CULTIVAR RELEASE – UFVS-2002 Soybean Cultivar

UFVS-2002 Soybean Cultivar

Tuneo Sediyama; Rita de Cássia Teixeira; José Humberto Dutra; Messias Antônio Silveira Andrade; José Luiz Lopes Gomes and Múcio Silva Reis

The UFVS-2002 soybean cultivar was developed by the Soybean Genetic Breeding Program in the Plant Science Department at the Federal University of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was released forsowing in Minas Gerais State. Flowering and maturity are on average at 67 and 136 days after emergence, respectively, with grain yield of 3,208 kg/ha in the regions of best adaptation and 3,184 kg /ha in experiments carried out in Minas Gerais State. It is resistant to stem canker, frogeye leaf spot, powdery mildew and bacterial pustule.

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