Paraguay launches new rust-resistant soybeans

The Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (INBIO) launched its second variety of Asian rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) resistant soybeans, Sojapar R24, in Paraguay. According to the agronomist Estela Ojeda, a technical advisor at the INBIO, Sojapar R24 soybean will be available for the next commercial season.

 

INBIO had already launched its first Paraguayan variety of Asian rust resistant soybeans, the Sojapar R19, which was planted for the current season. According to Ojeda, the two cultivars were entirely developed in the country through a public-private partnership between the entity and the Paraguayan Institute of Agrarian Technology.

 

“The Sojapar R24 variety is already in the multiplication stage, while the Sojapar R49 and the Sojapar M42 are already in the final stages of research,” the advisor of INBIO remarked. She explained that the new variety is also resistant to the disease known as Charcoal Rot (Macrophomina phaseolina).