Glycine soja, known as wild soybean, is an annual plant in the family Fabaceae. It may be treated as a separate species, the closest living relative of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max, an important crop,[2] or as a subspecies of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max subsp. soja.[1]
The plant is native to eastern China, Japan, Korea and far-eastern Russia.[2]
Much work into Aphis glycines resistance in this genus has been done by Hill et al. – including Hill et al. 2004 a, Hill et al. 2004 b, Hill et al. 2006 and Hill et al. 2010.[3] Hill et al., 2004 b find that this species has resistance genetics not found in G. max (cultivated varieties).[3] This may make G. soja useful as a wild relative for introgression of aphid resistance.[3]
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This review cites this research.
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". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 57 (5): 747–761. doi:10.1007/s10722-009-9513-4. S2CID37927391.
