Registration of Soybean Germplasm Line LG00‐3372

Abstract

Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] germplasm line LG00‐3372 (Reg. No. GP‐376, PI 660989) was developed and released by the USDA‐ARS and the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, IL. LG00‐3372 is derived from an F5 plant from the cross PI 561319A × PI 574477 and is classified in late maturity group III. PI 561319A is an introduction from China that is not in the ancestry of any released germplasm or cultivar in the United States. PI 57447 is one of the parents of LG00‐6313, a germplasm line also released by the USDA‐ARS and the Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, Urbana, IL. In cooperative tests at 8 locations with private industry, 11 locations in the USDA Uniform Soybean Tests–Northern States, Preliminary Test III, in 2003, and 18 locations in the USDA Uniform Soybean Tests–Northern States, Uniform Test III, in 2004, LG00‐3372 yielded 104, 105, and 102% of the cultivar ‘Macon’. LG00‐3372 is known to be susceptible to races 4 and 7 of Phytophthora sojae (Kaufmann & Gerdemann). LG00‐3372 can be used as a parent for soybean breeding programs to provide new genetic diversity to improve the yield of U.S. cultivars.