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Discovery and utilization of QTLs for insect resistance in soybean

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Insect resistance in soybean has been an objective in numerous breeding programs, but efforts to develop high yielding cultivars with insect resistance have been unsuccessful. Three Japanese plant introductions, PIs 171451, 227687 and 229358, have been the primary sources of insect resistance alleles, but a combination of quantitative inheritance of resistance and poor agronomic performance has hindered progress. Linkage drag caused by co-introgression of undesirable agronomic trait alleles linked to the resistance quantitative trait loci (QTLs) is a persistent problem. Molecular marker studies have helped to elucidate the numbers, effects and interactions of insect resistance QTLs in the Japanese PIs, and markers are now being used in breeding programs to facilitate transfer of resistance alleles while minimizing linkage drag. Molecular markers also make it possible to evaluate QTLs independently and together in different genetic backgrounds, and in combination with transgenes from Bacillus thuringiensis.

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Abbreviations

Bt:

Bacillus thuringiensis

IRQTL:

insect resistance QTL

LG:

linkage group

PI:

plant introduction

QTL:

quantitative trait locus

RFLP:

restriction fragment length polymorphism

SSR:

simple sequence repeat.

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Boerma, H.R., Walker, D.R. Discovery and utilization of QTLs for insect resistance in soybean. Genetica 123, 181–189 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-004-2741-9

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