@article{ali_joseph_alfaro-wisaquillo_quintana-ospina_patino_vu_dean_fallen_mian_taliercio_et al._2024, title={Effects of high oleic full-fat soybean meal on broiler live performance, carcass and parts yield, and fatty acid composition of breast fillets}, volume={103}, ISSN={["1525-3171"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.psj.2023.103399}, abstractNote={The effects of high oleic oil full-fat (HO-FF) soybean meal (SBM) on broiler meat quality could lead to value-added food products. This experiment evaluated the effects of dietary normal oleic extruded expelled (NO-EE), normal oleic full-fat (NO-FF), or HO-FF SBM on live performance, carcass and parts yield, and breast fatty acid composition. Diets were formulated to be isoenergetic and isonitrogenous. A total of 540 Ross-708 male broilers were raised on floor pens with 18 broilers/pen and ten replicates/treatment. Data were analyzed in a completely randomized design. Chickens were fed with a starter (0 – 14 d), grower (15 – 35 d), or a finisher diet (36 – 47 d) up to 47 d. Chickens were weighed at 7, 14, 35, and 47 d. At 48 d, four broilers per pen were processed. Breast samples were collected and evaluated for quality and fatty acid content. Broilers fed diets with NO-EE were heavier (P < 0.05) than chickens fed diets with full-fat SBM (NO-FF and HO-FF) at d 7, 14, 35 while feed conversion ratio (FCR) of NO-EE was best (P < 0.05) at 7 d and 47 d. Carcass yield was also higher for broilers fed NO-EE than the other treatments. Diet did not affect parts yield, breast meat color, cooking, drip loss, white stripping, or SM quality parameters. More breast fillets without wooden breast (score 1) were observed (P < 0.05) for NO-FF than the other two treatments. The breast meat fatty acid profile (g fatty acid/ 100 g of all fatty acids) was significantly affected (P < 0.001) by diet. Broilers fed the HO-FF SBM diet had 54 to 86% more oleic acid, 72.5% to 2.2 times less linoleic acid, and reduced stearic and palmitic acid levels in the breast meat than NO-FF and NO-EE. In conclusion, feeding HO-FF to broilers enriched the oleic acid content of their breast meat while reducing the saturated fatty acid content relative to the NO-FF and NO-EE treatment groups.}, number={3}, journal={POULTRY SCIENCE}, author={Ali, Muhammad and Joseph, Michael and Alfaro-Wisaquillo, Maria Camila and Quintana-Ospina, Gustavo Adolfo and Patino, Danny and Vu, Thien and Dean, Lisa L. and Fallen, Ben and Mian, Rouf and Taliercio, Earl and et al.}, year={2024}, month={Mar} }
 @article{mian_cunicelli_carter jr_villagarcia_fallen_2024, title={Registration of USDA-N6006 soybean germplasm combining high yield, flood tolerance, and elevated oil content}, ISSN={["1940-3496"]}, DOI={10.1002/plr2.20358}, abstractNote={USDA‐N6006 soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] (Reg. no. GP‐527, PI 704140) is a conventional F4–derived early maturity group (MG) VI germplasm jointly released by USDA‐ARS and North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in 2023. USDA‐N6006 is the first MG VI, publicly released germplasm that combines flood tolerance with high‐yield lodging resistance, and elevated seed oil. Over 19 environments of the MG VI USDA Southern Uniform Soybean Trials (2017–2018), seed yield of USDA‐N6006 (3393 kg ha−1) was similar to high‐yielding lodging‐resistant check cultivars ‘NC‐Dunphy’ (3427 kg ha−1) and ‘NC‐Dilday’ (3475 kg ha−1). It matured 1 day earlier than NC‐Dunphy and exhibited similar lodging scores. Over 5 years of testing in North Carolina (2016–2019), USDA‐N6006 exhibited very robust flood tolerance. Mean flooding scores were numerically or statistically (p < 0.05) superior to the four flood‐tolerant controls at both V4 and R1 growth stages. USDA‐N6006 was not intentionally bred to be flood tolerant and identified as such only through an extensive screening of “in house” USDA breeding lines. USDA‐N6006 and most of its antecedents are unique in that they are derived from unreleased breeding lines developed at the flood prone Tidewater Research station in North Carolina. Inadvertent selection for flood tolerance may have been a part of the USDA's long‐term breeding effort to improve yield. Seed oil content of USDA‐N6006 (237 g kg−1) was similar to that of elevated seed oil cultivar NC‐Dilday, but significantly higher than NC‐Dunphy (228 g kg−1) in the Uniform Trials. Seed protein content and estimated meal protein contents of USDA‐N6006 (389 g kg−1 and 46.4%, respectively) were similar to that of NC‐Dunphy. USDA‐N6006 should be excellent parental stock for applied breeding in the southern United States.}, journal={JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS}, author={Mian, M. A. Rouf and Cunicelli, Mia J. and Carter Jr, Thomas E. and Villagarcia, Margarita and Fallen, Benjamin D.}, year={2024}, month={Feb} }
