Improvement of soybeans for tropical and subtropical areas; annual report, 1975/1976

DEVELOPMENTS: RESEARCH INCLUDED A CROSSING PROGRAM, GERM PLASM EVALUATION, SEGREGATION OF POPULATIONS, A PRELIMINARY OBSERVATION TRIAL, AND AN INOCULATION TRIAL. GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH INVOLVED STUDIES OF THE EFFECT OF DAYLENGTH ON FLOWERING AND MATURITY OF VARIOUS SOYBEAN GENOTYPES, ON SOYBEAN SEED VIGOR AND VIABILITY, ON INHERITANCE OF WATER STRESS TOLERANCE, ON ELECTROPHORETIC BONDS OF DIFFERENT SOYBEAN GENOTYPES AS THEY MIGHT BE USED IN TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION, AND ON NITROGEN FIXATION. SPECIAL SOYBEAN FAMILIARIZATION COURSES WERE DESIGNED, AND TWO SHORT COURSES WERE CONDUCTED, "SOYBEAN PROCESSING FOR HUMAN FOOD" AND "TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF SOYBEAN PRODUCTION." ADVISORY AND CONSULTATION CAPABILITY DEVELOPED, AND TWO INFORMATION SYSTEMS WERE IMPROVED AND EXPANDED. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LINKAGE FORMATION MADE EXCELLENT PROGRESS. ASSOCIATED U.S. INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONNEL COOPERATED IN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES AND IN GENERAL PROGRAM PLANNING. LINKAGES WITH INTERNATIONAL CENTERS AND LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WERE ADVANCED THROUGH A SERIES OF MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.