**Meet the editor**

Professor Dora Krezhova was born in Sofia and obtained master degree in telecommunication from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. Since graduating, after a six-year position of research fellow at the Institute of computing techniques she moved to the Solar-Terrestrial Research Institute. Presently, she is Associate Professor at the Space and Solar-Terrestrial Research Institute at

the Bulgarian academy of sciences.

Krezhova published more than 187 research papers. She has contributed to the design of more than 10 scientific devices and systems and her PhD thesis and researches have made use of multichannel spectrometers for solving problems in remote sensing of the Earth and planets. For participation in the Bulgarian space programmes for remote sensing of the Earth by means of air and space-born equipment she was awarded with honorary badges, diplomas and medals. Her scientific contributions come from accurate determination of incident solar radiation and studies of spectral reflectance characteristics of natural formations, fluorescence of plants, and the impact of abiotic and biotic stress factors on plant physiology. She has a special interest in data processing and development of new mathematical models for description of the details of spectral characteristics and classification of natural formations and processes.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Genetic Diversity** 

**Part 1 Genetics and Breeding 1** 

Reda Helmy Sammour

John V. Wiersma

Chapter 4 **Changes in the Expression** 

**and Allele Mining in Soybean Germplasm 3** 

Chapter 3 **Positional Cloning of the Responsible Genes for Maturity** 

Kyuya Harada, Satoshi Watanabe, Xia Zhengjun, Yasutaka Tsubokura, Naoki Yamanaka and Toyoaki Anai

Chapter 5 **Phenotypic and Genotypic Variability in** *Cercospora* 

Elena Carrera and María C. Lurá

Chapter 6 **Soybean Fatty Acid Desaturation Pathway: Responses to** 

Eduardo Antonio Gavioli

Robert G. Upchurch

**Performance and Efficient Genotype Selection 17** 

**of Genes in Soybean Roots Infected by Nematodes 77**  Benjamin F. Matthews, Heba M.M. Ibrahim and Vincent P. Klink

*kikuchii* **Isolates from Santa Fe Province, Argentina 97**  María G. Latorre Rapela, Mauro A. Colombini, Ana M. González,

Stella M. Vaira, Roxana Maumary, Mónica C. Mattio,

**Temperature Changes and Pathogen Infection 113** 

Tudisco Raffaella, Calabrò Serena, Cutrignelli Monica Isabella,

Chapter 7 **Genetically Modified Soybean in Animal Nutrition 129** 

Chapter 8 **Molecular Markers: Assisted Selection in Soybeans 155** 

Piccolo Vincenzo and Infascelli Federico

Chapter 2 **Importance of Seed [Fe] for Improved Agronomic** 

**Loci** *E1, E2* **and** *E3* **in Soybean 51** 
