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Crop Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian W. Diers
Brian W. Diers

Publications and Creative Works

Doctoral thesis title

Restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping of quantitative and qualitative traits in soybean.  January, 1991.

Chapters in Books (in print or accepted)

Diers, B.W. 2004. Marker assisted selection in breeding self-pollinated crop plants. pp. 202-204. In R.M. Goodman (ed.) Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.

Monographs (in print or accepted)

Orf, J.H., H.R. Boerma, and B.W. Diers. 2004. Genetic Improvement: Conventional and molecular-based strategies. p. 417-443. In H.R. Boerma and J.E. Specht (ed.) Soybeans: Improvement, production, and uses. 3rd ed. Agronomy Monograph. 16. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI.

Articles in Journals (in print or accepted)

  1. Diers, B.W. and W.R. Fehr. 1989. Selection for iron efficiency of soybean in nutrient-solution and field tests. Crop Sci. 29:86-90.
  2. Keim, P., B.W. Diers, T.C. Olson and R.C. Shoemaker. 1990. RFLP mapping in soybean:  Association between marker loci and variation in quantitative traits. Genetics 126:735-742.
  3. Keim, P., B.W. Diers and R.C. Shoemaker. 1990. Genetic analysis of soybean hard    seededness with molecular markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 79:465-469.
  4. Diers, B.W., B.K. Voss and W.R. Fehr. 1991. Evaluation of field tests of Fe efficiency of soybean by moving-mean analysis. Crop Sci. 31:54-56.
  5. Diers, B.W., L. Mansur, J. Imsande and R.C. Shoemaker. 1992. Mapping of phytophthora resistance loci in soybean with restriction fragment length polymorphism markers. Crop Sci. 32:377-383.
  6. Diers, B.W., P. Keim and R.C. Shoemaker. 1992. RFLP analysis of soybean seed  protein and oil content. Theor. Appl. Genet. 83:608-612.
  7. Diers, B.W., S.R. Cianzio and R.C. Shoemaker. 1992. Possible identification of quantitative trait loci affecting iron efficiency in soybean. J. of Plant Nutrition 15:2127-2136.
  8. Diers, B.W. and R.C. Shoemaker. 1992. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of soybean fatty acid content. J. of the American Oil Chemists' Soc. 69:1242-1244.
  9. Isleib, T.G., C.H. Sneller and B.W. Diers. 1994. Registration of 'Felix' soybean. Crop Sci. 34:311-312.
  10. Isleib, T.G., C.H. Sneller and B.W. Diers. 1994. Registration of 'Dimon' soybean. Crop Sci. 34:311.
  11. Diers, B.W., V. Beilinson, N.C. Nielsen and R.C. Shoemaker. 1994. Genetic mapping of the Gy4 and Gy5 glycinin genes in soybean and the analysis of a variant of Gy4.  Theor. Appl. Genet. 89:297-304.
  12. Diers, B.W. and T.C. Osborn. 1994. Genetic diversity of oil seed Brassica napus germplasm based on restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:662-668.
  13. Diers, B. 1994. Automated blot hybridization and washing apparatus.   BioTechniques 17:696-700.
  14. Diers, B.W., P.B.E. McVetty and T.C. Osborn. 1996. Relationship between heterosis and genetic distance based on restriction fragment length polymorphism markers in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.). Crop. Sci. 36:79-83.
  15. Byrum, J.R., A.J. Kinney, K.L. Stecca, D.J. Grace and B.W. Diers. 1997. Alteration of the omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene is associated with reduced linolenic acid in the A5 soybean genotype. Theor. Appl. Genet.  94:356-359.
  16. Kisha, T.J., C.H. Sneller and B.W. Diers. 1997. Relationship between genetic distance among parents and genetic variance in populations of soybean.  Crop Sci. 37:1317-1325.
  17. Diers, B.W., H.T. Skorupska, A.P. Rao-Arelli, and S.R. Cianzio. 1997. Genetic relationships among soybean plant introductions with resistance to soybean cyst nematodes. Crop Sci. 37:1966-1972.
