Registration of ‘Osage’ Soybean

Abstract

‘Osage’ soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] (Reg. No. CV‐495, PI 648270) was developed and released by the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station as a Maturity Group V conventional cultivar in March 2007. It was derived from the cross ‘Hartz 5545’ × ‘KS4895’ and has been evaluated in 130 field tests in several southern states. Osage is widely adapted to areas between 33 and 37°N latitude and has high yield potential and moderately high protein content. Overall, when grown in southern environments, Osage had seed yield 3.2% greater than the check ‘5601T’ and 3.3% greater than the check ‘5002T’. Seed protein of Osage is 3.1% and 5.4% greater than 5601T and 5002T, respectively. Osage is resistant to several important diseases in the Mid‐South USA, including southern stem canker, sudden death syndrome, soybean mosaic virus, and frogeye leaf spot.