NEAU Soybean Mosaic Virus Research

Soybean mosaic disease, caused by soybean mosaic virus (SMV), is one of the most broadly distributed viral diseases worldwide in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. It causes yield loss and seed quality deficiency seriously. Utilization of resistant varieties is the most economical and environmentally safe approach to controlling this disease. The success and failure of breeding resistant varieties depend on resistant resources, the realization of inheritance mechanisms of resistance and molecular mapping of resistance genes to SMV strains. In this project，we identified the genes resistant to SMV derives from wild soybean. Furthermore, the gene marker and modified variety were constructed for breeding.