Soybean plant brought from South Korea will be a source of income for the farmer in Turkey

Published 2021년 7월 25일

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Sivas Science and Technology University (SBTU) is conducting trials with 65 out of 400 soybean genotypes received from South Korea, in an effort to find alternatives to imported soybeans and provide a viable crop for local farmers. Due to adverse weather conditions, farmers have experienced significant crop losses, leading them to seek crops with higher economic returns. SBTU's Dean, Prof. Dr. Tolga Karaköy, explains that the trial involves observing the morphological development of the soybean plants at both the DNA and field levels. If successful, these genotypes will be registered and could be offered as an alternative crop to local farmers, reducing the need for soybean imports. The university is also testing various genotypes of other crops such as wheat, barley, chickpea, feed peas, hemp, cowpea, vetch, bean, sunflower, and corn.

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Sivas Science and Technology University (SBTU) aims to reduce soybean imports by trial planting 65 of the 400 soybean genotypes brought from South Korea. Dean of SBTU Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Prof. Dr. Tolga Karaköy and his team brought different types of soybean plant, whose homeland is the Far East, from South Korea to Sivas. Karaköy and his team observed that the morphological development of the early soybean seeds, which they planted in the Agricultural R&D Center within the faculty, was at a very good level. prof. Dr. Karaköy told Anadolu Agency (AA) that due to the drought and cold weather experienced this year, the farmers in the region are in search of different products with high economic returns, "Especially this year, the crops of our wheat and grain-growing farmers did not receive precipitation in April and May. In addition, the cold weather that was effective in the second week of May. The weather also damaged the crops. When the two combined, ...

Source: Sondakika