 @misc{toomer_oviedo_ali_patino_joseph_frinsko_vu_maharjan_fallen_mian_2023, title={Current Agronomic Practices, Harvest & Post-Harvest Processing of Soybeans (Glycine max)-A Review}, volume={13}, ISSN={["2073-4395"]}, DOI={10.3390/agronomy13020427}, abstractNote={Globally, soybeans are grown to meet the needs for animal and human nutrition, oil extraction, and use in multiple industrial applications. Decades of soybean research, innovative farming methods, and the use of higher yielding resistant seed varieties have led to increased crop yields. Globally, soybean producers have utilized enhanced processing methods to produce nutritious high-quality meal and extracted oil for use in animal feed and within the food industry. Soybeans contain highly digestible proteins and are processed using various mechanical and chemical techniques to produce high quality animal feed ingredients. Defatted soybean meal (DSM) is usually prepared by the solvent extraction process of soybeans, whereby almost all oil content is removed. When oil is not extracted, full-fat soybean meal (FFSBM) is created. This form provides an excellent source of dietary energy by retaining the lipid component and is very useful in animal feeds by reducing the need for adding exogeneous lipids. However, some anti-nutritional factors (ANF) are present in FFSBM if not properly heat treated before inclusion in the finished feed. These ANF adversely affect the internal organ function and overall growth performance of the animal. Among these ANF, protease inhibitors are most important, but can be readily destroyed with optimal thermal processing. However, if the process protocols are not followed precisely, excessive heat treatment may occur, resulting in both reduced protein quality and amino acid bioavailability in the meal. Conversely, insufficient heat treatment may result in the retention of some ANF in the meal. Thermally resistant ANF can be greatly reduced in the bean and meal when dietary enzyme supplementation is included in the finished feed. This approach is cost-effective and most commonly utilized commercially. After processing, the soybean meal quality is often measured using in vitro methods performed at commercial analytical laboratories to assess the nitrogen solubility index (NSI), protein dispersibility index (PDI), urease activity (UA), and protein solubility in potassium hydroxide. Once properly processed, FFSBM or DSM can be utilized optimally in the diets of poultry and aquaculture to enhance the economic viability, animal nutrition, production performance, and the quality and nutritional value of the meat and/or eggs produced.}, number={2}, journal={AGRONOMY-BASEL}, author={Toomer, Ondulla T. and Oviedo, Edgar O. and Ali, Muhammad and Patino, Danny and Joseph, Michael and Frinsko, Mike and Vu, Thien and Maharjan, Pramir and Fallen, Ben and Mian, Rouf}, year={2023}, month={Feb} }
 @article{taliercio_eickholt_read_carter_waldeck_fallen_2023, title={Parental choice and seed size impact the uprightness of progeny from interspecific Glycine hybridizations}, ISSN={["1435-0653"]}, DOI={10.1002/csc2.21015}, abstractNote={Abstract The narrow genetic base of the US soybean ( Glycine max [L.] Merr.) crop makes it vulnerable to emerging abiotic and biotic stress challenges, and limits resiliency of the soybean crop to meet changes in consumer demand for improved seed composition and agronomic performance. The United States Department of Agriculture Glycine soja (Siebold & Zucc.) germplasm collection provides a valuable genetic resource to meet these challenges. Glycine soja is more genetically diverse than domesticated soybean. Even though wild soybean hybridizes freely with G. max , breeding efforts with wild soybean have not been widely employed because the interspecific progeny inherits undesirable traits from the wild parent. Particularly, these progenies inherit a vine‐like architecture that prevents machine harvest. We assessed the potential for improving recovery of agronomically valuable progeny from interspecific crosses in three experiments using 11 interspecific populations. We found that optimal choice of either parent could triple the frequency of recovery of desirable progeny. Selection for large F 3 seed size was positively correlated with upright growth habit/plant architecture in five of 11 populations and could triple the recovery of desirable plants. Marker analysis of parents and progeny indicated selection for larger seed size caused minimal selection against the genome of the wild parent. Most genetic markers specific to a wild parent could be recovered in the aggregate of 8–10 upright interspecific progenies, identified via post selection marker analysis. We concluded that choice of parent and selection for larger seed can maximize recovery of the wild genome in machine harvestable progenies.}, journal={CROP SCIENCE}, author={Taliercio, Earl and Eickholt, David and Read, Quentin D. and Carter, Thomas and Waldeck, Nathan and Fallen, Ben}, year={2023}, month={Jun} }
