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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Plant Breeding
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1422162
This article is part of the Research Topic Breeding Forage and Grain Legumes for Sustainable Protein Production View all 15 articles

Phenotypic Characterization of Soybean Genetic Resources at Multiple Locations: Breeding Implications for Enhancing Environmental Resilience, Yield and Protein Content

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Tomas Vymyslicky Tomas Vymyslicky 1*Oldřich Trněný Oldřich Trněný 1Hendrik Rietman Hendrik Rietman 2Isabel Roldan-Ruiz Isabel Roldan-Ruiz 3Christiane Balko Christiane Balko 4Aamir Saleem Aamir Saleem 5Vuk Đorđević Vuk Đorđević 6Predrag Ranđelović Predrag Ranđelović 6Julia Buitink Julia Buitink 7Marie PEGARD Marie PEGARD 7Magdaléna Dybová Magdaléna Dybová 1Jonas Aper Jonas Aper 3
  • 1 Agricultural Research, Ltd., Troubsko, Czechia
  • 2 Agro Seed Research bv, Nijverheidslaan 1506, 3660, Opglabbeek, Belgium, Opglabbeek, Belgium
  • 3 Plant Sciences Unit, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Caritasstraat 39, 9090, Melle, Belgium, Melle, Belgium
  • 4 Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Breeding Research on Cultivated Plants, Groß Lüsewitz, D-18190 Sanitz, Germany, Sanitz, Germany
  • 5 Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
  • 6 Institute of Field And Vegetable Crops Novi Sad (IFVCNS), Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
  • 7 INRAE P3F, Lusignan, France, Lusignan, France

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    The objective of our research was to study soybean genetic resources in context of future protein selfsufficiency both in human and animal nutrition. Collection of 360 different accessions from various regions worldwide was evaluated across four European locations during two consecutive years in phenotyping trials. The five most important traits of soybeanplant emergence, plant length, protein content, seed yield, and R8 stagewere carefully analysed, revealing significant variability. Ten exceptionally stable genotypes were identified based on their protein content and yield, presenting promising candidates for breeding programs. Our findings underscore the importance of integrating genotype-environment interaction analyses into breeding initiatives, considering the observed variability in phenotypic traits across diverse environments and genotypes.

    Keywords: Genetic resources, phenotyping trials, Breeding, protein content, seed yield, BLUP, genotype-environment interaction

    Received: 23 Apr 2024; Accepted: 22 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Vymyslicky, Trněný, Rietman, Roldan-Ruiz, Balko, Saleem, Đorđević, Ranđelović, Buitink, PEGARD, Dybová and Aper. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Tomas Vymyslicky, Agricultural Research, Ltd., Troubsko, Czechia

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