Professor Natalia Petrovska: There is exceptional interest in Bulgarian corn selection

The Institute of Maize in Knezha has the capacity to a large extent to produce the most sought-after hybrids, it became clear from Assoc. Prof. Natalia Petrovska, Director of the institute during a webinar organized by the National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS) on the topic "Drought and heat stress resistant maize hybrids. Effective management of soil potential." Currently, the Institute of Maize has 38 hybrids registered in the country's variety list. "Maize is a crop that requires isolation during seed production, a distance of 200 m is needed. In addition, crop rotation is required, so we do not have the possibility to produce hybrid seeds from the entire portfolio, we have the most sought-after hybrids. This year we offer Knezha 310, Knezha 320, Knezha 435, Knezha 461, Knezha 561, Knezha 564, Knezha 565, Knezha 683 A from the late silage group. We manage to produce seeds for about 10 hybrids. The demand is high. There is extremely high demand from livestock farmers for ...