Assistant Soybean Germplasm Curator, Dr. Esther Peregrine, is retiring after many years with the USDA-ARS Soybean Collection. We thank Esther for her service and wish her the best in retirement. Dr. Adam Mahan (Adam.Mahan@usda.gov), is the new USDA-ARS Soybean Germplasm Curator.

Anyone interested in pooling requests for the soybean Illumina 3K SNP chip for volume pricing should contact Qijian Song at Qijian.Song@usda.gov