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... Colonization of plant roots by root knot and cyst nematodes requires a functional ethylene response pathway. However, ethylene plays many roles in root development and whether its role in nematode colonization is direct or indirect, for example lateral root initiation or root hair growth, is not known. The temporal requirement for ethylene and localized synthesis of ethylene during the life span o ...
... The 15N natural abundance technique is one of those most easily applied ‘on farm’ to evaluate the contribution of biological N2 fixation (BNF) to legume crops. When proportional BNF inputs are high, the accuracy of this technique is highly dependent on an accurate estimate of the 15N abundance of the N derived from N2 fixation (the ‘B’ value). The objective of this study was to determine the influ ...
... Simple sequence repeat (SSR) genetic markers, also referred to as microsatellites, function in map-based cloning and for marker-assisted selection in plant breeding. The objectives of this study were to determine the abundance of SSRs in the soybean genome and to develop and test soybean SSR markers to create a database of locus-specific markers with a high likelihood of polymorphism. A total of 2 ...
... Soil of former shrimp aquaculture facilities in Thailand may be contaminated by antibiotics (e.g. oxytetracycline and norfloxacin) and have elevated salinity. Therefore, reuse of this land can be problematic. The utility of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) for phytoremediation was investigated. The rate of germination and seedling emergence in prepared contaminated soil (conductivity 17.7dSm⁻¹ fro ...
... Changes in acidification and starch behaviour were investigated during co-fermentation of cassava and soybean into gari, an African fermented product. Non-volatile acidity, pH and starch content were evaluated using standard analytical methods. Starch breakdown and pasting characteristics were also analysed using a Brabender viscoamylograph. Fermentation caused significant variations in the pH, no ...
cultivars; Glycine max; protein content; phytochemicals; soybeans; laboratory equipment; chemical analysis; equipment performance; enzyme activity; detection; Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor
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... Qualitative and quantitative determination of the Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTI) in soybean experimental lines is very important in processes of selecting and breeding of new varieties. The total enzyme activity assay, sodium dodecyl sulfate−polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS−PAGE), and Lab-on-a-Chip (LoaC) method were used for the determination of the presence and quantity of KTI in 15 soybe ...
... Phomopsis seed decay of soybean is a major cause of poor-quality soybean seed. The disease is caused primarily by the fungal pathogen Phomopsis longicolla. Aggressiveness of isolates of P. longicolla from soybean and other Phomopsis spp. from other hosts were compared by inoculating 2-week-old soybean plants of cv. Williams 82. There were significant (P < or = 0.0001) differences among isolates ba ...
... Studies were conducted to test the effect of age and food sources on wear of the mandibular teeth of the phytophagous pentatomid, Euschistus heros (F.). The total length (µm) of the area bearing the mandibular teeth, the length of the 1st tooth, and the height of the 2nd tooth for teneral (< 1 day-old) adults were significantly greater than that of adults fed on natural [green bean, Phaseolus vulg ...
... Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] genotypes have been developed with increased β-conglycinin (BC) and reduced glycinin to improve the quality and health benefits of food products containing soybean protein. The changes in protein composition are due to the five recessive alleles, gy1, gy2, gy3, gy4, and gy5, that modify glycinin concentration. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influen ...
... Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] yields can be reduced significantly by infestations of the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura). A dominant allele, Rag1, providing resistance to the aphid was identified in PI 548663. The objective of this study was to compare the agronomic and seed traits of 27 lines with the Rag1 allele to those of 27 lines with the rag1 allele that were derived from the s ...
... Increasing yield is a high priority in most breeding programs. Approximately 600 soybean cultivars had been released by the end of the last century in Northeast China. Understanding the agronomic and physiological changes is essential for planning further plant breeding strategies in soybean. In this study, 45 representative soybean cultivars, from maturity groups 00 and 0, released from 1950 to 2 ...
Glycine max; soybeans; cadmium; phytotoxicity; disease prevention; potassium; application rate; plant growth; photosynthesis; net assimilation rate; genetic variation; cultivars; nutrient uptake; enzyme activity; chemical constituents of plants; chlorophyll; quantitative analysis; antioxidant activity; plant nutrition; China
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... This study was undertaken to determine the effect of potassium (K) on alleviating cadmium (Cd) toxicity in soybean. Two genotypes of soybean, namely 'Liao 1' and 'Zhechun 3' were used in hydroponics experiment with the following treatments: control without Cd addition; 1μM Cd addition; K supplementation at a rate of 380 mg L-1; and both Cd addition and K supplementation. Plant growth, chlorophyll ...
