Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Transformation of wild species into elite cultivars through “domestication” entails
evolutionary responses in which plant populations adapt to selection. Domestication is a …

Abstract Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, is an invasive insect to the United
States. This beetle was first discovered in New Jersey in the early 1900s and has since …

Abstract Background Soybean (Glycine max (L. Merr.)) resistance to any population of
Heterodera glycines (I.), or Fusarium virguliforme (Akoi, O'Donnell, Homma & Lattanzi) …

Insects can cause significant damage to plants both in agricultural and natural settings that
lead to significant losses in yield or fitness. This has led plants to develop a large number of …

Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a member of Potyvirus genus that causes severe yield loss
and destroys seed quality in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. It is important to explore new …

Plants are constantly exposed to a diverse spectrum of environmental stressors that typically
occur concurrently as multifactorial challenges, both spatially and temporally (Joshi et al …

Bean pyralid (BP; Lamprosema indicata Fabricius) is one of the major leaf-feeding insects
that affect soybean crops in central and southern China. Four recombinant inbred line …

Abstract Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) seed provides valuable oil (~ 200 g/kg) and
protein (~ 400 g/kg) co-products. Seed composition variations result from several …

Cercospora sojina (Hara), an air-borne pathogen, infects soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]
leaves causing frog-eye leaf spot (FLS). Three major genes (Rcs1-3) underlie resistance to …