This summer set a record: on July 11, 40 degrees was recorded in Yekaterinburg. “Over the entire observation period, the air temperature increased by three degrees. The trend continues,” states Galina Sheporenko, chief weather forecaster at the Ural Hydrometeorological Center.
The Kamensky and Pyshminsky districts of the Sverdlovsk region can now fall into the southern forest-steppe zone. And this is not just a reclassification. The modern climate requires new varieties, and breeders have risen to the challenge. “Rosreestr is annually replenished with Ural new products. For example, with the early ripening variety of potatoes “Terra”, it has already produced a record 600 centners per hectare. Or with the drought-resistant variety “Shakh” - some farms even replanted their areas with it,” noted the director of the Ural Federal Agrarian Research Institute. research center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikita Zezin.
Now breeders are adapting mogar (called Italian millet) and Sudan grass, which have never been heard of here before.
This summer set a record: on July 11, 40 degrees was recorded in Yekaterinburg. “Over the entire observation period, the air temperature increased by three degrees. The trend continues,” states Galina Sheporenko, chief weather forecaster of the Ural Hydrometeorological Center. The Kamensky and Pyshminsky districts of the Sverdlovsk region can now fall into the southern forest-steppe zone. And this is not just a reclassification. The modern climate requires new varieties, and breeders have risen to the challenge. “Rosreestr is annually replenished with new Ural products. For example, with the early ripening variety of potatoes “Terra”, it has already produced a record 600 centners per hectare. Or with the drought-resistant variety “Shakh” - some farms even replanted areas with ...
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