A Comprehensive Survey of International Soybean Research - Genetics, Physiology, Agronomy and Nitrogen Relationships

624 Pages·2013·13.489 MB·English

by  James E. Board

A COMPREHENSIVE
SURVEY OF
INTERNATIONAL
SOYBEAN RESEARCH -
GENETICS, PHYSIOLOGY,
AGRONOMY AND
NITROGEN
RELATIONSHIPS
Edited by James E. Board
A Comprehensive Survey of International Soybean Research - Genetics, Physiology, Agronomy
and Nitrogen Relationships
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45867
Edited by James E. Board
Contributors
Minobu Kasai, Denis M. Sytnikov, Huynh Viet Khai, Zhanyuan Zhang, Gustavo Souza, Suzana Bertolli, Tiago Catuchi,
Rogerio Soratto, Luciano Fietto, Murilo Alves, Cristiane Fortes Gris, Alexana Baldoni, Motoki Kubo, Pedro Reis,
Elizabeth Fontes, Takeo Yamakawa, Celia R. Carlini, Rafael Real-Guerra, Fernanda Stanisçuaski, Brett Ferguson, Takuji
Ohyama, Laura C. Hudson, Kevin C. Lambirth, Kenneth L. Bost, Kenneth J. Piller, Ana Maria Heuminski De Avila,
Srinivasan Ramachandran, Tzi-Bun Ng, Jack Ho Wong, Arvind M. Kayastha, Alka Dwevedi, Marco Arruda, Herbert
Barbosa, Lidiane Mataveli, Silvana Ruella Oliveira, Sandra Arruda, Ricardo Azevedo, Priscila Gratão, Eduardo Antonio
Gavioli, Akira Kanazawa, Hilton Silveira Pinto, Lidia Skuza, Ewa Filip, Izabela Szućko, Donald Smith, Sowmya
Subramanian, Isao Kubo, Kuniyoshi Shimizu, Man-Wah Li, Yee Shan Ku, Yuk Lin Yung, Chao Qing Wen, Hon-Ming
Lam, Xueyi Liu, Wan-Kin Au-Yeung, Jeandson Silva Viana, Edilma Pereira Gonçalves, Abraão Cícero Da Silva, Valderez
Matos
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Contents
Preface IX
Section 1 Soybean Nitrogen Relationships 1
Chapter 1 A Proteomics Approach to Study Soybean and Its Symbiont
Bradyrhizobium japonicum –A Review 3
Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian and Donald L. Smith
Chapter 2 The Development and Regulation of Soybean Nodules 31
Brett James Ferguson
Chapter 3 Soybean as a Nitrogen Supplier 49
Matsumiya Yoshiki, Horii Sachie, Matsuno Toshihide and Kubo
Motoki
Chapter 4 How to Increase the Productivity of the Soybean-Rhizobial
Symbiosis 61
Denis M. Sytnikov
Chapter 5 Inoculation Methods of Bradyrhizobium japonicum on
Soybean in South-West Area of Japan 83
Takeo Yamakawa and Yuichi Saeki
Chapter 6 Soybean Seed Production and Nitrogen Nutrition 115
Takuji Ohyama, Ritsuko Minagawa, Shinji Ishikawa, Misaki
Yamamoto, Nguyen Van Phi Hung, Norikuni Ohtake, Kuni Sueyoshi,
Takashi Sato, Yoshifumi Nagumo and Yoshihiko Takahashi
Section 2 Soybean Agricultural Economics 159
Chapter 7 The Comparative Advantage of Soybean Production in
Vietnam: A Policy Analysis Matrix Approach 161
Huynh Viet Khai and Mitsuyasu Yabe
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Section 3 Soybean Agronomy and Physiology 181
Chapter 8 Molecular Design of Soybean Lipoxygenase Inhibitors Based on
Natural Products 183
Isao Kubo, Tae Joung Ha and Kuniyoshi Shimizu
Chapter 9 Challenges to Increased Soybean Production in Brazil 199
Hilton S. Pinto, Ana Maria H. de Avila and Andrea O. Cardoso
Chapter 10 Drought Stress and Tolerance in Soybean 209
Yee-Shan Ku, Wan-Kin Au-Yeung, Yuk-Lin Yung, Man-Wah Li,
Chao-Qing Wen, Xueyi Liu and Hon-Ming Lam
Chapter 11 Biologically Active Constituents of Soybean 239
Tzi Bun Ng, Randy Chi Fai Cheung and Jack Ho Wong
Chapter 12 Cell Death Signaling From the Endoplasmic Reticulum
in Soybean 261
Pedro A.B. Reis and Elizabeth P. B. Fontes
Chapter 13 Soybean Under Water Deficit: Physiological and Yield
Responses 273
Gustavo M. Souza, Tiago A. Catuchi, Suzana C. Bertolli and Rogerio
P. Soratto
Chapter 14 Interaction of Photosynthetic Source-Sink Balance and
Activities of Membrane H+ Pumps in Soybean 299
Minobu Kasai and Wataru Takahashi
Chapter 15 Soybean Urease: Over a Hundred Years of Knowledge 317
Rafael Real-Guerra, Fernanda Stanisçuaski and Célia Regina Carlini
Chapter 16 Explanations for the Rise of Soybean in Brazil 341
Eduardo Antonio Gavioli
Chapter 17 Climatic Restrictions for Maximizing Soybean Yields 367
Ana Maria Heuminski de Avila, José Renato Bouças Farias, Hilton
Silveira Pinto and Felipe Gustavo Pilau
Contents VII
Chapter 18 Climatic Conditions and Production of Soybean in
Northeastern Brazil 377
Jeandson Silva Viana, Edilma Pereira Gonçalves, Abraão Cicero Silva
and Valderez Pontes Matos
Section 4 Soybean Genetics 393
Chapter 19 Soybean Proteomics: Applications and Challenges 395
Alka Dwevedi and Arvind M Kayastha
Chapter 20 In vitro Regeneration and Genetic Transformation of Soybean:
Current Status and Future Prospects 413
Thankaraj Salammal Mariashibu, Vasudevan Ramesh Anbazhagan,
Shu-Ye Jiang, Andy Ganapathi and Srinivasan Ramachandran
Chapter 21 Advancements in Transgenic Soy: From Field to Bedside 447
Laura C. Hudson, Kevin C. Lambirth, Kenneth L. Bost and Kenneth J.
Piller
Chapter 22 Functional Diversity of Early Responsive to Dehydration (ERD)
Genes in Soybean 475
Murilo Siqueira Alves and Luciano Gomes Fietto
Chapter 23 An Overview of Genetic Transformation of Soybean 489
Hyeyoung Lee, So-Yon Park and Zhanyuan J. Zhang
Chapter 24 Gene Duplication and RNA Silencing in Soybean 507
Megumi Kasai, Mayumi Tsuchiya and Akira Kanazawa
Chapter 25 Proteomics and Its Use in Obtaining Superior Soybean
Genotypes 531
Cristiane Fortes Gris and Alexana Baldoni
Chapter 26 Use of Organelle Markers to Study Genetic Diversity
in Soybean 553
Lidia Skuza, Ewa Filip and Izabela Szućko
Chapter 27 Comparative Studies Involving Transgenic and Non-Transgenic
Soybean: What is Going On? 583
Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda, Ricardo Antunes Azevedo, Herbert de
Sousa Barbosa, Lidiane Raquel Verola Mataveli, Silvana Ruella
Oliveira, Sandra Cristina Capaldi Arruda and Priscila Lupino Gratão

