Laboratory of the Breeding of Grain and Cereal Crops

The Laboratory specializes in:

1. Crop breeding: Developing improved varieties of spring soft wheat, spring barley, and buckwheat

2. Agronomic optimization: Investigating cultivation techniques to enhance the yield of winter wheat

Key Achievements

Registered Varieties

• 22 developed varieties of grain and cereal crops

• 11 State Register-listed varieties:

  • Spring wheat: Primorskaya 39, 40, 50
    (Primorskaya 50 ranked as the most productive variety in 2011-2015 State trials)

  • Spring barley: Primorskii 89, 44, 98; Vostochnyi; Tikhookeanskii

  • Buckwheat: Primorskaya mestnaya, Pri 7, Izumrud

Scientific Contributions

• Resolved fundamental and applied challenges in wheat, barley, and buckwheat breeding

• Demonstrated the potential of winter wheat germplasm for spring wheat improvement

• Identified optimal genetic donors for economically valuable traits adapted to the conditions of Primorsky kray

Patented Innovations

• Varieties: Buckwheat Primorochka and Pri 10 (2015)

• Methodologies:

  • Breeding for lodging resistance (2003) and the rutin content (2005) in buckwheat

  • Cold-resistance screening for winter wheat in Primorsky kray (2016)

  • Protection against the buckwheat weevil (2016)

  • Collaborative patent: In vitro micropropagation for buckwheat somaclones (2004)

Recognition

• Golden Medal (2011): For buckwheat variety Izumrud

• Silver Medal (2013): For barley variety Tikhookeanskii

  • Awarded at Russia’s National Agro-Industrial Exhibition “Golden Autumn”

Scholarly Output

• Monograph: “Buckwheat in the Russian Far East” documenting:

  • Experimental results

  • Novel breeding methodologies

  • Advanced cultivation techniques