Patent ID: 8759607

Claim:
A method for identifying and selecting soybean Glycine max individuals carrying a phenotypic trait related to resistance and/or tolerance to Asian soybean rust Phakopsora pachyrizi comprising: a) extracting nucleic acid from a plant of any soybean genotype; b) assaying the extracted nucleic acid for at least one molecular marker mapped at 10 cM or less from the Rpp5 locus to obtain an amplification pattern of the at least one molecular marker; c) comparing the amplification pattern obtained in step (b) with an amplification pattern of the Asian soybean rust resistant genotypes PI 200456, PI 200526, PI 200487 or PI 471904, wherein the amplification pattern of the Asian soybean rust resistant genotypes PI 200456, PI 200526, PI 200487 or PI 471904 was obtained using the same at least one molecular marker as that used in step b); and d) selecting plants that exhibit the same amplification pattern as any one of the Asian soybean rust resistant genotypes PI 200456, PI 200526, PI 200487 or PI 471904; wherein said Rpp5 locus is mapped in linkage group N, flanked by markers Sat 275 and Sat 280.