New varieties of peppers and tomatoes were introduced in Belarus

Researchers of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy (Belarusian State Agricultural Academy) have bred 7 new varieties of sweet peppers and tomatoes since the beginning of the year. Head of the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ecology and Radiology, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences Mikhail Dobrodkin told BelTA about this. “This year the sweet peppers“ Shchodra ”,“ Sakavita ”and“ Sonechny ”, as well as the tomatoes“ Horizon ”and“ Red Grand ”, bred by the staff of our department, have passed a full cycle of tests and are included in the state register for growing in production conditions, - noted Mikhail Dobrodkin. “In total, in recent years, more than 30 high-yielding, environmentally stable hybrids and varieties of tomato for open and closed ground, as well as sweet pepper have been zoned within the walls of the educational institution.” According to the head of the department, if earlier during selection the task was to increase the yield of the variety, now the ...