Can Genome Sequencing be helpful for Improving Food Processing Traits in Soybean?

Functional components in soybean seeds for food processing have been improved through the traditional and molecular breeding in the past decade. To meet increasing demands not only in food processing but in industrial products, however, soybean should be developed through genomics-assisted breeding...

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Published inKorea Soybean Digest Vol. 25; no. 1
Main Authors Kim, M.Y. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), Lee, S.H. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), E-mail: sukhalee@snu.ac.kr
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.2008
Subjects
bioinformatic resources
FOOD TECHNOLOGY
genome sequencing
molecular map
seed composition
SOJA
SOYBEANS
TECHNOLOGIE ALIMENTAIRE
TECNOLOGIA DE LOS ALIMENTOS
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Summary:Functional components in soybean seeds for food processing have been improved through the traditional and molecular breeding in the past decade. To meet increasing demands not only in food processing but in industrial products, however, soybean should be developed through genomics-assisted breeding as a comprehensive approach to understand genetic regulations of the relevant traits. Recently, the genome sequence of the cultivated soybean William 82 (Glycine max) has been released by DOE-JGI collaborated with USDA, the United State. In Korea, the genome sequencing of the wild soybean (Glycine soja) has been just undertaken in May of 2008. Such effort of soybean genomics will generate more synergy and new creation through the integration with a array of results accumulated in soybean genetics and molecular biology, including several soybean molecular maps, DNA markers, QTL, EST collections and diverse germplasm pools. Especially, functional ability in soybean seed components will be remarkably enhanced if only genomic information on complex regulation of those polygenetic traits is obtained. This paper reviews the current status of soybean genome sequencing as well as brief information of soybean consensus map and bioinformatic resources. In addition, recent our works for development of the soybean seed composition by genomics-assisted tools are shortly summarized.
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ISSN:1225-0686