Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia
Plant breeding and seed production of new generation fodder crops is the groundwork for creating a fodder base for livestock production in sufficient quantities. The Federal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and Agroecology founded in 2018 based on of the All-Russia Williams Fodder Resea...
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| author | V. M. Kosolapov V. I. Cherniavskih S. I. Kostenko |
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| description | Plant breeding and seed production of new generation fodder crops is the groundwork for creating a fodder base for livestock production in sufficient quantities. The Federal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and Agroecology founded in 2018 based on of the All-Russia Williams Fodder Research Institute and other scientific institutions is the largest and most comprehensive center in the field of food production. It develops new techniques and methods for creating initial seed material based on a wide use of genetics, biotechnology, microbiology, immunology, ecology, biogeocenology, and cell selection. During the existence of the Fodder Research Institute and its experimental stations, up to 300 varieties of feed crops were created, which occupied leading positions in the production of fodder in meadows, pastures, and hayfields. Eighty-five modern varieties of fodder crops of the latest generation are widely used and zoned in all regions of Russia. However, the destroyed system of elite and commercial seed production does not allow these varieties to take their rightful place in fodder production, and the market still possesses a large share of non-varietal and mass scale reproduction seeds. In addition, imported seeds brought to the Russian market are often disguised as lawn varieties to reduce the cost and simplify their entry to the market. In this way, 107 varieties of winter ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), 47 varieties of cane fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), 21 varieties of creeping clover (Trifolium repens L.), etc. appeared in Russia. In such circumstances, the attention of the Williams Center is focused on the development of techniques and methods for creating fundamentally new varieties based on its own research in genetics, biotechnology, immunology, and ecological selection. Much attention is paid to expanding the network of research stations throughout Russia in order to revive the system of elite seed growing, especially in the regions with the most favorable climate for growing seeds of particular crops. A seed production center was organized as a branch of the Williams Center at the end of 2020. In the future, it is planned to create a united coordinated interdepartmental complex for the breeding of fodder crops in accordance with the regional needs of animal husbandry. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dcf85ef19c7546fcb132b537223c19152025-02-01T09:58:10ZengSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, The Vavilov Society of Geneticists and BreedersВавиловский журнал генетики и селекции2500-32592021-07-0125440140710.18699/VJ21.0441173Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in RussiaV. M. Kosolapov0V. I. Cherniavskih1S. I. Kostenko2Federal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and AgroecologyFederal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and AgroecologyFederal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and AgroecologyPlant breeding and seed production of new generation fodder crops is the groundwork for creating a fodder base for livestock production in sufficient quantities. The Federal Williams Research Center of Forage Production and Agroecology founded in 2018 based on of the All-Russia Williams Fodder Research Institute and other scientific institutions is the largest and most comprehensive center in the field of food production. It develops new techniques and methods for creating initial seed material based on a wide use of genetics, biotechnology, microbiology, immunology, ecology, biogeocenology, and cell selection. During the existence of the Fodder Research Institute and its experimental stations, up to 300 varieties of feed crops were created, which occupied leading positions in the production of fodder in meadows, pastures, and hayfields. Eighty-five modern varieties of fodder crops of the latest generation are widely used and zoned in all regions of Russia. However, the destroyed system of elite and commercial seed production does not allow these varieties to take their rightful place in fodder production, and the market still possesses a large share of non-varietal and mass scale reproduction seeds. In addition, imported seeds brought to the Russian market are often disguised as lawn varieties to reduce the cost and simplify their entry to the market. In this way, 107 varieties of winter ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), 47 varieties of cane fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), 21 varieties of creeping clover (Trifolium repens L.), etc. appeared in Russia. In such circumstances, the attention of the Williams Center is focused on the development of techniques and methods for creating fundamentally new varieties based on its own research in genetics, biotechnology, immunology, and ecological selection. Much attention is paid to expanding the network of research stations throughout Russia in order to revive the system of elite seed growing, especially in the regions with the most favorable climate for growing seeds of particular crops. A seed production center was organized as a branch of the Williams Center at the end of 2020. In the future, it is planned to create a united coordinated interdepartmental complex for the breeding of fodder crops in accordance with the regional needs of animal husbandry.https://vavilov.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/3042слова: кормовые культурыгенетические ресурсы растенийисходный материал для селекциимолекулярно-генетический паспортднк-маркеры |
| spellingShingle | V. M. Kosolapov V. I. Cherniavskih S. I. Kostenko Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia Вавиловский журнал генетики и селекции слова: кормовые культуры генетические ресурсы растений исходный материал для селекции молекулярно-генетический паспорт днк-маркеры |
| title | Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia |
| title_full | Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia |
| title_fullStr | Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia |
| title_short | Fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in Russia |
| title_sort | fundamentals for forage crop breeding and seed production in russia |
| topic | слова: кормовые культуры генетические ресурсы растений исходный материал для селекции молекулярно-генетический паспорт днк-маркеры |
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