Patent ID: 9062352
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A01H,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method of selecting a first soybean plant or germplasm that displays tolerance or improved tolerance to Charcoal Rot Drought Complex (CRDC), the method comprising: (a) isolating nucleic acids from a genome of the first soybean plant or germplasm; (b) detecting in the first soybean plant or germplasm at least one allele of a quantitative trait locus that is associated with the tolerance or improved tolerance, wherein said quantitative trait locus is localized to a chromosomal interval selected from the group consisting of (i) a chromosomal interval flanked by and including markers Satt467 and Satt416 on linkage group B2, and (ii) a chromosomal interval flanked by and including markers A605 (c) selecting said first soybean plant or germplasm, or selecting a progeny of said first soybean plant or germplasm, comprising at least one allele associated with tolerance or improved tolerance to CRDC.