... The alternative oxidase (AOX) is the terminal oxidase that comprises the cyanide-resistant respiratory pathway in plant mitochondria. While the role of AOX in plant thermogenesis is well established, its role in the reproductive development of non-thermogenic species is not well understood. AOX genes can be separated into two groups based on sequence homology, AOX1 and AOX2. Reverse genetic experi ...
... Cadmium-contaminated soils can be re-used and also produce biomass energy if we plant soybeans or other biomass crops in the contaminated sites. In this study, two soils with pH values of 5.9 and 6.7 were artificially spiked to make their final total concentration as CK (about 1.0), 3.0, and 5.0 mg Cd kg⁻¹. Different amendments were mixed with these artificially Cd-contaminated soils to study the ...
... An experiment was conducted to measure the digestibility of crude protein (CP) and amino acids (AA) by weanling pigs in full-fat soybeans (FFSB) produced from conventional (FFSB-CV), high-protein (FFSB-HP), or low-oligosaccharide (FFSB-LO) varieties of soybeans. A source of soybean meal (SBM) that was produced from a conventional variety of soybeans was also used in the experiment. Cornstarch-base ...
... Alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) catalyses the reversible conversion of pyruvate and glutamate into alanine and oxoglutarate. In soybean, two subclasses were identified, each represented by two highly similar members. To investigate the role of AlaAT during hypoxic stress in soybean, changes in transcript level of both subclasses were analysed together with the enzyme activity and alanine content ...
... Phosphorus is one of the major factors controlling plant growth and productivity. Although physiological and molecular processes of P deficiency have been intensively investigated, our current understanding of the coordinated regulation of phosphate-responsive genes and signal networks is limited. In the present study, we performed a microarray-based genome-wide transcriptional analysis of miRNAs ...
... The mitochondrial (mt) genomes of two soybean rust pathogens, Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P. meibomiae, have been sequenced. The mt genome of P. pachyrhizi is a circular 31 825-bp molecule with a mean GC content of 34.6%, while P. meibomiae possesses a 32 520-bp circular molecule with a mean GC content of 34.9%. Both mt genomes contain the genes encoding ATP synthase subunits 6, 8 and 9 (atp6, atp8 ...
... The determination of optimum crop management practices for increasing soybean production can provide valuable information for strategic planning in the tropics. However, this process is time consuming and expensive. The use of a dynamic crop simulation model can be an alternative option to help estimate yield levels under various growing conditions. The objectives of this study were to evaluate th ...
... Determinacy is an agronomically important trait associated with the domestication in soybean (Glycine max). Most soybean cultivars are classifiable into indeterminate and determinate growth habit, whereas Glycine soja, the wild progenitor of soybean, is indeterminate. Indeterminate (Dt1/Dt1) and determinate (dt1/dt1) genotypes, when mated, produce progeny that segregate in a monogenic pattern. Her ...
rice; Oryza sativa; wheat; model validation; agricultural watersheds; estimation; soil water storage; calibration; grain yield; Triticum aestivum; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; mathematical models; Zea mays; Glycine max; corn; soil water; irrigation water; rivers; grain crops; water use efficiency; soybeans; China
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... Identifying and quantifying the links between water resources and food production is crucial in addressing the intensified conflicts between water scarcity and food security. We proposed an integrated framework for quantifying relationships between food and water based on the concept of green water (GW), blue water (BW) and crop water productivity (CWP). An estimation method coupling hydrologic mo ...
transgenic plants; genetically modified foods; soybeans; Glycine max; fermentation; soy protein; protein value; digestible protein; in vitro digestibility; in vitro digestion; polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; gastric juice; food allergies; allergenicity; transgenes; Western blotting
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... Gastrointestinal digestibility of new proteins inserted in food supply is one of significant parameters for assessing safety of genetically modified (GM) foods on the assumption that digestive stability is undesirable. Digestive stability of GM soybean was evaluated under the physiologically based in vitro digestion model. Electrophoresis was used to follow the in vitro sequential digestions/ferme ...
... Little is known about how long-term biofuel production might alter soil nitrogen (N) gas emissions. We conducted a laboratory incubation of surface soils (0-16cm) from perennial biofuel trial plots (established 2002) at sites in Northern (Dekalb, Mollisols), Central (Urbana, Mollisols), and Southern (Dixon Springs, Alfisols) Illinois, USA. Soils from unfertilized plots of Miscanthus (Miscanthus × ...
