The project titled "Ectopic Expression of the Orthologist GmBBM1 Gene in Soy (Glycine max L. Merrill)", led by Caner Yavuz, Research Assistant of the Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering of our Faculty, has been granted support within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1002 Rapid Support Program.

In the project, in which Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Çalışkan, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Latif Tek, a faculty member of our Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering, participated as a consultant, the BABY BOOM (BBM) gene, which is known to have a role in somatic embryogenesis and can create haploid plants, will be provided with the ectopic expression in soybean and Possibilities to create haploid plants will be investigated.

With the project named "Ectopic Expression of the Ortholog GmBBM1 Gene in Soy (Glycine max L. Merrill)", the applicability of the BBM gene in a dicot plant will be revealed for the first time, and if successful, it will be possible to develop a hybrid variety in addition to the production of haploid and double haploid plants in soybean plants. As a result of the project, it is aimed to obtain the first prototype haploid plants.

Although soybean breeding studies are carried out in many companies, universities and research institutes in our country, studies on this subject are limited due to the difficulty of obtaining haploid plants. The findings to be obtained as a result of the project will be shared with the scientific community as well as private and public institutions engaged in soybean improvement and it will be possible to establish university-industry collaborations. Thus, a new approach to soybean, which is one of the most imported agricultural products of our country, will increase the effectiveness of domestic variety breeding programs.