Breeding and Molecular Approaches
for Evolving Drought-Tolerant Soybeans
4
Gyanesh Kumar Satpute, Milind B. Ratnaparkhe, Subhash Chandra,
Viraj Gangadhar Kamble, Rucha Kavishwar, Ajay Kumar Singh,
Sanjay Gupta, Ramgopal Devdas, Mamta Arya, Maharaj Singh,
Mahaveer Prasad Sharma, Giriraj Kumawat, M. Shivakumar,
Vennampally Nataraj, Mrinal K. Kuchlan, Vangala Rajesh,
Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Annapurna Chitikineni,
Rajeev K. Varshney, and Henry T. Nguyen
Abstract
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] is an agronomically important oilseed crop in
the world and an important source of protein and oil for both humans and animals.
In addition, soybean is also becoming a major crop for bio-diesel production.
Therefore, demand for soybean is increasing continuously worldwide. Soybean
enriches the soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic interaction
with Rhizobia. With increasing challenges posed by climate change, it is
predicted that incidents of drought will be more frequent and severe and it will
further reduce crop yields. Abiotic stresses such as drought cause severe losses to
soybean productivity worldwide by adversely affecting the plant growth, development, and yield. Introgression of genes controlling drought adaptive traits,
G. K. Satpute (*) · M. B. Ratnaparkhe · S. Chandra · V. G. Kamble · R. Kavishwar · S. Gupta ·
M. Singh · M. P. Sharma · G. Kumawat · M. Shivakumar · V. Nataraj · M. K. Kuchlan · V. Rajesh ·
M. K. Srivastava
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
A. K. Singh
ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, India
R. Devdas
ICAR-National Research Centre for Orchids, Pakyong, India
M. Arya
ICAR-NBPGR Regional Station, Bhowali, Nainital, India
A. Chitikineni · R. K. Varshney
Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India
H. T. Nguyen
Division of Plant Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
# The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte
Ltd. 2020
B. Giri, M. P. Sharma (eds.), Plant Stress Biology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_4
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for Evolving Drought-Tolerant Soybeans
4
Gyanesh Kumar Satpute, Milind B. Ratnaparkhe, Subhash Chandra,
Viraj Gangadhar Kamble, Rucha Kavishwar, Ajay Kumar Singh,
Sanjay Gupta, Ramgopal Devdas, Mamta Arya, Maharaj Singh,
Mahaveer Prasad Sharma, Giriraj Kumawat, M. Shivakumar,
Vennampally Nataraj, Mrinal K. Kuchlan, Vangala Rajesh,
Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Annapurna Chitikineni,
Rajeev K. Varshney, and Henry T. Nguyen
Abstract
Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr] is an agronomically important oilseed crop in
the world and an important source of protein and oil for both humans and animals.
In addition, soybean is also becoming a major crop for bio-diesel production.
Therefore, demand for soybean is increasing continuously worldwide. Soybean
enriches the soil by fixing atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic interaction
with Rhizobia. With increasing challenges posed by climate change, it is
predicted that incidents of drought will be more frequent and severe and it will
further reduce crop yields. Abiotic stresses such as drought cause severe losses to
soybean productivity worldwide by adversely affecting the plant growth, development, and yield. Introgression of genes controlling drought adaptive traits,
G. K. Satpute (*) · M. B. Ratnaparkhe · S. Chandra · V. G. Kamble · R. Kavishwar · S. Gupta ·
M. Singh · M. P. Sharma · G. Kumawat · M. Shivakumar · V. Nataraj · M. K. Kuchlan · V. Rajesh ·
M. K. Srivastava
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soybean Research, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
A. K. Singh
ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, India
R. Devdas
ICAR-National Research Centre for Orchids, Pakyong, India
M. Arya
ICAR-NBPGR Regional Station, Bhowali, Nainital, India
A. Chitikineni · R. K. Varshney
Center of Excellence in Genomics and Systems Biology, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India
H. T. Nguyen
Division of Plant Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
# The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte
Ltd. 2020
B. Giri, M. P. Sharma (eds.), Plant Stress Biology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9380-2_4
83