MISSION
Develop high-yielding, broadly adapted soybean varieties for the Mid-South
Focus on Maturity Groups III Late and IV with herbicide-tolerant and conventional lines
Improve resistance to disease, nematodes, and insects.
Enhance tolerance to drought and flood
Improve seed quality traits: high protein/oil, improved fatty acid and sugar.
Use genomic selection, high-throughput phenotyping, and multi-location trials
Release elite lines as commercial varieties or public germplasm