1. A method for producing an Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) resistant soybean plant comprising: selecting a plant using marker assisted selection from a plurality of soybean plants by detecting a molecular marker in linkage group C2, wherein said plurality of soybean plants is derived from a soybean plant which carries resistance to ASR, and wherein said molecular marker is from a chromosome region encompassing an ASR resistance locus and a SNP marker selected from the group consisting of NS0119715, NS0118897, NS0130920, NS0099746, NS0125408, NS0126598, NS0103749, NS0128378, NS0123747, NS0096829, NS0098902, NS0099529, NS0097798, NS0137477, NS0136101, NS0095322, and NS0098982; and generating a progeny plant from said selected plant.