Selection of soybean elite cultivars based on phenotypic and genomic characters related to lodging tolerance

Soybean lodging can result in serious yield reduction. Detecting the quantitative trait loci ( QTL ) associated with lodging tolerance for their further application in marker‐assisted selection ( MAS ) has the potential to enhance soybean breeding efficiency. In this study, a genome‐wide association analysis ( GWAS ) was performed to identify soybean accessions that could potentially be used to produce lodging‐tolerant varieties, based on the...