Molecular markers linked to disease resistance in soybean

A method of producing a soybean plant having an Asian soybean rust (ASR) resistance, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) isolating a nucleic acid from a soybean plant cell;
• b) detecting in the nucleic acid of a) the presence of a haplotype associated with an ASR resistance allele, wherein said haplotype comprises a C at nucleotide 1 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, a G at nucleotide 14 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, a T at nucleotide 51 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, a G at nucleotide 59 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, a C at nucleotide 143 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, a G at nucleotide 148 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, and an A at nucleotide 157 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• c) identifying a first soybean plant on the basis of the presence of the haplotype detected in b);
• d) crossing the first soybean plant with a second soybean plant not comprising said haplotype;
• and
• e) producing a progeny plant from the cross of d), wherein said progeny plant comprises the haplotype detected in b), thereby producing a soybean plant having ASR resistance.