A team led by Purdue University soybean geneticist Jianxin Ma recently developed a new biotechnological tool for the domestication of desirable traits from wild soybeans, such as resistance to leafhopper insect pests. The use of such tools, called de novo domestication, makes it easier for scientists to engineer crop improvements from wild soybeans.
Genes discovered that control soybean traits
From left, Purdue University doctoral student Chance Clark, agronomy professor Jianxin Ma and their associates have discovered two long noncoding RNA genes in soybeans that control multiple desirable traits for crops.
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