Spring triticale breeding in the Upper Volga Federal Agrarian Scientific Center

Abstract

The results of spring triticale breeding in the Upper Volga Federal Agrarian Scientific Center in cooperation with scientific institutions of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are presented. Collaboration was based on an environmental principle. The main task was creation of varieties tolerant to biotic and abiotic stresses with potential feed grain yield of 5.0–6.5 t/ha on low fertile soils and 8.0–-9.0 t/ha on cultivated by intensive technologies. During 2003–2019 high-yielding mid-early spring triticale varieties ‘Grebeshok’, ‘Amigo’, ‘Amore’, ‘Rovnya’, ‘Rossika’; mid-season ‘Normann’, ‘Carmen’, ‘Dobroe’, ‘Zaozerye’, Dauren were created and approved for use in various regions of the Russian Federation. Cultivation of these varieties contributes to an increase and stabilization of feed grain harvests, an improvement in the ecological balance of the environment, an introduction of temporarily uncultivated lands into agricultural circulation, and an increase in livestock productivity.