 @article{fallen_mian_robertson_powell_carter jr_2023, title={Registration of USDA-N7006 soybean germplasm with increased tolerance to drought stress and 37.5% pedigree from Asian accessions PI 416937 and PI 407859-2}, volume={17}, ISSN={["1940-3496"]}, DOI={10.1002/plr2.20323}, abstractNote={USDA‐N7006 is a conventional (non‐genetically modified) maturity group (MG) VII soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] (Reg. no. GP‐525 , PI 702948) germplasm released jointly by the USDA‐ARS and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in January of 2023. USDA‐N7006 was released because of its drought tolerance, exotic parentage (37.5%), and high yield potential. USDA‐N7006 traces 12.5% of its parentage to PI 416937 from Japan and 25% to PI 407859‐2 from South Korea. USDA‐N7006 is the first North American soybean release derived from PI 407859‐2. USDA‐N7006 is an F4‐derived germplasm from the hybridization of USDA breeding lines TCPR01‐83 and N01‐11136. From 2015 to 2021, USDA‐N7006 was evaluated in 57 environments across the Southeast in the United Soybean Board (USB) Protein and Diversity MG VII Tests and the USDA Southern Soybean Preliminary and Uniform MG VII Tests. In the MG VII USDA and USB Protein and Diversity Tests, USDA‐N7006 yielded 96% and 98% of the check mean, respectively. Over six droughted environments in North Carolina and South Carolina, USDA‐N7006 exhibited less wilting (greater drought tolerance) than ‘USDA‐N8002’, a previously released cultivar exhibiting drought tolerance. The unique pedigree, delayed canopy wilting under drought stress, and high yield of USDA‐N7006 make it an excellent candidate for parental stock for soybean breeding programs aiming to improve drought tolerance.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS}, author={Fallen, Benjamin D. and Mian, M. A. Rouf and Robertson, Marta H. and Powell, Emily and Carter Jr, Thomas E.}, year={2023}, month={Sep}, pages={573–579} }
 @article{mian_cunicelli_carter jr_villagarcia_fallen_2023, title={Registration of high-yielding maturity group V germplasm USDA-N5001 with high seed and meal protein contents}, ISSN={["1940-3496"]}, DOI={10.1002/plr2.20306}, abstractNote={Abstract USDA‐N5001 (Reg. no. GP‐524, PI 702592) is a conventional early maturity group (MG) V soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] germplasm with high yield potential and elevated seed and meal protein contents. USDA‐N5001 was jointly released as a non–genetically modified germplasm by the USDA‐ARS and the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service in January 2023. USDA‐N5001, experimental name N16‐590, was derived from the hybridization of high‐yielding breeding line N08‐145 and high‐protein breeding line Pro5‐1. Across 22 environments of the 2019 and 2020 USDA Uniform Soybean Trials Southern States, USDA‐N5001 yielded 105%, 98%, and 102% of the three checks ‘Ellis’, ‘AG55X’, and ‘TN11‐5140’, respectively. On a zero‐moisture basis, its protein content (425 g kg −1 ) was significantly higher ( p < 0.05) than those of the checks (399–402 g kg −1 ). The meal protein content of USDA‐N5001 (49.4%) was also significantly higher ( p < 0.05) than the checks (46.7%–46.9%). The new release matured 2 days and 1 day later than Ellis and AG55X, respectively, but 5 days earlier than TN11‐5140. USDA‐N5001 is the first high‐yielding, high‐seed‐ and meal‐protein MG V‐Early (relative maturity 5.3) line developed by USDA‐ARS in North Carolina. With the recent increases in production of MG V soybeans in the southeastern United States and the national focus on higher‐meal protein lines, USDA‐N5001 should be highly useful to soybean breeders and growers of conventional soybeans in the southeastern United States.}, journal={JOURNAL OF PLANT REGISTRATIONS}, author={Mian, M. A. Rouf and Cunicelli, Mia J. and Carter Jr, Thomas E. E. and Villagarcia, Margarita and Fallen, Benjamin D.}, year={2023}, month={Jul} }