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Composition of fatty acids (FAs) in soybean seed is important for the quality and uses of soybean oil. Using gas chromatography, we have measured soybean FAs profiles of 621 soybean accessions (maturity groups I through IV) grown in five different environments; Columbus, OH (2015), Wooster, OH (2014 and 2015), Plymouth, NC (2015), and Urbana, IL (2015). Using publicly available SoySNP50K genotypic data and the FA profiles from this study, a genome-wide association analysis was completed with a compressed mixed linear model to identify 43 genomic regions significantly associated with a fatty acid at a genome wide significance threshold of 5%. Among these regions, one and three novel genomic regions associated with palmitic acid and stearic acid, respectively, were identified across all five environments. Additionally, nine novel environment-specific FA-related genomic regions were discovered providing new insights into the genetics of soybean FAs. Previously reported FA-related loci, such as FATB1a, SACPD-C, and KASIII, were also confirmed in this study. Our results will be useful for future functional studies and marker-assisted breeding for soybean FAs.
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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support for this study by United Soybean Board to LKM (Project# 1720-162-0111) and MARM (Project# 1720-152-0106). Salaries and research support for this project were also provided in part by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Hatch project OHO01279 to LKM.
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MS conducted genetic and field experiments, analyzed data, and drafted and edited manuscript. KV conducted field experiments and wrote and edited manuscript. SL, KV, JL, and ET conducted field experiments and edited manuscript. RN contributed to selecting soybean accessions, conducted field experiments, and edited manuscript. LKM and MARM designed and organized the project and edited manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Sung, M., Van, K., Lee, S. et al. Identification of SNP markers associated with soybean fatty acids contents by genome-wide association analyses. Mol Breeding 41, 27 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-021-01216-1
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