Under the chairmanship of the head of the State Variety Commission Olga Lesnykh, the second Expert Commission was held to amend the State Register of Breeding Achievements Permitted for Use. Varieties of potatoes, vegetables and melons were submitted for consideration.
“During 2019, we significantly strengthened work with all industry participants. This year, expert commissions started almost two months earlier. It was an objective step towards business, ”said Olga Lesnykh. - Many manufacturers from year to year faced with a lack of time to plan their activities. This year we were able to accelerate this process, which will undoubtedly positively affect the results of the coming agricultural year. ”
The new format - experts vote secretly using blank forms with individual numbers - made it possible to ensure absolute objectivity and independence of decisions made.
“Previously, during the meeting, we saw who voted and immediately understood whether the variety passed or not. Now there is an element of intrigue, it is a more objective, anonymous format, the results are known only according to the results of the work of the counting commission, - commented Sergey Marchenko, a company representative - a reprocessor. - The Commission was provided with all the necessary information on varieties and hybrids, and according to my feelings, the experts made the right decisions and voted for the really needed varieties. Russian farmers need a sufficient assortment of potatoes from the mid- and early-ripening group, because the growing season in Russia is very short, you need to manage to grow the crop in the right quantity and quality from May to October. ”
This year, the Expert Commission lasted only 4 hours, while in the past, experts considered varieties and hybrids for at least two days. The fact is that all the proposals of the regions on introducing amendments to the State Register of breeding achievements allowed for use were previously worked out in detail by specialists from the relevant departments of the State Commission for the Commission - only the best potential breeding achievements were put to the vote. At the same time, a significant proportion of potatoes were varieties and hybrids with special properties, oriented to processing plants.
For a long time in Russia varieties were used for only two types of processing: the production of starch and the production of alcohol. Then, scientists focused on creating a conveyor belt - from early ripening to late ripening - and ensuring productivity.
“At the same time, Western science was actively engaged in the creation of varieties with special properties for various types of processing, and when we had a need for them, they came to us with finished material. I am glad that now in the domestic breeding centers intensive work is being carried out in this direction, ”said Professor Vladimir Leunov, D.Sc. K.A. Timiryazev. “I have been participating in the meetings of the State Commission for more than 10 years, and I must say that this year for the first time I chose a format that I really liked: on the one hand, it saves time, and on the other, it significantly improves the quality of the work itself.”
Expert commissions will continue until December 25, 2019. All results will be available on the website from 26.12.2019/XNUMX/XNUMX
Source: https://gossortrf.ru/