Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 10/9/16


Year in and year out drought proves to be one of the greatest stresses facing soybeans in South Carolina which is why Clemson University is breeding soybean varieties with drought-tolerant traits.

Speaking at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center Field Day Sept. 13 in Florence, Ben Fallen, Clemson’s soybean breeder, said his program is looking to varieties that offer nitrogen fixation and slow wilt, two traits identified in soybeans for drought tolerance.

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