Method to identify disease resistant quantitative trait loci in soybean and compositions thereof

A method of producing a population of ASR resistant soybean plants or seeds, said method comprising:

• genotyping via a molecular analysis a first population of soybean plants or seeds for the presence of a molecular marker that is within 10 centimorgans or less from SNP marker NS0103033, wherein said SNP marker NS0103033 is linked to Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) resistance locus 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in haplotype window 1 on chromosome 13;
• selecting from said first population one or more soybean plants or seeds comprising said molecular marker;
• and
• producing a second population of soybean plants or seeds by crossing or selfing said selected one or more soybean plants or plants grown from said selected seeds, wherein said second population of progeny soybean plants or seeds comprising comprises said SNP marker NSO103033 linked to ASR resistance locus 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in haplotype window 1;
• thereby producing a population of ASR resistant soybean plants or seeds.