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The Laboratory of Agricultural Biotechnology

The Laboratory specializes in advancing biotechnological methods for key agricultural crops of Primorsky kray, including soybean, buckwheat, rice, potato, stevia, and edible mushrooms. Our core research activities include:

  • Developing enhanced biotechnological methods to create soybean genotypes with economically important traits

  • Innovating cell engineering techniques to induce genetic variability in buckwheat for improved adaptive characteristics

  • Generating foundational breeding material for rice through androgenic haploid and molecular marker technologies

Soybean Research

Our team has pioneered two successful regeneration methods:

  1. Organogenesis from cotyledonary node tissue

  2. Somatic embryogenesis from immature embryo cotyledon tissue

Notable achievement: Development of Primorskaya 81 – Russia’s first biotech-derived soybean variety, released in Primorsky kray in 2004.

Buckwheat Innovation

We have developed patented regeneration techniques:

  • “Method for micropropagating buckwheat in vitro to develop valuable somaclones for breeding” (2004)

  • “Method for propagating buckwheat in vitro” (2014)

Key outcomes:

  • Created novel somaclonal variants with enhanced stress tolerance and ecological plasticity

  • Established protocols using selective media with heavy metal ions

  • Selected high-yielding specimens with improved grain characteristics

Rice Improvement

Breakthroughs include:

  • Optimized culture medium composition for superior callus regeneration

  • Achieved high yields of green shoots from anther cultures

  • Advanced 300 promising lines with:

    • Increased grains per panicle

    • Enhanced grain size

    • Improved shatter resistance

  • Implemented molecular mapping of valuable traits using PCR analysis

Potato Program

Maintains:

  • Certified virus-free in vitro collection from the Russian Potato Research Center (Moscow)

  • 21 locally developed varieties from FSBSI “FSC of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. Chaiki”

Production pipeline:

  1. Micropropagation of plantlets

  2. Greenhouse cultivation for mini-tuber production

Stevia Cultivation

Pioneering work includes:

  • Development of cultivation protocols for Primorsky kray

  • Registration of new variety Primorskaya slastyona  (State Register 2016, Patent No. 8465)

  • Annual production of 20-22 kg dried leaves for local markets

Mycological Resources

Maintains a specialized collection of:

  • 23 wood-decay fungal strains in pure culture

  • Popular spawn varieties (Oyster, Shiitake, Pholiota) for local cultivators