- Improving soybean genetic gain and yield potential through traditional breeding, molecular breeding, and biotechnology, including gene editing
- Understanding soybean interactions with weeds, diseasing-causing pathogens, soybean cyst nematodes, and insect pests for effective management and yield protection
- Agronomics and conservation for continuously improving cropping systems that are productive, profitable, and sustainable.
- Exploration and development of agritechnologies for improved precision agriculture, predictive modeling, risk management, and farmer-focused soybean production management decision tools