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Soybean Composition Supply United Soybean Board-Funded Research Projects 2014-2020

Philip Lobo
2020
Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1420-532-5638

Development of High Yielding Soybean Cultivars and Germplasm with Higher Seed Protein Content and Improved Amino Acid Composition

USDA/ARS

Rouf Mian

4/1/14

9/30/14

1520-532-5638

10/1/14

9/30/16

1620-532-5638

10/1/15

9/30/16

1720-152-0106

Developing Soybean Cultivars & Germplasm with Increased Protein Quantity & Quality for the Midwest & South using Diversity (Year 1 of 5)

10/1/16

9/30/18

1820-152-0106-A

Discover Sources, Genes and Develop U.S. Adapted Germplasm with higher seed protein and improved composition

10/1/17

9/30/18

1920-152-0103-A

10/1/18

9/30/19

2020-152-0113

10/1/19

9/30/20

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date

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Institution

PI

start
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end date

1420-532-5369

High-impact Public Research for Modified Carbohydrate Composition in U.S. Soybeans 

Purdue University

Katy Rainy

10/1/13

9/30/14

1520-532-5369

10/1/14

9/30/16

1620-532-5639

10/1/15

9/30/16

1720-152-0101

Modifying Soluble Carbohydrates in Soybean Seed for Enhanced Nutritional Energy Meal (Year 1 of 5)

10/1/16

9/30/19

1820-152-0101

10/1/17

9/30/19

1920-152-0101

10/1/18

9/30/19

2020-152-0119

10/1/19

9/30/20

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1720-152-0104

Utilizing unique genetic diversity to combine elevated protein concentration with high yield in new varieties and experimental lines

USDA-ARS (Urbana, IL)

Steve Clough

10/1/16

9/30/17

1820-152-0106-B

University of Nebraska

George Graef

10/1/17

9/30/18

1920-152-0113

10/1/18

9/30/19

2020-152-0111

Increasing Genetic Diversity, Yield, and Protein of US Commercial Soybean Germplasm

10/1/19

9/30/21

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1720-152-0105

Network Guided Modification of Soybean Meal Composition

University of Missouri

Bing (Minviluz) Stacey

10/1/16

9/30/18

1820-152-0103-B

10/1/17

9/30/18

1920-152-0120-B

10/1/18

9/30/19

2020-152-0105 Genome-Guided Modification of Soybean Meal Composition

10/1/19

9/30/21

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1420-532-5679

Decoding the Networks that Set Protein and Amino Acid Composition (Year 1 of 3)

University of Illinois

Vodkin

3/1/14 12/31/16
1520-532-5679 1/1/15 12/31/16
1620-532-5679 1/1/16 12/31/16
Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1720-152-0103 New Breeding Technologies Applied to Meal (Year 1 of 3)

University of
Georgia

Wayne
Parrott

10/1/16

9/30/18

1820-152-0103-A New Breeding Technologies Applied to Meal (Year 2 of 1720-152-0103)

10/1/17

9/30/18

1920-152-0120-A New breeding technologies applied to meal (Year 1 of 3)

10/1/18

9/30/19

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1520-532-5601 

 Precision Genomics for Soybean Seed Composition

 University of Minnesota

Bob Stupar

10/1/14

9/30/15

1620-532-5601

10/1/15

9/30/16

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1520-532-5603 Identification of natural and induced mutations causing enhance soybean seed composition and stress resistance (Year 1 of 2)

University of Minnesota

Bob Stupar

10/1/14 9/30/16
1620-532-5603 Identification of natural and induced mutations causing enhanced soybean seed composition and stress resistance
10/1/15 9/30/16
Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1920-152-103-B

Investigation of molecular mechanism underlying negative impact of a high-protein gene/allele on yield for soybean meal quality improvement

USDA-ARS / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Charles An

10/1/18

9/30/19

2020-152-0118

Exploration of Major High Protein QTL Genes and Their Underlying Pathways for Soybean Meal Quality Improvement

USDA-ARS / Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Charles An

10/1/19

9/30/20

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1820-152-0136

Development of High-yielding, High-protein Germplasm by Enhancing N Acquisition and its Transport to Seed (Year 1 of 2)

University of Missouri

Felix Fritschi

10/1/17

3/31/20

1920-152-0136

Development of high-yielding, high-protein germplasm by enhancing nitrogen acquisition and its transport to seed (Year 2 of 1820-152-0136)

University of Missouri

Felix Fritschi

10/1/18

3/31/20

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1820-152-0145

Improvement of Soybean Protein in Upper Midwest Germplasm

DuPont Pioneer

Steve Schnebly

4/1/18

9/30/18

1920-152-0105

DowDuPont

Nadia Krasheninnik

10/1/18

12/31/19

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date
1920-152-0114

Genetic Improvement of Seed Protein: Development of high oleic/low linolenic acid soybean varieties with highly competitive Yields for diverse US geographies

SGI Genetics, Inc.

Bill Rhodes

10/1/18

9/30/19

2020-162-0121

Development of High Yielding High Oleic/Ultra-Low Linolenic Acid Soybean Varieties That Have 1-3% Protein above Commodity Soybeans and Represent Relative Maturities of 1 to 5

Benson Hill Seeds

Bill Rhodes

10/1/19

9/30/20

Project Number Project Institution PI start date end date

1420-532-5644

Utilization of Founder Lines for Improved Soybean Oil and Meal Content via Site-Specific Recombination

USDA/ARS

James Thomson

10/1/13

9/30/15

1820-152-0106-C

Soybean germplasm with improved seed protein

SIUE

Khalid Meksem

10/1/17

9/30/18

1820-152-0134

Blocking Production of Non-metabolizable Carbohydrates by Enhancing Stable Oil Levels in Developing Soybean Seeds

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Doug
Allen

10/1/17

3/31/19

1920-152-0131-C

Applied Genomics to Improve Soybean Seed Protein

University of Missouri

Trupti Joshi

10/1/18

9/30/21

2020-152-0103

Enhancing Stable Protein Levels in Developing Soybean Seeds

USDA/ARS

Doug Allen

10/1/19

9/30/21

2020-152-0117

Enhancing Protein Quality while Maintaining Protein Amount with Insights Generated from Soybean Mutants

USDA/ARS

Doug
Allen

10/1/19

9/30/20

2020-152-0108

High-Protein Soybean Seeds via an Indirect Beta-Carotene Enhancement Mechanism

University of Arizona

Monica Schmidt

10/1/19

9/30/21

2020-152-0109

Producing a High-Protein Biosafe Soybean for Food and Feed

University of Arizona

Eliot Herman

10/1/19

9/30/21

2020-152-0114

Improving on Perfection; Gene Editing to Reduce or Eliminate Anti-Nutritional Factors in Soybean Seeds That Have Been Shown to Reduce Economic Value

USDA/ARS

Hari
Krishnan

10/1/19

9/30/21

2020-162-0125

Developing High Protein, Low Oil Content Soybeans that Provide Enhanced Nutritional and Economic Value

Clemson University

Ben Fallen

10/1/19

9/30/21