Mexico: They present genetically improved forage oats for livestock

Published 2022년 3월 31일

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A new variety of forage oats, 909 KATEKYL, has been developed by Midagri and INIA, aimed at boosting the economic profitability of small and medium-size farmers by 183%. This new variety is renowned for its high yield, disease resistance, and climate change resilience. After a decade of scientific research, this variety has been developed to replace less efficient local varieties. Additionally, INIA-MIDAGRI has constructed two modern warehouses in Cajamarca to store seeds, improving the quality and genetic capacity of various cultivars demanded in the northern highlands of Peru.

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Midagri and INIA presented yesterday in Cajamarca the new forage oats 909 KATEKYL, genetically improved for different types of livestock. This new variety of fodder oats, due to its high quality, has been projected to increase the economic profitability of small and medium-sized farmers in our country by 183%. This new cultivar, developed by MIDAGRI through the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (INIA), offers the producer a yield of 61 tons per hectare of green fodder and one thousand kilos per hectare of seeds, which will benefit the productive yield in order to feed different types of livestock. In addition, due to its good genetic composition, INIA 909 KATEKYL has a good resistance to the attack of flying smut, puccinia coronata and puccinia graminis, the main vectors that generate pests and diseases that cause great losses in this crop. Among its other main characteristics, it has an early vegetative cycle (less than 195 days), it has an adaptation range of 2,650 to ...

Source: ActualidadGanadera