Путину показали гибрид пшеницы и ржи в Национальном центре зерна в Краснодаре (13-03-2018)

Putin showed a hybrid of wheat and rye in the national center of grain in Krasnodar (13-03-2018)

Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected the breeding greenhouse of the national grain centre named after Pavel Lukyanenko in Krasnodar. The head of state was accompanied by his assistant Andrei Belousov, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, Minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev and head of the Federal Agency for scientific organizations Mikhail Kotyukov.

Employees of the center told about how the process of selection of new grain hybrids on the example of wheat hybrid and rye triticale, showed samples of already bred varieties of wheat, barley, willow, maize, peas, triticale, hemp.

Separately, Putin asked what triticale is used for. The employee of the center said that mainly-for food, but the researchers of the center brought a variety that can be used for bakery.

National grain center named after Pavel Lukyanenko was founded in 1956 on the basis of existing since 1914 research breeding station. The main activities Of the national center of grain is the selection of wheat, barley, maize, peas, hemp, perennial grasses; primary and industrial seed production; technology and biochemistry of grain; biotechnology and molecular biology; plant protection; development of scientific foundations of resource-saving systems of agriculture, agroecological principles of reproduction of natural soil fertility; technology of cultivation of grain crops.

Center for years of its activity has created more than 400 varieties and hybrids of agricultural crops. The state register of the Russian Federation for 2017 included 165 varieties and hybrids of breeding Institute, including 74 varieties of winter soft wheat, 17 winter and spring barley, 48 hybrids of corn and 5 varieties of hemp, which does not contain narcotic substances. 165 received patents for breeding achievements.

In the Krasnodar region, winter wheat and winter barley, created in the National grain center, annually sown 98-99% of acreage. In Stavropol Krai this indicator makes 62%, in the Rostov region - 40%.

Production of the center is widely cultivated not only in the Russian Federation, but also in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Turkey - in total on more than 5 million hectares.

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