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February 17, 2005 New Soybean Variety Released Pembina, a conventional, nongenetically modified soybean variety, has been developed and released by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, according to Al Schneiter, North Dakota State University Department of Plant Sciences chair. Pembina is expected to replace acreage of Jim, an early maturing variety also developed by the NDSU soybean-breeding program led by Ted Helms. According to Helms, Pembina has yielded about 2 bushels per acre less than Jim, but matures three days earlier. It has a relative maturity at 00.5, which is an early maturity group 00. It matures approximately seven days earlier than Traill. Pembina has more resistance to lodging than Jim or Traill. Compared to Jim, the percentage of protein is about equal to Jim and the percent of oil is slightly higher. It is about 2 inches shorter than Jim. According to Jay Goos, NDSU soil scientist, Pembina is tolerant to iron deficiency chlorosis. A big advantage of Pembina is that it contains the Rps4 phytopthora root rot gene that confers resistance to races 1 through 4, according to Berlin Nelson, NDSU soybean pathologist. Pembina was named after Pembina County in northeastern North Dakota. Pembina will be allocated through the County Crop Improvement and Seed Association this spring. The NDSU Research Foundation will apply for plant variety protection with Title V. Research fees will be collected, as they have been for many years with all NDSU soybean varieties. The North Dakota Soybean Council provided some of the funding for the development of Pembina. ### Source:
Al Schneiter, (701) 231-8137, albert.schneiter@ndsu.edu |
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