“…It is one the few plant‐based foods which contain all the essential amino acids and certain antioxidants such as isoflavones (Velasquez & Bhathena, 2007; Wang & Murphy, 1994). In the past few years, some food companies, with the help of public universities, have begun production of edamame in the states of Arkansas, Washington, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, and Pennsylvania (Carson, Freeman, Zhou, Welbaum, & Reiter, 2011; Lumpkin, Konovsky, Larson, & McClary, 1993; Ogles, Guertal, & Weaver, 2016; Rao, Bhagsari, & Mohamed, 2002; University of Kentucky Extension, 2013; Williams, 2015; Wszelaki et al., 2005). The growing demand has attracted plant breeders and food industries to find suitable varieties for production in different regions of the USA.…”