... BACKGROUND:The introduction of transgenic soybean (Glycine max, L.) varieties resistant to glyphosate (GR soybeans) has rapidly expanded in Argentina, increasing pesticide use where only grasslands were previously cultivated. The authors compared an estimate of environmental risk for different crops and active ingredients using the IPEST index, which is based on a fuzzy-logic expert system. For IP ...
temporal variation; crop models; simulation models; Glycine max; plant available water; stomatal conductance; soil water content; nitrogen fixation; drought tolerance; soybeans; leaf area; dry matter accumulation; water stress; agronomic traits; crop yield; rooting; root growth; United States
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... A number of plant traits have been suggested to ameliorate the effects of water deficits on crop yield. A quantitative response across a range of years and location is needed because many traits that could be beneficial in dry years might also be detrimental in wet years. This analysis was undertaken using a robust simulation model of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] development and growth to quan ...
... Introduction - A method which is widely accepted for the analysis of free proline content in plant tissues is based on the use of 3% sulfosalicylic acid as an extractant, followed by spectrophotometric quantification of a proline-ninhydrin complex in toluene. However, sample preparation and storage may influence the proline actually measured. This may give misleading or difficult to compare data. ...
Park, Hyeong Cheol; Park, Chan Young; Koo, Sung Cheol; Cheong, Mi Sun; Kim, Kyung Eun; Kim, Min Chul; Lim, Chae Oh; Lee, Sang Yeol; Yun, Dae-Jin; Chung, Woo Sik
... Plants express many calmodulins (CaMs) and calmodulin-like (CML) proteins that sense and transduce different Ca²⁺ signals. Previously, we reported divergent soybean (Glycine max) CaM isoforms (GmCaM4/5) with differential abilities to activate CaM-dependent enzymes. To elucidate biological functions of divergent CaM proteins, we isolated a cDNA encoding a CML protein, AtCML8, from Arabidopsis. AtCM ...
... Seed scientists and decision-makers must evaluate the behaviour of new cultivars. They are thus always seeking improvements in multi-parameter trials. In particular, there is a need for cultivar evaluation tools that include both environmental characterisation of the trials and advanced statistical analysis of genotype by environment interaction. Therefore, in this investigation we gathered agrono ...
... Bean pod mottle virus (BPMV) infection reduces yield and seed quality in soybean. To test the hypothesis that virus incidence and movement within plots would be reduced in soybean with resistance to feeding by the virus' bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) vector, BPMV spread was evaluated in five soybean genotypes at two inoculum levels over 2 years at two locations in Ohio. Soybean genotypes ...
... To examine how rhizobia affect the chemical and nutrient status in leaves of soybean (Glycine max L.), and how rhizobia change plant susceptibility to a generalist spider mite (Tetranycus urticae), we cultivated root-nodulating soybeans (R+) and their non-nodulating mutant (R−) in a common garden. We experimentally fertilized the plants with nitrogen to examine effects of rhizobia on the plant tra ...
... Long terminal repeat (LTR) retrotransposons, the most abundant genomic components in flowering plants, are classifiable into autonomous and nonautonomous elements based on their structural completeness and transposition capacity. It has been proposed that selection is the major force for maintaining sequence (e.g., LTR) conservation between nonautonomous elements and their autonomous counterparts. ...
... Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a major disease of soybean in Canada. Laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted to evaluate potential effectiveness of cell suspensions, cell-free culture filtrates and broth cultures of Bacillus subtilis strain SB24 for suppression of SSR. The SB24 cell suspensions and cell-free culture filtrates significantly reduced m ...
carbon dioxide; Helianthus annuus; Glycine max; biogas; energy crops; plant residues; raw materials; rural development; genetic variation; biomass; gasification
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... The present study concerns the energetic valorization of sunflower and soya residues by air fixed-bed gasification. The main process parameters that have been investigated were the temperature and air equivalence ratio. Experimental results indicated that the high temperature and air had a positive effect in gas yield for both residues by ensuring mild oxidative conditions. Gasification gas compos ...
... In greenhouse and field experiments conducted over 3 yr, tank mixtures of spores of the fungi Colletotrichum truncatum and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, formulated in unrefined corn oil and Silwet L-77 surfactant, were evaluated as a mycoherbicide mixture for simultaneous control of hemp sesbania and sicklepod, respectively. In greenhouse tests, 100%% mortality and dry weight reduction of hemp s ...
... Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) potential of 12 soybean genotypes was evaluated in conditions of low and sufficient phosphorus (P) supply in two acid soils of southern Cameroon. The P sources were phosphate rock (PR) and triple superphosphate (TSP). The experiment was carried out during two consecutive years (2001 and 2002) at two locations with different soil types. Shoot dry matter, nodule dr ...
... The importance of agroforestry systems in CO₂ mitigation has become recognized worldwide in recent years. However, little is known about carbon (C) sequestered in poplar intercropping systems. The main objective of this study is to compare the effects of three poplar intercropping designs (configuration A: 250 trees ha⁻¹; configuration B: 167 trees ha⁻¹ and configuration C: 94 trees ha⁻¹) and two ...
