Arkansas Genetics
Arkansas genetics are adapted to meet the needs of Arkansas growers. New genetics are developed utilizing a combination of traditional breeding and cutting-edge molecular approaches.
2023 Cultivars and Germplasm
R18-14502
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R18-14502 is a conventional, indeterminate soybean cultivar with relative maturity of 4.9. It has purple flowers, gray pubescence, and tan pod walls. Seeds have yellow cotyledons and a buff hilum color with an average seed size of 15.5 g per 100 seeds-1. Overall, from 2019 to 2022, R18-14502 yielded 66 bu ac-1 (106 and 97% of non-Xtend® and Xtend® checks of similar maturity group, respectively). Seeds of R18-14502 contain 36.6% and 18.3% of protein and oil, respectively.
R18-14147
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R18-14147 is a high-Protein conventional soybean germplasm line. It has an indeterminate growth habit with a relative maturity of 4.6. R18-14147 has purple flowers, gray pubescence, and brown pod wall colors. Overall, from 2019 to 2022, R18-14147 yielded 63 bu ac-1 (99 and 91% of non-Xtend® and Xtend® checks means, respectively). Seeds of R18-14147 contain 37.5% and 16.4% of protein and oil, respectively, and an average seed size of 15.2 g 100 seeds-1.
R16-45
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R16-45 is a relative maturity 5.6 conventional soybean germplasm with flood tolerance at early reproductive stages. Plants have determinate growth habit, white flower color, and buff hilum color. From 2017 to 2020, R16-45 showed high yield potential with an average yield of 61 bu ac-1 (95% of the checks’ mean). Six years of field evaluations for flooding tolerance showed that R16-45 is consistently tolerant to eight- to ten-day flooding stress at the R1/R2 growth stages (average flood damage score of 3.6 as opposed to 6.0 from the reference checks).
Historical Cultivars and Germplasm
Osage
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Osage is a determinate soybean cultivar with a relative maturity of 5.6. It has purple flowers, gray pubescence, and a tan pod wall. Seeds of Osage contain 36.6% and 16.4% protein and oil, respectively, imperfect black hila, and an average seed size of 12.4 g per 100 seeds-1. Osage is resistant to southern stem canker, sudden death syndrome, soybean mosaic virus, and frogeye leaf spot, and it is a chloride excluder. Plants average 27 inches tall.