  18. Diers, B.W., T.G. Isleib, and C.H. Sneller. 1998. Registration of 'Apollo' soybean.  Crop Sci. 38:1400-1401.
  19. Diers, B.W., T.G. Isleib, and C.H. Sneller. 1998. Registration of 'Olympus' soybean. Crop Sci. 38:1400.
  20. Dann, E. K., B.W. Diers, J.R. Byrum, and R. Hammerschmidt. 1998. Effect of treating field-grown soybean with 2, 6-dichloroisonicotinic acid (INA) and benzothiadiazole (BTH) on seed yields and the level of disease caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in field and greenhouse studies. Eur. J. Plant Pathology 104:271-278.
  21. Kisha T., B.W. Diers, J.M. Hoyt and C.H. Sneller. 1998. Genetic diversity among soybean plant introductions and North American germ plasm. Crop Sci. 38:1669-1680.
  22. Kim, H.S., C.H. Sneller, and B.W. Diers. 1999. Evaluation of soybean cultivars for resistance to sclerotinia stem rot under field conditions. Crop Sci. 39:64-68.
  23. Diers, B.W., T.G. Isleib, C.H. Sneller, and J.F. Boyse. 1999. Registration of  ‘Titan’   soybean. Crop Sci. 39:1534.
  24. Dann, E.K., B.W. Diers, R. Hammerschmidt. 1999. Suppression of white mold disease in soybeans by lactofen herbicide treatment. Phytopathology 89: 598-602.
  25. Kim, H.S., G.L. Hartman, J.B. Manandhar, G.L. Graef, J.R. Steadman, and B.W. Diers. 2000. Resistance of soybean cultivars to sclerotinia stem rot in field, greenhouse, and laboratory evaluations. Crop Sci. 40:665-669.
  26. Sebolt, A.M., R.C. Shoemaker, and B.W. Diers. 2000. Analysis of a quantitative trait locus allele from wild soybean that increases seed protein concentration in soybean. Crop Sci. 40:1438-1444.
  27. Kim, H.S., and B.W. Diers. 2000. Inheritance of partial resistance to sclerotinia stem rot in soybean. Crop Sci. 40:55-61.
  28. Nickell, C.D., G.R. Noel, T.R. Cary, D.J. Thomas, and B.W. Diers. 2001. Registration of 'Loda' soybean. Crop Sci. 41:589-590.
  29. Wang, D., P.R. Arelli, R.C. Shoemaker, and B.W. Diers. 2001. Loci underlying resistance to Race 3 of soybean cyst nematode in Glycine soja plant introduction 468916. Theor. Appl. Genet.  103:561-566.
  30. Hoffman, D.D., B.W. Diers, G.L. Hartman, C.D. Nickell, R.L. Nelson, W.L. Pedersen, E.R. Cober, G.L. Graef, J.R. Steadman, C.R. Grau, B.D. Nelson, L.E. del Rio, T. Helms, T. Anderson, V. Poysa, I. Rajcan, and W.C. Stienstra. 2002. Selected soybean plant introductions with partial resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Plant Dis. 86:971-980.
  31. Wang, D.J., J. Shi, S.R. Carlson, P.B. Cregan, R.W. Ward, and B.W. Diers. 2003. A low-cost, high-throughput polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis system for genotyping with microsatellite DNA markers.  Crop Sci. 43:1828-1832.
  32. Patzoldt, M., W. Chen, and B.W. Diers. 2003. Plant introductions with resistance to brown stem rot. Plant Health Progress. Online journal at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/php/default.asp
  33. Wang, D.J., G.L. Graef, A.M. Procopiuk, and B.W. Diers. 2004. Identification of putative QTL that underlie yield in interspecific soybean backcross populations. Theor. Appl. Genet. 108:458-467.
  34. Vuong, T.D., D.D. Hoffman, B.W. Diers, J.K. Miller, J.R. Steadman, and G.L. Hartman. 2004. Utilization of the cut stem inoculation method to evaluate soybean, dry bean, and sunflower for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Crop Sci. 44:777-783.
  35. Kabelka, E.A., B. W. Diers, W.R. Fehr, A.R. LeRoy, I.C. Baianu, T. You, D.J. Neece, and R.L. Nelson. 2004. Putative alleles for increased yield from exotic soybean germplasm. Crop Sci. 44:784-791.
  36. Glover, K.D., D. Wang, P.R. Arelli, S.R. Carlson, S.R. Cianzio, and B.W. Diers. 2004. Near isogenic lines confirm a soybean cyst nematode resistance gene from PI 88788 on linkage group J. Crop Sci. 44:936-941.
