Laboratory of Cereal and Grain Crop Breeding

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