Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is a wonder and an essential oilseed crop and is often referred to as ‘gold from the soil.' It is grown globally owing to its increased importance as both an economical and nutritional legume. It is a reservoir of macro, micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals and, importantly, a source of protein. It is a multi-purpose crop used for both animal feed and human consumption. Soybeans are widely used and consumed in various recipes. It produces a plethora of compounds having therapeutic applications. For many decades, it has been cultivated through conventional breeding methods but, both the need and demand for its production are increasing to cater to the increasing population. Breeding can also be used to improve the protein and oil quality with a simultaneous reduction in the antinutritional factors.
Due to its rich genetic diversity and presence of important agronomic traits, it has huge applications in the fields of genetic mapping, marker development, and genome-wide association mapping for identifying important trait genes and soybean breeding. Along with this, due to climate change, soybean is prone and subject to factors including both biotic and abiotic stress which pose a serious threat to its yield and production. Therefore, it is important to understand the various yield-limiting factors for the development of improved varieties with desired traits.
The goal of this research topic is to present the current scientific pieces of evidence and insights on different aspects of soybean that will help in crop improvement programs. Yield increase, quality & nutrition enhancement, and development of cultivars with desired qualities in soybean are becoming a priority nowadays. Simultaneously, the development of tolerant varieties of soybean against abiotic and biotic stresses & use as vegetable and oil seed should also be focused on.
This research topic invites research articles, systematic reviews, reviews, and methods under the below-mentioned themes or subtopics (but not limited to):
- Domestication and use of wild relatives of soybean for crop improvement
- Bioactive molecules and compounds having therapeutic applications
- Functional food crop
- In vitro methods in soybean for improvement.
- Identification of genes and key (regulatory) processes involved and unraveling underlying genetic mechanisms.
- Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with tolerance-related traits involved for abiotic and biotic stresses and construction of association mapping and simultaneously elucidating the genetic basis for discovering novel tolerance mechanisms.
- Development of resistant varieties through translating the traits from crops through either traditional breeding or modern genome editing techniques or using other technologies including genomic selection, speed breeding, and breeding by design.
- Identification of lines for breeding for crop improvement and breeding strategies to overcome stress.
Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) is a wonder and an essential oilseed crop and is often referred to as ‘gold from the soil.' It is grown globally owing to its increased importance as both an economical and nutritional legume. It is a reservoir of macro, micronutrients, vitamins, and minerals and, importantly, a source of protein. It is a multi-purpose crop used for both animal feed and human consumption. Soybeans are widely used and consumed in various recipes. It produces a plethora of compounds having therapeutic applications. For many decades, it has been cultivated through conventional breeding methods but, both the need and demand for its production are increasing to cater to the increasing population. Breeding can also be used to improve the protein and oil quality with a simultaneous reduction in the antinutritional factors.
Due to its rich genetic diversity and presence of important agronomic traits, it has huge applications in the fields of genetic mapping, marker development, and genome-wide association mapping for identifying important trait genes and soybean breeding. Along with this, due to climate change, soybean is prone and subject to factors including both biotic and abiotic stress which pose a serious threat to its yield and production. Therefore, it is important to understand the various yield-limiting factors for the development of improved varieties with desired traits.
The goal of this research topic is to present the current scientific pieces of evidence and insights on different aspects of soybean that will help in crop improvement programs. Yield increase, quality & nutrition enhancement, and development of cultivars with desired qualities in soybean are becoming a priority nowadays. Simultaneously, the development of tolerant varieties of soybean against abiotic and biotic stresses & use as vegetable and oil seed should also be focused on.
This research topic invites research articles, systematic reviews, reviews, and methods under the below-mentioned themes or subtopics (but not limited to):
- Domestication and use of wild relatives of soybean for crop improvement
- Bioactive molecules and compounds having therapeutic applications
- Functional food crop
- In vitro methods in soybean for improvement.
- Identification of genes and key (regulatory) processes involved and unraveling underlying genetic mechanisms.
- Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with tolerance-related traits involved for abiotic and biotic stresses and construction of association mapping and simultaneously elucidating the genetic basis for discovering novel tolerance mechanisms.
- Development of resistant varieties through translating the traits from crops through either traditional breeding or modern genome editing techniques or using other technologies including genomic selection, speed breeding, and breeding by design.
- Identification of lines for breeding for crop improvement and breeding strategies to overcome stress.
