The Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" published information about the varieties and hybrids of agricultural crops that became leaders in seeding volumes in our country last season.
The potato rankings traditionally feature the achievements of foreign selection. Gala took first place; last year farmers used 112 thousand tons of seeds of this variety. It is followed by Colomba (43,7 thousand tons), Red Scarlett (40,1 thousand tons), Lady Claire (38,1 thousand tons) and Innovator (31 thousand tons).
The second five leaders included potato varieties Riviera (30,5 thousand tons), Queen Anna (19,8 thousand tons), Rosara (18,7 thousand tons), BP 808 (18,2 thousand tons) and Arizona (14,1 thousand tons).
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