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Environmental and genetic variation of soybean seed protein content under Central European growing conditions
Author(s) -
Vollmann Johann,
Fritz Christi,
Wagentristl Helmut,
Ruckenbauer Peter
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0010(200007)80:9<1300::aid-jsfa640>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - biology , agronomy , rhizobia , growing season , high protein , zoology , sowing , nitrogen fixation , horticulture , food science , genetics , bacteria
Seed protein content is important for both feed and food utilisation of soybean. In soybeans grown in Central Europe, considerable variation in protein content was due to seasonal influences, as demonstrated in different experiments from a breeding programme. In soybean genotypes of early maturity groups, average to high protein content (range 399—476 g kg −1 ) was found in years with high air temperature and moderate rates of rainfall during the seed‐filling period, whereas seed protein content was drastically reduced (range 265–347 g kg −1 ) in seasons of insufficient nitrogen fixation or higher amounts of precipitation during seed filling. In a set of 60 genotypes, protein content was increased both by late nitrogen fertilisation before the onset of seed filling and by inoculation of seed with nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia. Despite the high degree of environmental modification, genetic variation of seed protein content was considerable, and genotype × environment interaction was of low magnitude. Therefore selection of early maturing soybean genotypes with improved seed protein content appears to be feasible and is only limited by the moderately negative correlation between protein content and seed yield. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry

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