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Soybean genomics is of great interest as one of the most economically important crops and a major food source. This book covers recent advances in soybean genome research, including classical, RFLP, SSR, and SNP markers; genomic and cDNA libraries; functional genomics platforms; genetic and physical maps; and gene expression profiles. The book is for researchers and students in plant genetics and genomics, plant biology and pathology, agronomy, and food sciences.

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The soybean is a species of legume native to East Asia. It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years as a food and a component of drugs. Soy contains significant amounts of all the essential amino acids for humans, and so is a good source of protein. Soybeans are the primary ingredient in many processed foods, including dairy product substitutes and are an important global crop, providing oil and protein. On the other hand, wheat is a world-wide cultivated grass from the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal crops. It is used to make flour, and for fermentation to make beer, alcohol or biofuel. This book addresses a wide variety of issues in the production and use of these two important crops. Among those included are pest infestation, quality of food produced for human as well as animal consumption, genetically modified plants and ways to increase productivity. ... Read more

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The complete sourcebook for soybean information, this monograph combines concise information and the scope of a monograph. Topics include morphology, production, disease, management, genomics and genetic improvement, economics and marketing, processing and use, and even the role of soybean in human health. Soybean is a global crop and the contents of this edition span the breadth of its worldwide significance.

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The soybean is an economically important leguminous seed crop for feed and food products that is rich in seed protein (about 40 percent) and oil (about 20 percent); it enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen in symbiosis with bacteria.

Soybean was domesticated in northeastern China about 2500 BC and subsequently spread to other countries. The enormous economic value of soybean was realized in the first two decades of the 20th century, with world production of soybean tripling in the last 20 years. In addition to human consumption, it is a major protein source in animal feeds and is becoming a major crop for biodiesel production. In the international trade markets, soybean is ranked number one in the world among the major oil crops.

For many decades, plant breeders have used conventional breeding techniques to improve soybeans. While soybean production continues to expand as demand for soybeans and soybean products increases, there is a need for more sophisticated techniques. Bridging traditional research with modern molecular investigations on soybean, this volume explores the recent advances in soybean genome mapping, molecular breeding, genomics, sequencing, and bioinformatics. The book will be useful to soybean researchers as well as researchers working with other crop species.

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Soybeans and soyfoods have become an increasingly importantasset to people throughout the world, thanks in part to their healthbenefitsas recognized by the FDA in October 1999 and in part toimprovementsin quality and quantity brought on by advancements inprocessing andbreeding technology. Soybeans: Chemistry,Technology, and Utilizationprovides the reader with in-depth andup-to-date coverage of: thechemistry, nutritional significance,assay methodology, and changesduring maturation, storage,processing, and germination of eachsoybean component, includingisoflavone; the preparation methods,scientific principles, andprocessing innovations of each traditionaland Westernized soyfoods;the role of soyfood in preventing chronicailments such as cancer,heart disease, and osteoporosis; modernprocessing and applicationsof soybean improvements through plantbreeding and emergingbiotechnological approaches. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Pro Farmer, published by Farm Journal Media on January 9, 2010. The length of the article is 404 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Dr. Cordonnier raises his South American soybean crop peg.
Author: Unavailable
Publication: Pro Farmer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 9, 2010
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Volume: 38Issue: 2Page: 3(1)

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This digital document is a journal article from Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, published by Elsevier in 2005. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Ballooning is a form of aerial movement practiced by most immature and some adult spiders. Very few studies have investigated the composition and rate of spider ballooning in Australian agroecosystems. Water traps were used to compare ballooning rates in irrigated soybean crops and nearby non-crop areas in southeast Queensland over two summer seasons. The highest ballooning rate (14.8spiders/m^2 per day) was recorded in a soybean field, non-crop areas (7.0spiders/m^2 per day) and a dry land mungbean field (6.8spiders/m^2 per day) having similar rates. Spider ballooning in soybean increased throughout the season and showed three peaks and intervening troughs. A similar pattern in ballooning peaks was observed in non-crop areas however the numbers were lower. Peaks in ballooning activity where synchronised across habitat types and some spider groups. Composition of the ballooning fauna was different from that of the ground-dwelling fauna, some families being present in both. Ballooning is an important behaviour in terms of population dynamics for a number of spider groups in soybean and the implications for pest control are discussed. ... Read more

