At the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mari El, a republican meeting was held in the videoconference mode on the results of variety testing of agricultural crops in 2020.
The event was attended by representatives of regional administrations (departments) of agriculture, the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "State Sort Commission" in the Republic of Mari El, the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Rosselkhoztsentr" in the Republic of Mari El, scientists of the Mari Research Institute of Agriculture - a branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution FANTS of the North-East, specialists of agricultural enterprises and peasant (farm ) farms.
Acting Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Mari El Andrei Kondratenko informed about the preliminary results of the crop production industry in 2020.
This year, agricultural enterprises and peasant (farm) farms of the republic harvested grain in weight after processing 307 thousand tons with an average grain yield of 23 c / ha, potatoes - 50 thousand tons with an average yield of 246 c / ha, vegetables - 50 thousand tons with an average yield of 305 c / ha, coarse and succulent feed for animal husbandry is laid in full volume of needs.
The head of the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "State Vort Commission" in the Republic of Mari El Yakimova Elvira Eduardovna reported on the results of variety testing of agricultural crops.
This year, 6 variety experiments were conducted on 399 varieties and 263 agricultural crops at 25 state variety testing sites of the republic.
According to the results of the variety testing, 2021 varieties and hybrids of domestic and foreign selection were recommended for zoning in 14, including: spring triticale - Timur variety, spring oats - Dragoon, oil flax - Favorit and Amber varieties, clover meadow - variety "Blizzard", alfalfa - "Ludelis", potatoes - varieties "Legend" and "Ariel", maize for feed - "Zolotoy ear 147 MB" and "MGM 326444" and sugar beet - hybrids "SHSV 056-19" and "СХСВ 061-19", white cabbage hybrids "Tacoma" and "Selma" for expansion in the 4th region of admission.
Zoning of new high-yielding varieties and hybrids allows them to be introduced into production in order to increase the gross yield of agricultural crops, and form a solid forage base for animal husbandry in the republic.
For the participants of the meeting, the specialists of the branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "State Sort Commission" in the Republic of Mari El organized an exhibition with the production of varieties of potatoes, onions, cabbage hybrids, and also presented samples of seeds of agricultural crops.