Soybean genes for resistance to Aphis glycines

US8680364B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · US
• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Curtis B. Hill · Champaign, US
• Glen L. Hartman · Urbana, US
• Yan Li · Tallahassee, US
• Brian Diers · Urbana, US
• Shawn R. Carlson · Bondville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02A40/146
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Aphis glycines resistance (RAG) genes are provided by this invention, along with methods for identifying their presence using marker-assisted selection. Varieties of G. max and G. soja having resistance to A. glycines have been identified. The RAG genes, as well as the methods, aphid-resistant varieties, and markers disclosed herein may be used to breed new elite lines expressing soybean aphid resistance.