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Plant Breeding and Genetics

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Doctoral Dissertations

2012

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Detection Of Soybean Amino Acid Qtls And Seed Yield Qtls Using Selective Genotyping, Benjamin David Fallen Dec 2012

Detection Of Soybean Amino Acid Qtls And Seed Yield Qtls Using Selective Genotyping, Benjamin David Fallen

Doctoral Dissertations

The U.S. Census Bureau projects the world’s population will top more than nine billion by 2050. Today, soybeans account for 56 % of the world oilseed production and 68 % of the world protein meal consumption, with U.S. soybean production accounting for 33 % of the world soybean production. So, to meet the demand of the world’s growing population and of the livestock industry improvements in both the composition and the yield of soybean is essential.

The primary objective of this project was to use molecular markers to identify genomic regions associated with amino acid composition and yield in soybean. …