Russian sorghum reaches a new level thanks to Rostov breeders
Sorghum
Russia
Published Sep 17, 2022
Tridge summary
Domestic seeds of sorghum and Sudanese grass are successfully bred in the Rostov region
Original content
Specialists of the Veselovsky department of the regional Rosselkhozcenter tested sorghum and Sudanese grass at the Donskoy Research Center. This is the main method of quality control of seed material in order to determine its varietal purity, or plant typicality, infestation, disease and pest damage. The purpose of testing crops is to establish the compliance of seeds with the declared indicators and to determine the degree of varietal purity and suitability of the crop for seeds. The declared varieties correspond to the normalized indicators, which means that the seed market will receive high-quality seed material of sorghum and Sudanese grass of domestic selection. At present, the breeding program of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Agrarian Research Center “Donskoy” (FGBNU “ANC “Donskoy”) includes research on grain, sugar and grass sorghum. - The main task for grain sorghum is to create early-ripening varieties and hybrids with a growing season of 95-100 ...
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