Russia: An early ripening soybean variety with a protein content of up to 40% was created in Voronezh

Scientists from the Voronezh State Agrarian University (VSAU) and colleagues from the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus have created a new soybean variety with a yield of up to 29 centners per hectare and with a protein content of up to 40% and higher. Work on a new soybean variety has been going on for ten years, Tatyana Vashchenko, professor at the Department of Breeding, Seed Production and Biotechnology at Voronezh State Agrarian University, told TASS. “We have created a new soybean variety “Vasilisa” with the Belarusian Institute of Genetics <…> It is early ripening, with a high attachment of the lower bean <…> We worked on the creation of the variety for about 10 years,” she said. According to her, yield and protein are the main indicators of the soybean variety; in “Vasilisa” the yield is up to 29 c/ha, the protein content is up to 40% and higher. Vashchenko noted that the creation of a new soybean variety is more ...