Genetics, Genomics, and Breeding of Soybean
| By: | Kristin Bilyeu |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781578086818 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781439844663 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2010 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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The soybean is an economically important leguminous seed crop for feed and food products that is rich in seed protein (about 40 percent) and oil (about 20 percent); it enriches the soil by fixing nitrogen in symbiosis with bacteria. Soybean was domesticated in northeastern China about 2500 BC and subsequently spread to other countries. The enormous