  37. Diers, B.W., T.R. Cary, D.J. Thomas, and C.D. Nickell. 2004. Registration of 'LN97-15076' soybean. Crop Sci. 44:1483.
  38. Concibido, V.C., B.W. Diers, and P.R. Arelli. 2004. A decade of QTL mapping for cyst nematode resistance in soybean. Crop Sci. 44:1121-1131.
  39. Hughes, T.J., N.C. Kurtzweil, B.W. Diers, and C.R. Grau. 2004. Resistance to brown stem rot in soybean germ plasm with resistance to soybean cyst nematode. Plant Dis. 88:761-768.
  40. Patzoldt, M.E., S.R. Carlson, and B.W. Diers. 2005. Characterization of resistance to brown stem rot of soybean in five accessions from central China. Crop Sci. 45:1092-1095.
  41. Kopisch-Obuch, F.J., R.L. McBroom, and B.W. Diers. 2005. Association between SCN resistance loci and yield in soybean. Crop Sci. 45:956-965.
  42. Patzoldt, M.E., C.R. Grau, P.A. Stephens, N.C. Kurtzweil, S.R. Carlson, and B.W. Diers. 2005. Localization of a quantitative trait locus providing brown stem rot resistance in the soybean cultivar Bell. Crop Sci. 45:1241-1248.
  43. Diers, B.W., P.R. Arelli, S.R. Carlson, W.R. Fehr, E.A. Kabelka, R.C. Shoemaker, and D. Wang. 2005. Registration of “LDX01-1-65’ soybean. Crop Sci. 45:1671.
  44. Brucker, E., T. Niblack, F.J. Kopisch-Obuch, and B. Diers. 2005. The effect of rhg1 on reproduction of Heterodera glycines in the field and greenhouse and associated effects on agronomic traits. Crop Sci. 45:1721-1727
  45. Brucker, E., S. Carlson, E. Wright, T. Niblack, and B. Diers. 2005.  Rhg1 alleles from soybean PI 437654 and PI 88788 respond differentially to isolates of Heterodera glycines in the greenhouse. Theor. Appl. Genet. 111:44-49.
  46. Kabelba, E.A., S.R. Carlson, and B.W. Diers. 2005. Marker saturation and the localization of two soybean cyst nematode resistance loci from Glycine soja PI 468916. Crop Sci. 45:2473-2481.
  47. Kopisch-Obuch, F.J., and B.W. Diers. 2006. Segregation at the SCN resistance locus rhg1 in soybean is distorted by an association between the resistance allele and reduced field emergence. Theor. Appl. Genet. 112:199-207.
  48. Kabelka, E.A., S.R. Carlson, B.W. Diers. 2006. Glycine soja PI 468916 SCN resistance loci associated effects on soybean seed yield and other agronomic traits. Crop Sci. 46:622-629.
  49. Diers, B.W., T.R. Cary, D.J. Thomas, and C.D. Nickell. 2006. Registration of ‘LD00-3309’ soybean. Crop Sci. 46:1384.
  50. Nichols, D.M., K.D. Glover, S.R. Carlson, J.E. Specht, and B.W. Diers.  2006. Fine mapping of a seed protein QTL on soybean linkage group I and its correlated effects on agronomic traits. Crop Sci. 46:834-839.
  51. Wang, D., B. Diers, and J. Boyse. 2006. Registration of ‘Skylla’ soybean. Crop Sci. 974-975.
  52. Diers, B.W., F.J. Kopisch-Obuch, D. Hoffman, G.L. Hartman, W.L. Pedersen, C.R. Grau, and D. Wang. 2006. Registration of ‘A X N-1-55’ soybean germplasm with partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. Crop Sci. 46:1403-1404.
  53. Farias Neto, A.F., G.L. Hartman, W.L. Pedersen, S. Li, and B.W. Diers. 2006. Irrigation and inoculation methods that increase the severity of soybean sudden death syndrome in the field. Crop Sci. 46:2547-2554.
  54. Guzman, P.S., B.W. Diers, D.J. Neece, S.K. St. Martin, A.R. LeRoy, C.R. Grau, T.J. Hughes, and R.L. Nelson. 2007. QTL for increased yield in three backcross-derived populations of soybean. Crop Sci. 47:111-122.
  55. Li, Y. C.B. Hill, S.R. Carlson, B.W. Diers, and G.L. Hartman. 2007. Soybean aphid resistance genes in the soybean cultivars Dowling and Jackson map to linkage group M. Mol. Breeding. 19:25-34.
  56. Farias Neto, A.F., R. Hashmi, M. Schmidt, S.R. Carlson, G.L. Hartman, S. Li, R.L. Nelson, and B.W. Diers. 2007. Mapping and confirmation of a new sudden death syndrome resistance QTL on linkage group D2 from the soybean genotypes PI 567374 and ‘Ripley’. Mol. Breeding. 20:53-62.

