Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) recently mapped the geographic distribution of soybean nutritional compositions in China. Researchers believe that the study, which was published in the journal Food Research International, provides scientific evidence for guiding the construction of high-quality soybean production bases in China. To clarify the spatial patterns of soybean seed compositions, researchers collected 1,792 soybean samples from a vast range of soybean planting areas across 29 provincial-level regions in China, spanning the period from 2010 to 2017.
Through quantifying and analyzing the crude oil, protein, and 11 categories of functional components of the samples, researchers unveiled a visual geographical distribution map of different nutrients in soybeans.