| Wild soybean | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Glycine |
| Species: | G. soja
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| Binomial name | |
| Glycine soja | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Glycine soja, known as wild soybean, is an annual plant in the legume family. It may be treated as a separate species, the closest living relative of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max, an important crop,[2] or as a subspecies of the cultivated soybean, Glycine max subsp. soja.[1]
The plant is native to eastern China, Japan, Korea and far-eastern Russia.[2]
Much work into Aphis glycines resistance in this genus has been done by Hill et al. – including Hill et al. 2004 a, Hill et al. 2004 b, Hill et al. 2006 and Hill et al. 2010.[3] Hill et al., 2004 b find that this species has resistance genetics not found in G. max (cultivated varieties).[3] This may make G. soja useful as a wild relative for introgression of aphid resistance.[3]
