title: Using genomic information to improve soybean adaptability to climate change.
abstract: Climate change has brought severe challenges to agriculture. It is anticipated that there will be a drop in crop yield - including that of soybean - due to climatic stress factors that include drastic fluctuations in temperature, drought, flooding and high salinity. Genomic information on soybean has been accumulating rapidly since initial publication of its reference genome, providing a valuable tool for the improvement of cultivated soybean. Not only are many molecular markers that are associated with important quantitative trait loci now identified, but we also have a more detailed picture of the genomic variations among soybean germplasms, enabling us to utilize these as tools to assist crop breeding. In this review, we will summarize and discuss the currently available soybean genomic approaches, including whole-genome sequencing, sequencing-based genotyping, functional genomics, proteomics, and epigenomics. The information uncovered through these techniques will help further pinpoint important gene candidates and genomic loci associated with adaptive traits, as well as achieving a better understanding of how soybeans cope with the changing climate.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Man-Wah
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.|Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology of Chinese Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology and Breeding/Genetics of Chinese Agriculture Ministry, College of Science, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dawei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Yishu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Kwan-Pok
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Kejing
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.|Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias-INTA, Córdoba, Argentina.|Cátedra de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
authors.forename: Nacira Belen
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Wai-Shing
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.affiliation: Centre for Soybean Research, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology and School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Hon-Ming
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization / Q000235:genetics*; D057231:Climate Change; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D003681:Dehydration / Q000235:genetics*; D055864:Droughts; D055868:Floods; D023281:Genomics; D000069600:Plant Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D054712:Salinity; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D013025:Glycine max / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature
keywords: Climate change; epigenomics; genome; genome editing; genome-wide selection; nutrient stress; proteomics; soybean; temperature stress; transcriptomics; water stress; whole-genome sequencing.