Table Of ContentSOYBEAN – GENETICS AND
NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR
YIELD ENHANCEMENT
Edited by Dora Krezhova
Soybean – Genetics and Novel Techniques for Yield Enhancement
Edited by Dora Krezhova
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Contents
Preface IX
Part 1 Genetics and Breeding 1
Chapter 1 Genetic Diversity
and Allele Mining in Soybean Germplasm 3
Reda Helmy Sammour
Chapter 2 Importance of Seed [Fe] for Improved Agronomic
Performance and Efficient Genotype Selection 17
John V. Wiersma
Chapter 3 Positional Cloning of the Responsible Genes for Maturity
Loci E1, E2 and E3 in Soybean 51
Kyuya Harada, Satoshi Watanabe, Xia Zhengjun,
Yasutaka Tsubokura, Naoki Yamanaka and Toyoaki Anai
Chapter 4 Changes in the Expression
of Genes in Soybean Roots Infected by Nematodes 77
Benjamin F. Matthews, Heba M.M. Ibrahim and Vincent P. Klink
Chapter 5 Phenotypic and Genotypic Variability in Cercospora
kikuchii Isolates from Santa Fe Province, Argentina 97
María G. Latorre Rapela, Mauro A. Colombini, Ana M. González,
Stella M. Vaira, Roxana Maumary, Mónica C. Mattio,
Elena Carrera and María C. Lurá
Chapter 6 Soybean Fatty Acid Desaturation
Pathway: Responses to
Temperature Changes and Pathogen Infection 113
Robert G. Upchurch
Chapter 7 Genetically Modified Soybean in Animal Nutrition 129
Tudisco Raffaella, Calabrò Serena, Cutrignelli Monica Isabella,
Piccolo Vincenzo and Infascelli Federico
Chapter 8 Molecular Markers: Assisted Selection in Soybeans 155
Eduardo Antonio Gavioli
VI Contents
Chapter 9 Identification and Application
of Phenotypic and Molecular Markers
for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Soybean 181
Berhanu Amsalu Fenta, Urte Schluter, Belen Marquez Garcia,
Magdeleen DuPlessis, Christine H. Foyer and Karl J. Kunert
Chapter 10 Identification and Confirmation
of SSR Marker Tightly Linked to the
Ti Locus in Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] 201
Jongil Chung
Part 2 Modern Techniques and Technologies 213
Chapter 11 Spectral Remote Sensing of the Responses
of Soybean Plants to Environmental Stresses 215
Dora Krezhova
Chapter 12 Polarization Sensitive Optical Imaging
and Characterization of Soybean
Using Stokes-Mueller Matrix Model 257
Shamaraz Firdous
Chapter 13 Distant-Graft Mutagenesis Technology in Soybean 273
Pan Xiang-Wen, Cao Chang-Yi, Zhang Qiu-Ying,
Li Yan-Hua, Wu Xiu-Hong, Wang Guo-Dong and Du Wei-Guang
Chapter 14 Transformation of Soybean Oil
to Various Self-Assembled Supramolecular Structures 281
Arumugam Gnanamani, Varadharajan Kavitha,
Ganesan Sekaran and Asit Baran Mandal
Chapter 15 Soybean: Plant Manipulation
to Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation 297
Muhammad Zia
Chapter 16 Salt-Tolerant Acid Proteases: Purification,
Identification, Enzyme Characteristics,
and Applications for Soybean Paste and Sauce Industry 311
Xiao Ting Fu and Sang Moo Kim
Preface
Soybean is one of the most important and valuable agricultural crops. Owing to its
high nutritive value and versatility soybean offers resources to address world food
issues through current and future utilization practices. Rapid increases of soybean
demand in the last decade challenge the reliability of supply, stock levels, and
reasonable pricing. Future soybean production is expected to increase steadily in
proportion to increased demand. This book presents the importance of applying of
novel genetics and breading technologies. The efficient genotype selections and gene
transformations provide for generation of new and improved soybean cultivars,
resistant to disease and environmental stresses. The book introduces also a few recent
modern techniques and technologies for detection of plant stress and characterization
of biomaterials as well as for processing of soybean food and oil products. The
contributions are organized in two sections based on genetics researches and novel
technical practices. Each of the sections covers a wide range of topics and the authors
are from countries all over the world. This underlines the global significance of
soybean research. I am certain that the book will provoke interest to many readers and
researchers, who could find information useful for advancing their fields.
Prof. Dora Krezhova
Space and Solar-Terrestrial
Research Institute at the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bulgaria