Bulletins, Reports, or Conference Proceedings (in print or accepted)

In addition to the articles listed below, Dr. Diers authored or coauthored 13 bulletins, reports or conference proceedings from 1989-1998.

  1. Diers, B.W., J.F. Boyse and L.F. Siler. 1998. 1998 Michigan Soybean Performance Report.   Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee, Frankenmuth, MI.
  2. Diers, B.W. 1998. Resistance to white mold in soybean. In Proc. 1998 Midwest Soybean Conf.  Davenport, IA.
  3. Diers, B.W., H.S. Kim, and D.D. Hoffman. 1998. Resistance to sclerotinia stem rot in soybean. p. 43-49. In Proc. of the 28th Soybean Seed Research Conf., American Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, D. C.
  4. Cary, T.R., B.W. Diers, and C.D. Nickell. 1998. 1998 Northern regional soybean cyst nematode test report, group I-IV. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  5. Cary, T.R., and B.W. Diers. 1999. 1999 Northern regional soybean cyst nematode test report group,  I-IV.  University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  6. Diers, B.W., and P.R. Arelli. 1999. Management of parasitic nematodes of soybean through genetic resistance. p. 300-306. In Proc. World Soybean Research Conf. VI. Chicago, IL.
  7. Cary, T.R., and B.W. Diers. 2000. 2000 Northern regional soybean cyst nematode test report, group I-IV. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  8. Diers, B.W., D.D. Hoffman, and P.R. Arelli. Breeding and screening soybean for resistance to white mold and SCN. In Proc. of the 30th Soybean Seed Research Conf., [CD-ROM computer file] American Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, D. C.
  9. Cary, T. R., and B.W. Diers. 2001. 2001 Northern regional soybean cyst nematode test report, group I-IV. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  10. Cary, T.R., and B.W. Diers. 2002. 2002 Northern regional soybean cyst nematode test report, group I-IV. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  11. Diers, B.W. 2002. Current and future soybean breeding technology. In Proc. 32nd Soybean Seed Research Conf., [CD-ROM computer file] American Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, D. C.
  12. Cary, T.R., and B.W. Diers. 2003. 2003 Northern regional soybean cyst nematode test report group I-IV. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
  13. Diers, B.W., and P.R. Arelli. 2002. Genetics of resistance to soybean cyst nematode. p. 36-37. In Proc. China and Internat. Soybean Conf. and Exhibition 2002. Beijing, China.
  14. Diers, B.W. 2004. Soybean genetic improvement through conventional and molecular based strategies. p. 147-148.  In Proc. 2nd Internat. Conf. on Legume Genomics and Genetics. Dijon, France.

Other

Hill, C., G. L. Hartman, Y. Li, B. W. Diers, and S. R. Carlson. Soybean gene for resistance to Aphis glycines. Provisional application 60/581,501 filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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