| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| Aaron Lorenz, Univ. of Minnesota Keith Rincker, BASF | Welcome and opening remarks |
| SESSION 1: Resources and Breeding Innovations | Chair: Aaron Lorenz, Univ. of Minnesota | |
| Rex Nelson, SoyBase, USDA-ARS | New look, New Functionality |
| Jianxin Ma, Purdue Univ. | SoyRenSeq: An approach for disease resistance gene discovery and application |
| Geeta Menon, BASF | BASF soybean seeds and traits |
| Cory Hirsch, Univ. of Minnesota | Leveraging large-scale data and machine learning to understand plant responses to abiotic and biotic stress |
| Mark Miller, United Soybean Board | Current state and focus of USB research funding |
| Coffee Break | |
| Keynote Presentations | Chair: Keith Rincker, BASF | |
| Keynote speech: Federico Martin, Colorado State Univ. | Exploiting intergenic spaces to build stress resistance in plants |
| Keynote speech: Carl Bradley, Univ. of Kentucky | Current and future soybean diseases chanllenges in the U.S. |
| Housekeeping announcements | |
| Graduate Student and Postdoc Professional Development Event | |
| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| SESSION 2: Nematodes | Chairs: Carrie Miranda, North Dakota State Univ. & Andrew Scaboo, Univ. of Missouri | |
| Andrew Scaboo, Univ. of Missouri | New insights for developing soybean cultivars with broad SCN resistance |
| Horacio Lopez-Nicora, Ohio State Univ. | Soybean Cyst Nematode: Current challenges and future innovations |
| Melissa Mitchum, Univ. of Georgia | Towards a better Understanding of soybean resistance to Southern Root-Knot Nematode |
| Caio Canella Vieira, Univ. of Arkansas | Broading soybean resistance to Southern Root-Knot Nematode |
| Coffee Break | |
| SESSION 3: Stem and Root Diseases | Chairs: Megan McCaghey, Univ. of Minnesota & Eliana Monteverde, Univ. of Illionis | |
| Alison Robertson, Iowa State Univ. | Loss of Rps gene efficacy for mitigating Phytophthora stem and root rot in coventional soybean varieties |
| Keith Merrill, Bayer Crop Science | Engineering disease tolerance through the use of genome editing |
| Febina Mathew, North Dakota State Univ. | Fusarium and Diaporthe: Latest insights |
| Andrew Bent, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | Soybean Cyst Nematode resistance mechanisms |
| Steve Clough, USDA-ARS | Red Crown Rot - An emerging threat |
| Lunch | |
| SESSION 4: Foliar and Seeding Diseases | Chairs: Feng Lin, Univ. of Missouri & Horacio Lopez-Nicora, Ohio State Univ. | |
| Daren Mueller, Iowa State Univ. | Foliar disease identification: How good are you? |
| Wade Webster, North Dakota State Univ. | Soybean seedling disease managemrny in a changing climate |
| Zenglu Li, Univ. of Georgia | Progress in breeding for frogeye leafspot resistance |
| Dechun Wang, Michigan State Univ. | Genetics and breeding for white mold resistance |
| Mandy Bish, Univ. of Missouri | Insights from the field: An extension perspective on soybean diseases in the Central U.S. |
| Coffee Break | |
| SESSION 5: New and Emerging Disease Issues | |
| Panel Discussion | New and emerging diseases: What should breeders be worried about? |
| Poster Session & Social Hour | 2025 Poster Winners |
| Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|
| SESSION 6: Reports and Announcements | |
| Brent Brower-Toland, Bayer Crop Science | Announcement of poster winners |
| Jamie O’Rourke, USDA-ARS | Soybean Genomics Executive Committee Report |
| Elroy Cober, AAFC | Soybean Genetics Committee Report |
| Ben Fallen, USDA-ARS | Soybean Germplasm Committee Report |
| From the floor: Recognitions, retirements, and announcements | |
| SESSION 7: Oral Presentations selected from poster abstracts | |
| Scott Moore, Univ. of Guelph | Identification of novel marker-trait associations and genes for resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode using a genetic diversity panel involving elite Canadian and Chinese germplasm |
| Atit Parajuli, Iowa State Univ. | A SNP panel to facilitate maker-assisted selection of genomic regions carrying genes for drought and flood tolerance and disease resistance in Soybean |
| Lucas Roberts, Univ. of Minnesota | Insights into breeding soybeans for winter oilseed relay-cropping systems |
| Mariola Usovsky, Univ. of Missouri | Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode is independent of Rhg1 in soybean landrace PI 407729 |
| Lauren Docherty, Univ. of Minnesota | Virulence genetics of Soybean Cyst Nematode |
| Aamir Khan, Univ. of Missouri | A complete pangenomic landscape unlocks the genomic diversity of wild and cultivated soybean genomes |
| Adjourn | |
| Meeting | Contact Person |
|---|---|
| Data visualization workshop | Public Liaison Officer |
| Soybean Germplasm Committee Meeting | Ben Fallen, USDA-ARS |
| SoyBase Workshop Meeting | SoyBase team |
| Soybean Genomics Executive Committee Meeting | Jamie O'Rourke, USDA-ARS |
| Technicians Workshop | Brian Little and Benjamin Bartlett |
| Soybean Genetics Committee | Elroy Cober, AAFC |
| Meeting | Contact Person |
|---|---|
| Technicians Workshop | Brian Little and Benjamin Bartlett |
| Northern Uniform Regional Testing & SCN Regional Testing | Adam Brock & Troy Cary |
| Southern Uniform Regional Testing | Anne Gillen, USDA-ARS |
| Meeting | Contact Person |
|---|---|
| Soybean Breeders' Workshop Planning Committee | President of the SBW Planning Committee |