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DESCRIPTION:Research Horizons in Plant Science presents an online seminar b
 y invited guest speaker Dr Tanya Copely\, CÉROM\n\nSoybean is an economica
 lly important crop\, accounting for over 70% of world protein consumption 
 in 2015. In order to meet world needs\, an expansion of the soybean growin
 g region is required\; however\, agricultural expansion is limited in long
  day and short season regions. The identification of genes involved in soy
 bean flowering and maturity is required to fully maximize the agricultural
  expansion of soybean. As part of a Genome Canada project\, novel loci and
  genes controlling soybean maturity were identified in a foreign soybean p
 opulation to identify maturity genes not currently being used in Canadian 
 soybean breeding programs. Two novel regions were identified in the foreig
 n population and are currently being integrated into the short-season bree
 ding program at CÉROM for further validation. An expression quantitative t
 rait locus (eQTL) study is also underway to validate the regions in two di
 stinct populations. In addition to identifying novel regions involved in s
 oybean maturity\, we have also investigated the role of\n	different known a
 nd highly utilized early gene allele combinations\, particularly different
  combinations of the E1 to E4 genes\, which strongly affect maturity and h
 ave been highly used in Canadian soybean breeding\n	programs. This study de
 monstrated that certain allele combinations were more favourable for certa
 in Canadian environments.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\n\nTanya Copley completed h
 er B.Sc. in agriculture sciences at McGill University. Continuing at McGil
 l\, she completed her M.Sc. developing a multiplex test to identify and qu
 antify two honey bee pathogens\, Nosema apis and N. ceranae. She continued
  with her Ph.D. at McGill examining soybean-Rhizoctonia solani interaction
 s using multi-omics approaches. She proceeded to complete her postdoctoral
  fellowship with Louise O’Donoughue at CÉROM\, where she is examining the 
 role of maturity genes in short season soybean with the goal to help expan
 d the soybean growing region of Canada. She has since been promoted to a\n
 	research position in phytopathology.\n\nTo participate: online on Zoom\n\n
 Meeting ID: 895 2894 3752\n
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LOCATION:Online
SUMMARY:Climate-smart breeding for short-season soybean
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/channels/event/climate-smart-breeding-s
 hort-season-soybean-327664
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