Selection for high seed oil content in soybean families derived from plants regenerated from protoplasts and tissue cultures.

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Title:	Selection for high seed oil content in soybean families derived from plants regenerated from protoplasts and tissue cultures.
Authors:	Nguyen, M.V., Nickell, C.D., Widholm, J.M.
Source:	Theor. Appl. Genet. 2001, 102(6-7):1072-1075
Abstract:	Recurrent selection for high seed oil content was carried out with 2,008 progeny of 28 plants regenerated via embryogenesis, 95 via organogenesis and 25 from protoplasts via organogenesis from five different soybean cultivars. Two lines derived from plants regenerated from the cultivar Jack with small increases in seed oil content emerged after three selection cycles in the field but in both cases the protein content was decreased and the seed yield of one of the lines was also decreased. Apparently somaclonal variation for seed oil content can arise, but on the basis of the decreases in protein and yield found in this study, this small change is not useful for soybean improvement.

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