The breeding and seed company NORIKA offers Russian farmers modern varieties with valuable economic characteristics and at the same time high-quality healthy seeds - the basis for a good harvest of ware potatoes, and therefore profit.
We have already talked about what seed potatoes are and why seeds need to be regularly updated in previous publications, and in this issue I would like to dwell in more detail on the features of the production process of seed material of NORIKA varieties in Russia.
Since 2013, NORIKA-SLAVIA LLC, the exclusive representative of NORIKA on the territory of the Russian Federation, has been engaged in seed multiplication in Russia, completely localizing this process within the country.
The main reasons for the localization of seed production of NORIKA varieties in Russia:
- high prices for imported seed potatoes;
- economic and political situation;
- complicated procedure for importing seed potatoes;
- high risk of non-delivery of seed potatoes.
LLC "NORIKA-SLAVIA" considers one of its main tasks to provide farmers with the necessary amount of high-quality seeds at affordable prices.
The company's specialists are working in the following areas:
- maintaining the typicality of the variety for valuable economic characteristics;
- maintaining the purity of the variety;
- mass reproduction of seeds;
- getting healthy seeds;
- control of all batches for compliance with the class in accordance with the requirements of GOST.
To organize a closed cycle of seed production from NORIKA on the territory of our country, it is very important to carefully adhere to the seed production scheme of the variety, approaching each stage as responsibly as possible... First of all, it is necessary to rehabilitate potatoes using laboratory and field methods, then the process will be subdivided into three stages: original, elite and reproductive seed production. Every year the category of seed potatoes is reduced by one class.
Seed production scheme of the variety:
the first year - the improvement of microplants and their reproduction in laboratory conditions;
second year - planting microplants in greenhouses to obtain minitubers;
third year - planting minitubers and obtaining the first field generation;
the fourth year - planting of tubers of the first field generation to obtain a super-super-elite;
the fifth year - obtaining a super-elite from a super-super-elite;
the sixth year - obtaining elite potato seeds, which will then be used on farms.
Such a long and painstaking way of varietal renewal is necessary to obtain high-quality seed potatoes, this work has been carried out by NORIKA-SLAVIA LLC for more than 20 years.
When choosing a place for the production of original seed material, the company's specialists took into account the successful experience of their German colleagues: in Germany, the island of Rügen, located in the very north of the country, became a platform for original seed growing. The island's climate is temperate maritime, with mild winters, cool summers and constantly blowing winds, which creates ideal conditions for growing seed.
In Russia, the original seeds were also decided to grow in the North - in the Arkhangelsk region, on the islands of Knyazhestrov and Kegostrov, located in the delta of the Northern Dvina River.
The islands are surrounded by water, have fertile soils, but there are no third-party potato plantings on their territory. There are no diseases and pests characteristic of central Russia: seeds are grown in the absence of a phytopathogenic load. The climate is also very favorable: in summer, plants gain energy due to extended daylight hours, and a stable cold winter provides freezing of the soil.
For the processing of fields and harvesting, a special line of equipment is used to eliminate the risk of contamination of the material.
The obtained seeds of the super-super-elite and super-elite classes are supplied to seed farms in other regions of our country: further reproduction of the material is carried out in the Moscow, Kaluga, Vologda regions; Republics of Karelia, Tatarstan and Mari El. Reliable partners of NORIKA-SLAVIA LLC continue their work.
Before the sale, each batch goes through all the necessary stages of quality control of seed potatoes and receives documents confirming the reliability of the variety and compliance with all GOST criteria:
- inspection of plantings in the field and lots for compliance with GOST RF by the agronomic department of LLC NORIKA-SLAVIA;
- laboratory testing of all batches;
- inspection of lots by Rosselkhoznadzor specialists;
- field approbation and certification by specialists of FBGU Rosselkhoztsentr;
This year NORIKA-SLAVIA LLC offers seeds of the following varieties for sale: Akseniya, Baltic Rose, Merlot, Vega, Wendy, Gala, Passwords:
- delivery on terms of self-pickup by the buyer;
- sale of the elite grown in Arkhangelsk;
- sale of the elite, RS-1 from other production sites in the regions of the Russian Federation.
Full information about the varieties is presented on the website norika.ru