BRS 137: soybean cultivar for southern Brazil

The goals of the soybean breeding program for the release of a new cultivar include high yield potential and resistance to diseases in order to improv e Brazilian production. The cultivar BRS 137 is a result of the soybean bre eding program of Embrapa (Brazil). Prior to its release, the cultivar had s hown a mean grain yield potential 2% higher than the cultivar IAS 5 in 24 e nvironments in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Moreover, it is resi stant to bacterial pustule (Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines), soybean s tem canker (Diaporthe phaseolorum f. sp. meridionalis), brown stem rot (Pli alophora gregata), frogeye leaf spot (Cercospora sojina), and powdery milde w (Microsphaera diffusa). The cultivar is being indicated to be cropped in the Rio Grande do Sul state for sowing from mid October to the end of Novem ber with a maximum population of 300,000 plants/ha.