Elroy R. Cober, Ph. D.

Julia C. Hooker, Elroy R. Cober, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: SWEET sugar transporters are differentially expressed between soybeans grown in Eastern and Western Canada. Soy2022 (Virtual), 2022 USA

Simon Lackey, Elroy Cober, Andrew Bird, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Introgression of early maturity alleles from wild soybean (Glycine soja) to domesticated cultivars (Glycine max). 19th Annual OCIB Symposium, Ottawa Carleton Institute of Biology, 2022 Canada

Simon Lackey, Elroy Cober, Andrew Bird, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Identification of novel maturity-related QTLs in a G.max/G.soja RIL population. Canadian Society of Plant Biologists(CSPB-SCBV), eastern meeting, 2021 Canada.

Arezo Pattang, Elroy Cober, Stephen J. Molnar, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Moving Soybean to Western Canada and Northern Regions, an Attempt to Identify the Underlying Gene for the E7 Maturity Locus. Carleton University Life science day 4.1, 2021 Canada; and 18th Annual OCIB, Ottawa Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium, 2021 Canada.

3- Nour Nissan, Elroy Cober, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Proteome-wide computational approaches to identify novel genes involved in soybean resistance to SCN. 18th Annual OCIB, Ottawa Carleton Institute of Biology Symposium, 2021 Canada.

Julia Hooker, Elroy Cober, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Transcriptome -wide approach to identifying differentially expressed genes involved in low seed protein content in western-Canadian soybeans, Glycine max. Carleton University Life science day 4.1, 2021, Canada.

Soybean grown in latitudes of ~20˚ or lower, produce reduced grain yield due to the shorter days within those latitudes. One way to overcome this limitation is by growing varieties carrying the long juvenile (LJ) trait, identified as the J gene, Glyma.04g050200. The LJ trait allows the plant to remain in the vegetative state for a much longer period, delays flowering and produces higher yields. In this study, we sought to determine if E6 and J are the same locus or linked loci as they were mapped to the same location on Chromosome 4. PCR and sequencing reactions of contrasting soybean lines identified the presence of a Ty1-copia retrotransposon within the 4th exon of the J gene in soybean line ”Paranagoiana”, where the E6 locus was first mapped. This was confirmed to impact the mRNA of the gene through further cDNA sequencing of Glyma.04g050200. Our results show that the previously identified soybean maturity locus, E6, does not exist, and that the LJ trait seen in Paranagoiana is due to a new variation in J which we deemed j-x.

Nour Nissan, Elroy Cober, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Soybean cyst nematode (SCN): overcoming the tiny beast below the surface. Ontario Soybean and Canola Committee (OSACC), 2021, Canada [Oral].

Julia Hooker, Elroy Cober, Ashkan Golshani, Bahram Samanfar: Identification of differentially expressed genes involved in seed protein content in soybean, Glycine max. Soybean breeders workshop, 2021, Canada.