Soybean yield formation physiology–a foundation for precision breeding based improvement

JT Vogel, W Liu, P Olhoft, SJ Crafts-Brandner… - Frontiers in plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The continued improvement of crop yield is a fundamental driver in agriculture and is the
goal of both plant breeders and researchers. Plant breeders have been remarkably …

Factors of yield determination in faba bean (Vicia faba)

NH Alharbi, KN Adhikari - Crop and Pasture Science, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an important cool-season legume crop that ranks fourth after
chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.), field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris L.) in …

Assessing variation in US soybean seed composition (protein and oil)

Y Assefa, LC Purcell, M Salmeron, S Naeve… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seed composition and yield are a function of genetics (G),
environment (E), and management (M) practices, but contribution of each factor to seed …

Genetic improvement of US soybean in maturity groups II, III, and IV

K Rincker, R Nelson, J Specht, D Sleper, T Cary… - Crop …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Soybean improvement via plant breeding has been critical for the success of the crop. The
objective of this study was to quantify genetic change in yield and other traits that occurred …

Machine learning approach for prescriptive plant breeding

KA Parmley, RH Higgins, B Ganapathysubramanian… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We explored the capability of fusing high dimensional phenotypic trait (phenomic) data with
a machine learning (ML) approach to provide plant breeders the tools to do both in-season …

Changes in soybean cultivars released over the past 50 years in southern Brazil

RC Umburanas, J Kawakami, EA Ainsworth… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
On-farm soybean yield has increased considerably in the last 50 years in southern Brazil,
but there is still little information about how selection and breeding for yield increase has …

Nutrient partitioning and stoichiometry in soybean: A synthesis-analysis

S Tamagno, GR Balboa, Y Assefa, P Kovács… - Field Crops …, 2017 - Elsevier
On-farm attainable soybean yields are primarily limited by nutrient and water supply. High-
yielding soybeans is related to high nutrient uptake. A proposed theoretical framework …

Dry matter and nitrogen uptake, partitioning, and removal across a wide range of soybean seed yield levels

AP Gaspar, CAM Laboski, SL Naeve… - Crop Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] growers are concerned that soybean yield is restricted by
limitations on biological N2 fixation and soil nitrogen (N) mineralization. However, a …

High-yield maize–soybean cropping systems in the US Corn Belt

P Grassini, JE Specht, M Tollenaar, I Ciampitti… - Crop physiology, 2015 - Elsevier
The USA accounts for 38 and 35% of global maize and soybean production, producing a
respective 320 and 84 Mt of these crops annually. More than 85% of those totals are …

Physiological and management factors contributing to soybean potential yield

RJ Van Roekel, LC Purcell, M Salmerón - Field Crops Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The largest reported soybean grain yield is approximately three-fold more than the highest
reported US average yield. An understanding of yield determination is needed to identify …