University scientists are engaged in breeding domestic potato varieties only from samples of the Institute of Potato Economy named after A.G. Lorkha, which contributes to the implementation of the policy of import substitution and the maintenance of domestic breeding. The healthy planting material is grown in test tubes, and then planted in a greenhouse to obtain minitubers.
Maintaining the health of old outstanding varieties, as well as the rapid multiplication of breeding novelties is the main task of the staff of the laboratory of potato breeding and seed production of the University.
Now the laboratory begins to propagate a new variety Krasa Meshchera, which is included in the State Register for the Central, Central Black Earth and Far Eastern regions in 2020. The resulting virus-free planting material will be transferred for planting in the field to the partner enterprise Zolotaya Niva LLC.
The first harvest of the variety is harvested in 65-75 days from the emergence of full shoots, its features are high productivity, as well as resistance to potato cancer and potato nematode "Ro1".
It is worth noting that Michurinsky State Agrarian University together with Zolotaya Niva LLC has been working on the implementation of an integrated scientific and technical project (KNTP) "Development of innovative technologies for the production of elite seed potatoes of promising varieties of domestic breeding in the Tambov region" for several years.