conservation, evaluation, utilization
Author Affiliation: The National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Key Lab of Germplasm Utilization, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, USA
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Soyabean
Depositing User: Mr Arbind Seth
Date Deposited: 08 Aug 2013 13:08
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2013 13:08
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1479262110000493
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/11397

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