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Mizzou researcher tries to crack code on soybeans

February 18, 2012

The soybean. Just a humble legume wrapped in a funny pod.
But the beans are worth a bundle these days - more than $33 billion nationally in 2010, and $2.6 billion in Missouri alone. On Friday, American soybean exporters, in fact, sold more than 2.9 million metric tons to China in the biggest deal of its kind ever, underscoring just how valuable the crop has the potential to be.

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Recruitment video for the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri

March 12, 2012

Recruitment video for the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri. Located within the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (CAFNR), The Division of Plant Sciences offers opportunities within the emphasis areas: Horticultural Science & Design, Crop Management, Turfgrass Science, and Breeding, Biology, & Biotechnology.

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Soybean Video of National Center for Soybean Biotechnology

December 01, 2011

The Soybean Center recently completed a video of the overall goal and research programs.

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Building Better Soybeans

February 17, 2012

The National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB) at the University of Missouri has begun a project to sequence the DNA of 1,008 commercially important soybean varieties. The effort is designed to provide a multifold increase in genetic data to breeders to create improved soybeans that are more productive, more disease tolerant and have improved nutritional quality.

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A promising new soy product emerges from a Mexico Mo., plant science center

February 18, 2012

The Missouri Plant Science Center has been a boon for its first and only tenant, Soy Labs LLC. The California nutritional supplement company moved to the center in Mexico, Mo., in March, just as the roughly $12 million project wrapped up and the center opened its doors.

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The U.S. Congress selected the University of Missouri to host the National Center for Soybean Biotechnology (NCSB) based on our record of interdisciplinary research on soybean genetics, genomic, and related sciences.

The ultimate goal of the NCSB is to provide innovative molecular approaches that can be applied toward soybean improvement.

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By conducting and providing research in soybean genomics and biotechnology, we contribute to the genetic improvement of soybeans for food, human health, and industrial uses, while increasing the profitability of the U.S. soybean industry.

  • Provide genomic resources and bioengineering technologies to support the U.S. soybean industry.
  • Improve the profitability of soybean production for U.S. producers by enhancing yield, pest and pathogen resistance, abiotic stress tolerance and value-added traits.
  • Provide educational opportunities in soybean biotechnology at the primary, undergraduate and graduate student level.
  • Conduct outreach and extension activities to inform the producers and the general public about the latest scientific discoveries and developments in soybean biotechnology and products.

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