The modern seed market requires special control over varietal and sowing qualities. Specialists of the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" in the Krasnoyarsk Territory completed the testing of seed potatoes, which is a confirmation of its varietal qualities.
Approbation of plantings of seed potatoes is carried out on all varietal crops intended for seed purposes, through field surveys with inspection of plants on the vine to determine varietal purity, as well as the degree of disease damage and damage by plant pests. Approbation of varietal crops of potatoes is carried out during the flowering period, when all the morphological features of the varieties appear.
The total tested area of varietal potatoes in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in 2023 amounted to 1170 hectares. The leaders in testing potatoes are Berezovsky district (48,4% of the total tested area), Sukhobuzimsky district (22,4% of the tested area) and Shushensky district (7,9% of the tested area), because. these areas are the main crop areas.
Of domestic varieties, varieties such as Tuleevsky, Kemerovchanin, Kuznechanka, Nevsky and Tanai are in demand, of foreign varieties, the most popular varieties among agricultural producers are Gala, Red Scarlet, Baltic Rose, Colomba, Koroleva Anna.