1 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, 230 Waihuanxi Road, Guangzhou 510006, China.
2 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Adaptation and Molecular Design, Innovative Center of Molecular Genetics and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, 230 Waihuanxi Road, Guangzhou 510006, China. Electronic address: kongfj@gzhu.edu.cn.
Chao Fang and Fanjiang Kong introduce the polyploid staple crop, soybean - a major source of dietary protein and oil and model species for root nodulation and plant-developmental studies.