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Development of ‘Ellis’ Soybean with High Soymeal Protein, Resistance to Stem Canker, Southern Root Knot Nematode, and Frogeye Leaf Spot
Author(s) -
Pantalone Vince,
Smallwood Chris,
Fallen Ben
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of plant registrations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1940-3496
pISSN - 1936-5209
DOI - 10.3198/jpr2016.12.0071crc
Subject(s) - biology , cultivar , canker , horticulture , diallel cross , high protein , agricultural experiment station , agronomy , agriculture , hybrid , food science , ecology
‘Ellis’ soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivar (Reg. No. CV‐523, PI 680630) was developed by the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station and was released as a late maturity group (MG) IV high‐yielding conventional (non‐genetically modified) cultivar in 2013. Ellis is an F 5 –derived single plant selection from the cross between two high‐yielding University of Tennessee cultivars, ‘5601T’ and ‘5002T’. In extensive field trials, Ellis has shown excellent adaptation and performance in Tennessee, the Mid‐South region, and the Southeast region of the United States. Ellis exhibits a relative maturity of 4.9, determinate growth habit, white flowers, gray pubescence, and tan pod wall. It is resistant to stem canker and southern root knot nematode and shows field tolerance to frogeye leaf spot. The protein and oil concentrations of Ellis seed enable it to produce high protein meal (>48% protein in the meal fraction). Ellis's excellent seed yield coupled with its ability to produce high protein meal gives this new cultivar high estimated processor values. It will be useful as a parent to soybean breeders, valuable as a new high‐yielding cultivar to producers, and profitable to processors.