In the near future, it is planned to plant 16 new crop varieties on the experimental fields of the region, three of which are local selection. This task was undertaken by scientists from the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Research Institute of Agriculture of the Northern Trans-Urals”.
The institution is successfully engaged in primary seed production of winter and spring grain and leguminous crops, as well as perennial grasses. But special attention is paid to working with potatoes here. In this area, Tyumen residents actively cooperate with foreign specialists.
Russian scientists are preparing to assist their Chinese colleagues in conducting variety trials at the experimental site of the State Agrarian University of the Northern Trans-Urals. The university management entered into an agreement on scientific cooperation with Northwestern A&F University, located in Shanxi province.
Based on the results of joint work, an international team of breeders will decide on the possibility of using the studied potato varieties in industrial production.
The threat of drought remains in southern Russia
In the Southern and North Caucasus Federal Districts, reduced moisture content of the topsoil is observed. Such data appeared in the agrometeorological review of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia....