Genetic loci associated with disease resistance in soybeans

A method of selecting a soybean plant having an Asian Soy Rust (ASR) resistance allele, the method comprising the steps of:

• a. Isolating a nucleic acid from a soybean plant;
• b. Detecting in the nucleic acid the presence of a molecular marker that associates with an ASR resistance allele, wherein the molecular marker is a T at a position corresponding to position 3,275,655 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, or a T at a position corresponding to position 3,274,672 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1, or a T at a position corresponding to position 3,291,351 of SEQ ID NO:
• 1;
• c. thereby identifying a soybean plant having an ASR resistance allele;
• and
• d. selecting the soybean plant identified at step c as having the ASR resistance allele.