Preface
Soybean is the most important oilseed and livestock feed crop in the world, accounting for
58% of total world oilseed production and 69% of protein meal consumption by livestock.
These dual uses are attributed to the crop’s high protein content (nearly 40% of seed weight)
and oil content (approximately 20%); characteristics that are not rivaled by any other agro‐
nomic crop. Besides its use as a high-protein livestock and poultry feed, and oilseed crop
(used in margarines, cooking oils, and baked and fried food products), soybean has various
other industrial uses such as biodiesel, fatty acids, plastics, coatings, lubricants, and hy‐
draulic fluids. In Asian countries such as China, Japan and Indonesia, the whole seed is di‐
rectly consumed as human food; or it is incorporated into human food items such as tofu,
tempeh, soy milk, soy cheese, or other products. Soybean consumption as human food is in‐
creasing outside of Asia. Recently, health benefits for soybean have been recognized for
heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and menopause. The American Heart Association rec‐
ommends daily human consumption of 25 mg of soybean to help prevent heart and circula‐
tory diseases.
In 2010, 258.4 million metric tons of soybean were produced in the world, having a value of
$111 billion. Over 80% of the world’s soybeans are produced in three countries: the USA,
Brazil, and Argentina. These three countries are also the main exporters of soybean to the
world market. Major importing countries are China, Japan, the European Union, and Mexi‐
co. A testimony to the increasing importance of soybean on the world agricultural stage is in
the stunning growth of production shown by Argentina and Brazil over the last 25 years.
Between 1986 and 2010, the production has risen from 17.3 to 70 million metric tons in Brazil
(a four-fold increase) and from 7 to 49.5 million metric tons in Argentina (a seven-fold in‐
crease). Both countries have demonstrated to the world how an organized effort of research,
education and extension can create an entire industry around production and use of an agri‐
cultural commodity.
Against the backdrop of soybean’s striking ascendancy is the increased research interest in
the crop throughout the world. The objective of this book is to provide readers with a view
of the high quality of soybean research being conducted in so many different parts of the
world. With all the dissension and rancor in the world (wars, terrorism, financial panic, etc.)
it is truly heartening to see the efforts being made to create a greater understanding of soy‐
bean in so many diverse parts of the world. Such efforts will go a long way to meeting in‐
creased demand for soybeans; a demand driven by increased world population and rising
living standards. Because expansion of agricultural land to meet this demand is limited, the
only way to meet increased world demand for soybean is by greater production per area of
currently available land. This is why research, such as that contained in this book, is so vital
for future soybean production.
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It is in this light that I would like to acknowledge all the authors for their outstanding efforts
in composing these chapters. The information presents a comprehensive view of research ef‐
forts in genetics, plant physiology, agronomy, agricultural economics, and nitrogen relation‐
ships that will benefit soybean stakeholders and scientists throughout the world. We hope
you enjoy the book.
James E. Board
Professor of Agronomy
School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA