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Resistance among selected wild soybean and associated soybean accessions against two virulent colonies of Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

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The soybean aphid (Aphis glycines) is an important pest of soybean (Glycine max). Wild soybean (Glycine soja; also known as ‘soja’) has many useful traits, including some accessions with aphid resistance that may be incorporated into modern soybean cultivars. The objective of this work was to evaluate 76 selected soja accessions and 14 associated soybean accessions for resistance against two virulent colonies of soybean aphid in environmental-chamber experiments. In free-choice tests, soja accessions PI 407175, PI 407190, PI 407206, PI 407240, PI 507624 and PI 562558 were resistant against the Accrue colony, and PI 407191wf and PI 597458 C were resistant against the Volga16 colony. None of the soybean test accessions except the resistant check, PI 437696, showed resistance against either colony in free-choice tests. In no-choice tests, soja accession PI 507624 showed strong resistance against the Accrue colony; whereas PI 407240 and PI 407190 had intermediate aphid levels; PI 597458 C showed strong resistance to Volga16 aphids, and PI 407191wf had an intermediate level of resistance. Based on results from both sets of tests, soja accessions PI 507624 and PI 597458 C may be strong candidates in breeding programs to develop aphid-resistant soybean cultivars.

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Acknowledgments

Eric Beckendorf assisted with colony maintenance, experimentation, statistical analyses and manuscript development. Sophi Conzemius and Janna Julius assisted in colony maintenance and the preparation and termination of experiments. Brian Diers supplied seed of LD05R-16137 soybean, and Ted Helms supplied seed of Henson soybean. Eric Beckendorf, Lauren Hesler, and Kelley Tilmon reviewed drafts of this paper. Research was supported by grant subaward # 60066105 from the North Central Regional Soybean Project and by base funding from USDA CRIS Projects 3080-21220-006-00D and 6070-21220-069-00D.

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Hesler, L.S., Taliercio, E. Resistance among selected wild soybean and associated soybean accessions against two virulent colonies of Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Phytoparasitica 49, 243–251 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-020-00845-0

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