Key message Genetic resources contributes to the sustainable protein production in
soybean. Abstract Soybean is an important crop for food, oil, and forage and is the main …

Key message Genetic improvement of soybean protein meal is a complex process because
of negative correlation with oil, yield, and temperature. This review describes the progress in …

Starch and storage proteins determine the weight and quality of cereal grains. Synthesis of
these two grain components has been comprehensively investigated, but the transcription …

Yield stability of legume crops is constrained by a number of pest and diseases. Major
diseases are rusts, powdery and downy mildews, ascochyta blights, botrytis gray molds …

Humans, as well as farm animals, cannot synthesize a number of essential amino acids,
which are critical for their survival. Hence, these organisms must obtain these essential …

Abstract Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., has been grown as a forage and as an important
protein and oil crop for thousands of years. Domestication, breeding improvements and …

Seeds are a major source of nutrients for humans and animal livestock worldwide. With
improved living standards, high nutritional quality has become one of the main targets for …

Whole genome duplications (WGDs) occurred in the distant evolutionary history of many
lineages and are particularly frequent in the flowering plant lineages. Following …

Soybean is a major oil crop and is also a dominant source of nutritional protein. The 20%
seed oil content (SOC) of soybean is much lower than that in most oil crops and the fatty acid …

Aflatoxins, toxic secondary metabolites produced by some Aspergillus species, are a
universal agricultural economic problem and a critical health issue. Despite decades of …