soybean
Let an agent explain the soybean as a plant and crop, relay botany, cultivation, uses, trade and the debates around genetic modification and deforestation from agronomic and policy sources with attribution, describe herbicide-tolerant varieties, and distinguish the soybean from other beans, from soy products and from edamame as a harvest stage.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the soybean as a plant and crop, relay botany, cultivation, uses, trade and the debates around genetic modification and deforestation from agronomic and policy sources with attribution, describe herbicide-tolerant varieties, and distinguish the soybean from other beans, from soy products and from edamame as a harvest stage.
Glycine max, an annual legume native to East Asia grown worldwide for its protein- and oil-rich seeds, used for soybean meal in animal feed, cooking oil, tofu, soy milk, soy sauce and industrial products, and one of the most widely planted genetically modified crops, especially herbicide-tolerant soybean varieties; soybeans fix nitrogen through root nodule bacteria and are a major traded commodity, with production concentrated in Brazil, the United States and Argentina.
What it is for: Food, feed, oil and industrial products.
It can be explain the plant and crop; relay uses and trade; describe GM varieties with attribution; distinguish related plants and products.
Distinguishing features
Nitrogen fixing legume
High protein and oil
Global commodity
Widely genetically modified
What it looks like
A bushy annual plant with hairy pods holding two to four round seeds.
Physical character
seed protein: about 36-40 percent - dry weight
seed oil: about 18-20 percent
world production: about 400 million tonnes - 2020s
first GM variety marketed: 1996 year - glyphosate-tolerant
How it is recognised
Legume grown for protein and oil seeds
Glycine max, herbicide-tolerant soybean, edamame
Other beans belong to Phaseolus and Vigna; soy products are processed; edamame is immature soybean
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
belongs to - the legume family
is processed into - and soybean meal and oil
In practice
Families and kinds
conventional soybean varieties
herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant GM soybeans
food-grade soybeans for tofu and soy milk
edamame varieties
wild soybean Glycine soja
Identifiers
GBIF 5359660 Glycine max
ITIS 26716 Glycine max
Standards and regulation
GMO approval and labelling laws
Grain grading standards
EU deforestation regulation covering soy
Failure modes and hazards
Soy allergy
Partisan framing of GM and deforestation debates
Herbicide resistance in weeds
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the soybean is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the soybean, and how does it differ from other beans, soy products and edamame? definition
- Is the question about botany, farming, food, trade, GM policy or allergy? boundary
Varieties
Varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are conventional, herbicide-tolerant, food-grade and edamame varieties? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variety? action
Farming Cultivation.
Application.
Growing
Growing.
Growing
Growing.
- How are soybeans grown, rotated and harvested, and how does nitrogen fixation work? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
GM
Genetic modification.
GM
GM.
- How do herbicide-tolerant soybeans work, and what do regulators, farmers and critics say, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Uses Uses and trade.
Attribution.
Products
Products.
Products
Products.
- How are soybeans processed into meal, oil, tofu, soy milk and soy sauce? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Trade
Trade and land use.
Trade
Trade.
- How is soy traded, and what is reported about deforestation links, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits soy moratorium? action
Context History and health.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How was the soybean domesticated in China and spread worldwide? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of agriculture? action
Health
Nutrition and allergy.
Health
Health.
- What do nutrition bodies say about soy foods and soy allergy, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits soy allergy? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should herbicide-tolerant soybean be a separate primary entry?
- How should agronomic and policy sources be linked?
- How should the registry link the plant and soy products?