Genetic basis and adaptation trajectory of soybean from its temperate origin to tropics

L Dong, C Fang, Q Cheng, T Su, K Kou, L Kong… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Soybean (Glycine max) serves as a major source of protein and edible oils worldwide. The
genetic and genomic bases of the adaptation of soybean to tropical regions remain largely …

The genetic basis of high-latitude adaptation in wild soybean

L Dong, S Li, L Wang, T Su, C Zhang, Y Bi, Y Lai… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
In many plants, flowering time is influenced by daylength as an adaptive response. In
soybean (Glycine max) cultivars, however, photoperiodic flowering reduces crop yield and …

Parallel selection of distinct Tof5 alleles drove the adaptation of cultivated and wild soybean to high latitudes

L Dong, Q Cheng, C Fang, L Kong, H Yang, Z Hou, Y Li… - Molecular Plant, 2022 - cell.com
Photoperiod responsiveness is a key factor limiting the geographic distribution of cultivated
soybean and its wild ancestor. In particular, the genetic basis of the adaptation in wild …

Natural variation at the soybean J locus improves adaptation to the tropics and enhances yield

S Lu, X Zhao, Y Hu, S Liu, H Nan, X Li, C Fang, D Cao… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Soybean is a major legume crop originating in temperate regions, and photoperiod
responsiveness is a key factor in its latitudinal adaptation. Varieties from temperate regions …

Stepwise selection on homeologous PRR genes controlling flowering and maturity during soybean domestication

S Lu, L Dong, C Fang, S Liu, L Kong, Q Cheng… - Nature Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Adaptive changes in plant phenology are often considered to be a feature of the so-called
'domestication syndrome'that distinguishes modern crops from their wild progenitors, but …

Overcoming the genetic compensation response of soybean florigens to improve adaptation and yield at low latitudes

X Li, C Fang, Y Yang, T Lv, T Su, L Chen, H Nan, S Li… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
The classical soybean (Glycine max) trait long juvenile (LJ) is essentially a reduction in
sensitivity to short-day (SD) conditions for induction and completion of flowering, and has …

A New Dominant Gene E9 Conditions Early Flowering and Maturity in Soybean

F Kong, H Nan, D Cao, Y Li, F Wu, J Wang, S Lu… - Crop …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptability of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] to a wide range of latitudes is attributed to
the natural variation in the major genes and quantitative trait loci (QTL) that control flowering …

Allelic Combinations of Soybean Maturity Loci E1, E2, E3 and E4 Result in Diversity of Maturity and Adaptation to Different Latitudes

B Jiang, H Nan, Y Gao, L Tang, Y Yue, S Lu, L Ma… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Soybean cultivars are extremely diverse in time to flowering and maturation as a result of
various photoperiod sensitivities. The underlying molecular genetic mechanism is not fully …

The development and use of a molecular model for soybean maturity groups

T Langewisch, J Lenis, GL Jiang, D Wang… - BMC Plant …, 2017 - Springer
Background Achieving appropriate maturity in a target environment is essential to
maximizing crop yield potential. In soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], the time to maturity is …

Quantitative trait locus mapping of flowering time and maturity in soybean using next-generation sequencing-based analysis

L Kong, S Lu, Y Wang, C Fang, F Wang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Soybean (Glycine max L.) is a major legume crop that is mainly distributed in temperate
regions. The adaptability of soybean to grow at relatively high latitudes is attributed to …