Glycine soja

Glycine soja, or wild soybean (previously G. ussuriensis) is an annual plant in the legume family. It is the closest living relative of soybean, an important crop.

Wild soybean
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G. soja
Binomial name
Glycine soja
Synonyms

Glycine ussuriensis Regel & Maack

The plant is native to eastern China, Japan, Korea and far-eastern Russia.[1]

References

  1. Wang, Ke-Jing; et al. (2010). "Natural introgression from cultivated soybean (Glycine max) into wild soybean (Glycine soja) with the implications for origin of populations of semi-wild type and for biosafety of wild species in China". Genet Resour Crop Evol. Springer Publishing. 57: 747–761. doi:10.1007/s10722-009-9513-4.


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