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Title: Stage set for bigger corn and soybean crop estimates.
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Publication: Pro Farmer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 5, 2009
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Volume: 37Issue: 36Page: 3(1)

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Title: The bean counters: estimators refine South America's soybean crop.(International)
Author: Marcia Zarley Taylor
Publication: Top Producer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Page: 44

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Chapters: Soybean. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 212. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The soybean (U.S.) or soya bean (UK) (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia. The plant is classed as an oilseed rather than a pulse. It is an annual plant that has been used in China for 5,000 years to primarily add nitrogen into the soil as part of crop rotation. Fat-free(defatted) soybean meal is a primary, low-cost, source of protein for animal feeds and most prepackaged meals; soy vegetable oil is another valuable product of processing the soybean crop. Soybean products such as TVP (textured vegetable protein), for example, are important ingredients in many meat and dairy analogues. Traditional nonfermented food uses of soybeans include soymilk, and from the latter Tofu and tofu skin or yuba. Fermented foods include shoyu or soy sauce, miso, natto, and tempeh, among others. The oil is used in many industrial applications. The main producers of soy are the United States (32%), Brazil (28%), Argentina (21%), China (7%) and India (4%). The beans contain significant amounts of phytic acid, alpha-Linolenic acid, and the isoflavones genistein and daidzein. Soybeans can produce at least twice as much protein per acre than any other major vegetable or grain crop, 5 to 10 times more protein per acre than land set aside for grazing animals to make milk, and up to 15 times more protein per acre than land set aside for meat production. The plant is sometimes referred to as greater bean ( - Chinese dàdòu and Japanese daizu). In Vietnam, the plant is called u tng or u nành.Both immature soybean and its dish is called edamame in Japan, and referring to a specific dish in English. The English word "soy" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation of shyu ), the Japanese word for soya sauce...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=62784 ... Read more

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From the supplier: Soybean cyst nematodes are moving farther north in the U.S. Research shows that the nematodes may be responsible for spreading sudden death syndrome and brown stem rot. Soil tests are necessary to check for soybean cyst nematode infestation.

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Title: Those nagging nematodes.(soybean cyst nematodes)(Crop Production)
Author: Pam Henderson
Publication: Farm Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2002
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Volume: 126Issue: 10Page: S2(1)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Farm Journal, published by Thomson Gale on September 29, 2006. The length of the article is 875 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Field Notes.(soybean and corn's crop rotation)(Column)
Author: Mike Shuter
Publication: Farm Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 29, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: NA

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, published by Soil & Water Conservation Society on January 1, 1995. The length of the article is 4148 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Cover crops established during the soybean planting and V1 stages of soybean growth proved to be more successful than those seeded during the V5 stage. However, tall fescue was more difficult to establish than black medic and hairy vetch. This was revealed by field studies which aimed to find out if these cover crops could be seeded into a soybean host crop during the three stages of soybean growth, namely, soybean planting, V1 and V5. Moreover, it was found that soybean yield was not affected by the introduction of the cover crop.

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Title: Selected cover crops established in early soybean growth stage.
Author: R.S. Moomaw
Publication: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1995
Publisher: Soil & Water Conservation Society
Volume: v50Issue: n1Page: p82(5)

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, published by Soil & Water Conservation Society on May 1, 1998. The length of the article is 3829 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: Oat, rye, and an oat-rye mixture were overseeded into soybean in August to determine the shoot dry matter and residue cover produced by these cover crops and their effect on subsequent soybean and corn yield. The oat cover crop reduced soybean yield in only one year and the other cover crops had no effect. Fall cover crop shoot dry matter averaged 440 kg [ha.sup.-1] and did not differ among the three cover crops. Rye shoot dry matter measured in the spring averaged 1660 kg [ha.sup.-1] for the rye and oat-rye mixture. Cover crops increased surface residue cover by 7 to 18% in some years. Corn yields were reduced following rye and oat-rye cover crops, but were not reduced by the oat cover crop. Oat overseeded into soybean is a viable cover crop system in Iowa and unlike rye, does not reduce yield of the following corn crop.

