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Assessing Variation in US Soybean Seed Composition (Protein and Oil)
Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Yared Assefa, Kansas State University
  • Larry C. Purcell, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • Montse Salmeron, University of Kentucky
  • Seth Naeve, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
  • Shaun N. Casteel, Purdue University
  • Péter Kovács, South Dakota State University
  • Sotirios Archontoulis, Iowa State University
  • Mark Licht, Iowa State University
  • Fred Below, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Herman Kandel, North Dakota State University--Fargo
  • Laura E. Lindsey, The Ohio State University
  • John Gaska, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Shawn Conley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Charles Shapiro, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • John M. Orlowski, Mississippi State University
  • Bobby R. Golden, Mississippi State University
  • Gurpreet Kaur, Mississippi State University
  • Maninderpal Singh, Michigan State University
  • Kurt Thelen, Michigan State University
  • Randall Laurenz, Michigan State University
  • Dan Davidson, Illinois Soybean Association
  • Ignacio A. Ciampitti, Kansas State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-1-2019
DOI
10.3389/fpls.2019.00298
Abstract

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] seed composition and yield are a function of genetics (G), environment (E), and management (M) practices, but contribution of each factor to seed composition and yield are not well understood. The goal of this synthesis-analysis was to identify the main effects of G, E, and M factors on seed composition (protein and oil concentration) and yield. The entire dataset (13,574 data points) consisted of 21 studies conducted across the United States (US) between 2002 and 2017 with varying treatments and all reporting seed yield and composition. Environment (E), defined as site-year, was the dominant factor accounting for more than 70% of the variation for both seed composition and yield. Of the crop management factors: (i) delayed planting date decreased oil concentration by 0.007 to 0.06% per delayed week (R2∼0.70) and a 0.01 to 0.04 Mg ha-1 decline in seed yield per week, mainly in northern latitudes (40–45 N); (ii) crop rotation (corn-soybean) resulted in an overall positive impact for both seed composition and yield (1.60 Mg ha-1 positive yield difference relative to continuous soybean); and (iii) other management practices such as no-till, seed treatment, foliar nutrient application, and fungicide showed mixed results. Fertilizer N application in lower quantities (10–50 kg N ha-1) increased both oil and protein concentration, but seed yield was improved with rates above 100 kg N ha-1. At southern latitudes (30–35 N), trends of reduction in oil and increases in protein concentrations with later maturity groups (MG, from 3 to 7) was found. Continuing coordinated research is critical to advance our understanding of G × E × M interactions.

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This article is published as Assefa, Yared, Larry C. Purcell, Montse Salmeron, Seth Naeve, Shaun N. Casteel, Péter Kovács, Sotirios Archontoulis et al. "Assessing variation in us soybean seed composition (protein and oil)." Frontiers in plant science 10 (2019): 298. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00298.

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Assefa, Purcell, Salmeron, Naeve, Casteel, Kovács, Archontoulis, Licht, Below, Kandel, Lindsey, Gaska, Conley, Shapiro, Orlowski, Golden, Kaur, Singh, Thelen, Laurenz, Davidson and Ciampitti
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Yared Assefa, Larry C. Purcell, Montse Salmeron, Seth Naeve, et al.. "Assessing Variation in US Soybean Seed Composition (Protein and Oil)" Frontiers in Plant Science Vol. 10 (2019) p. 298
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