New Soybean Strain Resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode: PI 416.762. S. C. Anand, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Missouri-Columbia, Delta Center, Portageville 63873. Plant Dis. 66:933-934. Accepted for publication 8 February 1982. Copyright 1982 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-933.

Of the 2,153 soybean plant introductions screened against races 3 and 4 of the soybean cyst nematode, PI 416.762 was resistant. PI 416.762 is a black-seeded strain belonging to maturity group II. It was introduced from Japan under the designation ‘Akanida.’

Keyword(s): Glycine max, Heterodera glycines.