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Title: Oat and rye overseeded into soybean as fall cover crops in the upper Midwest.
Author: T.J. Johnson
Publication: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 1998
Publisher: Soil & Water Conservation Society
Volume: v53Issue: n3Page: p276(4)

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Landuse/landcover change induced effects on regional weather and climate patterns and the associated plant response or agricultural productivity are coupled processes. Some of the basic responses to climate change can be detected via changes in radiation (R), precipitation (P), and temperature (T). Past studies indicate that each of these three variables can affect LCLUC response and the agricultural productivity. This study seeks to address the following question: What is the effect of individual versus simultaneous changes in R, P, and T on plant response such as crop yields in a C"3 and a C"4 plant? This question is addressed by conducting model experiments for soybean (C"3) and maize (C"4) crops using the DSSAT: Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer, CROPGRO (soybean), and CERES-Maize (maize) models. These models were configured over an agricultural experiment station in Clayton, NC [35.65^oN, 78.5^oW]. Observed weather and field conditions corresponding to 1998 were used as the control. In the first set of experiments, the CROPGRO (soybean) and CERES-Maize (maize) responses to individual changes in R and P (25%, 50%, 75%, 150%) and T (+/-1, +/-2 ^oC) with respect to control were studied. In the second set, R, P, and T were simultaneously changed by 50%, 150%, and +/-2 ^oC, and the interactions and direct effects of individual versus simultaneous variable changes were analyzed. For the model setting and the prescribed environmental changes, results from the first set of experiments indicate: (i) precipitation changes were most sensitive and directly affected yield and water loss due to evapotranspiration; (ii) radiation changes had a non-linear effect and were not as prominent as precipitation changes; (iii) temperature had a limited impact and the response was non-linear; (iv) soybeans and maize responded differently for R, P, and T, with maize being more sensitive. The results from the second set of experiments indicate that simultaneous change analyses do not necessarily agree with those from individual changes, particularly for temperature changes. Our analysis indicates that for the changing climate, precipitation (hydrological), temperature, and radiative feedbacks show a non-linear effect on yield. Study results also indicate that for studying the feedback between the land surface and the atmospheric changes, (i) there is a need for performing simultaneous parameter changes in the response assessment of cropping patterns and crop yield based on ensembles of projected climate change, and (ii) C"3 crops are generally considered more sensitive than C"4; however, the temperature-radiation related changes shown in this study also effected significant changes in C"4 crops. Future studies assessing LCLUC impacts, including those from agricultural cropping patterns and other LCULC-climate couplings, should advance beyond the sensitivity mode and consider multivariable, ensemble approaches to identify the vulnerability and feedbacks in estimating climate-related impacts. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Top Producer, published by Farm Journal Media on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1345 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: There goes the neighborhood: a processor exodus could erode local soybean prices: even before the stunted 2003 U.S. soybean crop, crushers were folding plants here and migrating overseas. As they do, your basis exits with them.(Agribusiness)
Author: Marcia Zarley Taylor
Publication: Top Producer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Farm Journal Media
Page: 19

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This digital document is an article from Arkansas Business, published by Journal Publishing, Inc. on March 10, 2003. The length of the article is 2996 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Low rice prices make soybeans most valuable crop. (List Overview).
Author: Carl D. Holcombe
Publication: Arkansas Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 10, 2003
Publisher: Journal Publishing, Inc.
Volume: 20Issue: 10Page: 21(3)

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