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Qijian Song is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with substantial contributions to the study of soybean genetics and cultivation.

The scientist's extensive publication record includes significant work in plant science, molecular biology, agronomy and crop science, genetics, as well as pathology and forensic medicine. Their research is categorized under key topics such as:

  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems

Qijian Song has authored papers in various scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • The Plant Genome
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • PLoS ONE

Recent notable papers include:

  • "POWR1 is a domestication gene pleiotropically regulating seed quality and yield in soybean" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "Sequencing the USDA core soybean collection reveals gene loss during domestication and breeding" (2021) published in The Plant Genome
  • "Selection of GmSWEET39 for oil and protein improvement in soybean" (2020) published in PLoS Genetics
  • "Soybean BARCSoySNP6K: An assay for soybean genetics and breeding research" (2020) published in The Plant Journal
  • "Glycine max NNL1 restricts symbiotic compatibility with widely distributed bradyrhizobia via root hair infection" (2021) published in Nature Plants

The scientist has collaborated frequently with colleagues including:

  • Henry T. Nguyen
  • Andrew Scaboo
  • Mengchen Zhang
  • Zenglu Li
  • Chunyan Yang

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

    Jeremy Schmutz;Phillip E McClean;Sujan Mamidi;G Albert Wu

  • A new integrated genetic linkage map of the soybean.

    Q.J. Song;L.F. Marek;R.C. Shoemaker;K.G. Lark

  • Impacts of genetic bottlenecks on soybean genome diversity.

    David L. Hyten;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Youlin Zhu;Youlin Zhu;Ik Young Choi

  • Development and mapping of microsatellite (SSR) markers in wheat.

    Q. J. Song;Q. J. Song;J. R. Shi;S. Singh;E. W. Fickus

  • Development and evaluation of SoySNP50K, a high-density genotyping array for soybean.

    Qijian Song;David L. Hyten;Gaofeng Jia;Charles V. Quigley

  • DNA markers for Fusarium head blight resistance QTLs in two wheat populations

    J. A. Anderson;R. W. Stack;S. Liu;B. L. Waldron

  • Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Soybean

    Y. L. Zhu;Y. L. Zhu;Q. J. Song;Q. J. Song;D. L. Hyten;C. P. Van Tassell

  • A genome-wide association study of seed protein and oil content in soybean.

    Eun-Young Hwang;Qijian Song;Gaofeng Jia;James E Specht

  • A soybean transcript map: gene distribution, haplotype and single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis.

    Ik Young Choi;David L. Hyten;Lakshmi K. Matukumalli;Qijian Song

  • Abundance of SSR Motifs and Development of Candidate Polymorphic SSR Markers (BARCSOYSSR_1.0) in Soybean

    Qijian Song;Gaofeng Jia;Youlin Zhu;David Grant

  • A high density integrated genetic linkage map of soybean and the development of a 1536 universal soy linkage panel for quantitative trait locus mapping.

    David L. Hyten;Ik-Young Choi;Ik-Young Choi;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;James E. Specht

  • High-throughput SNP discovery through deep resequencing of a reduced representation library to anchor and orient scaffolds in the soybean whole genome sequence

    David L Hyten;Steven B Cannon;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Nathan Weeks

  • Genome-wide association study for flowering time, maturity dates and plant height in early maturing soybean (Glycine max) germplasm

    Jiaoping Zhang;Qijian Song;Perry B. Cregan;Randall L. Nelson

  • Fingerprinting Soybean Germplasm and Its Utility in Genomic Research

    Qijian Song;David L. Hyten;David L. Hyten;Gaofeng Jia;Charles V. Quigley

  • High-throughput genotyping with the GoldenGate assay in the complex genome of soybean

    David L. Hyten;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Ik Young Choi;Ik Young Choi;Mun Sup Yoon;Mun Sup Yoon

  • Characterization of trinucleotide SSR motifs in wheat

    Q. J. Song;E. W. Fickus;P. B. Cregan

  • Highly Variable Patterns of Linkage Disequilibrium in Multiple Soybean Populations

    David L. Hyten;David L. Hyten;Ik Young Choi;Qijian Song;Qijian Song;Randy C. Shoemaker

  • Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Quantitative Resistance to Sudden Death Syndrome in Soybean

    Zixiang Wen;Ruijuan Tan;Jiazheng Yuan;Carmille Bales

  • Genome-wide association study, genomic prediction and marker-assisted selection for seed weight in soybean ( Glycine max )

    Jiaoping Zhang;Qijian Song;Perry B. Cregan;Guo-Liang Jiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Perry B. Cregan
Perry B. Cregan United States Department of Agriculture
David L. Hyten
David L. Hyten University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Dechun Wang
Dechun Wang Michigan State University
Randall L. Nelson
Randall L. Nelson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
James E. Specht
James E. Specht University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Steven B. Cannon
Steven B. Cannon Agricultural Research Service
Henry T. Nguyen
Henry T. Nguyen University of Missouri
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Randy C. Shoemaker
Randy C. Shoemaker Agricultural Research Service
Phillip N. Miklas
Phillip N. Miklas Agricultural Research Service

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