Authors: Emre Aksoy Amir Maqbool İlknur Tindas Sevgi Caliskan
Publish Date: 2016/12/23
Volume: 418, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 37-44
Abstract
Soybean Glycine max L is an agronomic crop belonging to the legume family and is the top second plant species with the highest iron Fe content When exposed to Fedeficiency during growth in the field soybean yields are negatively affected from impaired chlorophyll biosynthesis which is called as Fedeficiency chlorosis IDC Although IDC in soybeans has been observed for years the molecular studies to develop IDCtolerant soybean cultivars were slower compared to the studies of other plant speciesRecently there are efforts to understand the molecular mechanisms behind IDC tolerance and use them to develop IDCtolerant soybeans via molecular breeding and transgenic approaches Genetic transformation of soybean is relatively easy and lossoffunction mutant collections are readily available There is a divergence in IDC tolerance among soybean cultivars suggesting a potential improvement of soybean tolerance to IDC via molecular breeding This mini review covers the latest developments in the field of soybean research to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of IDC tolerance
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