The United Soybean Board (USB) approved more than $950,000 in funding for fiscal year 2023 to support five projects led by Iowa State researchers and ISRC affiliates.              

• Madan Bhattacharyya, agronomy, will serve as principal investigator (PI) on a project titled “Identification of High Yielding Soybean Lines with Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) and Phytophthora Resistance and Molecular Markers Linked to Novel Genes Encoding SDS and Phytophthora Resistances.”
   
• Eric Cochran, chemical and biological engineering, will serve as PI on a project titled “Next Generation High Oleic Polymers.”
   
• Leonor Leandro, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, will serve as PI on a project titled “Biology and Management of Soybean Stem Diseases.”
   
• Daren Mueller, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, will serve as PI on a project titled “Crop Protection Network: Delivering Soybean Research Results to Farmers through National Partnerships.”
   
• Rodrigo Tarté, animal science, will serve as PI on a project titled “Development and Application of Improved High-oleic Soybean Oil-containing Biphasic Gel Systems as Animal Fat Mimetics in Coarse-ground Meat and Plant-based Products.”