... Nine plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria from different backgrounds were assayed on Glycine max var. Osumi to evaluate their potential as biotic elicitors to increase isoflavone (IF) levels. Strains were inoculated on 2 day old pregerminated seeds. Six days after inoculation, the seedlings were harvested. Biometric parameters were registered, and IFs were determined. Although only one strain (N21 ...
... The rate of breeding progress of 10 medium and 11 late maturing promiscuous soybean varieties developed by IITA for the savanna zones of Nigeria from 1980 to 1996 was assessed at two locations in 2001 and 2002. The two maturity groups were evaluated in separate experiments using randomized complete block design with four replications. There were highly significant effects of variety on grain yield ...
leaf area index; model validation; remote sensing; estimation; calibration; dry matter accumulation; water stress; Triticum aestivum; yields; cultivars; Glycine max; spatial data; leaf abscission; prediction; crop models; mixed forests; soybeans; growing season; spring wheat; data analysis; ecological zones; germplasm screening; Ontario; Quebec
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... Crop modelling at a regional scale is often limited by the availability of input data. Soil databases can be an efficient way to provide spatial information regarding soil properties, and remote sensing has proved to be a valuable source of information of management practices through assimilation of variable, like leaf area index (LAI), in crop model. However, the large numbers of cultivars from s ...
... Knowledge on the genetic variation of populations of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) can improve the understanding of genetic diversity found in their biotypes and, consequently, offer guidelines for its management. In this study, the molecular characterization was performed and genetic diversity data were obtained for this insect from three regions of Brazil on different crops [cotton and soybean (Mato Gr ...
... A combination of high biomass cover crops with organic mulches may be an option for no-till vegetable production, but information on mineralization rates from these residues is lacking. The objective of this study was to assess nutrient release rates and persistence from mimosa (Albizia julibrissin Durazz.), lespedeza [Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don], oat (Avena sativa L.) straw, and soybe ...
... Fusarium virguliforme is the cause of sudden death syndrome in soybean. Physiological variability among isolates of the fungus is unknown. One way to measure physiologic variability is to analyze growth on different carbon sources. The carbon source utilization profiles of 18 F. virguliforme isolates were examined using the Biolog FF 96-well microplate, which contains 95 different carbon sources. ...
... We evaluated selected soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., genotypes during their reproductive stages for resistance to the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), under greenhouse conditions and documented the categories of aphid-resistant soybean. Two screening studies were performed to assess the level of resistance to the soybean aphid on six soybean genotypes during the re ...
... For yield based site-specific management to be successful in fields with crop rotations, changes in management zones between crops must be determined. The study objectives were to determine if yield classes change between crops within a rotation and whether soil properties can predict the yield classes or the year-to-year changes. A percentile classification method was used to categorize yearly so ...
... Seed protein pattern of control and M 10 mutant soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) lines in defatted and non-defatted raw flour was studied after 60% 2-propanol extraction, SDS-PAGE separation, colloidal staining and densitometric evaluation to detect a new variant of the protein KTI and/or BBI, furthermore to find new protein(s) of low molecular weight. Electrophoretic separation ...
... Kudzu (Pueraria spp.) is an accessory host for soybean rust (SBR) (caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi) that is widespread throughout the southeastern United States. An expanded survey of kudzu sites was conducted in 2008 to determine the proportion of natural resistance in the north-Florida kudzu population. Of the 139 sites evaluated, ≈18% were found to be free of SBR infection, while 23% had reduce ...
... Late embryogenesis-abundant (LEA) proteins, accumulating to a high level during the late stages of seed development, may play a role as osmoprotectants. However, the functions and mechanisms of LEA proteins remained to be elucidated. Five major groups of LEA proteins have been described. In the present study, we report on the characterization of two members of soybean LEA IV proteins, basic GmPM1 ...
... The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation of leaves, bark and roots of Pentadesma butyracea collected in Natitingou (Benin) were investigated by capillary GC and GC/MS. Twenty-eight components, representing 97–99% of oils, were identified. The samples were exclusively sesquiterpenic, dominated in all cases by β-caryophyllene (58.0– 75.0%) and α-humulene (10.1–14.2%); the leaf oil was charac ...
... The nutrient, phytic acid, oxalate, trypsin inhibitors and isoflavones composition of a whole soy flour produced from a new cultivar (UFV-116), lacking lipoxygenases 2 and 3, compared to a conventional cultivar (OCEPAR-19) were determined. Protein and dietary fibres (total, soluble and insoluble) were similar for both cultivars. OCEPAR-19 was higher in lipids and UFV-116 in ash content (p <0.05). ...