Enhancing water stress tolerance in soybean through phytoglobin manipulations

The purpose of the project is to generate soybean plants able to tolerate whole plant submergence and waterlogging (soil submergence). This will be achieved by inducing Pgb, a gene normally present in soybean and known to confer tolerance to excessive humidity, through genetic manipulations. Correlative studies between Pgb expression and performance under excessive water conditions will also be conducted in commercial varieties of soybean. Similar studies will be conducted to assess the effect of altered Pgb level to drought stress.

Faculty Supervisor:

Claudio Stasolla

Student:

Shuanglong Huang

Partner:

Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers

Discipline:

Forestry

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

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