Belgorod REC on the air: news from breeding fields

19/07/2021

News about the achievements in the field of breeding and molecular genetic research of the world-class scientific and educational center "Innovative solutions in the agro-industrial complex" sounded online directly from the breeding fields of the Belgorod region, the Moscow region, Kaluga, Kursk, Bryansk, Orel, the Far East and the Kola Peninsula ...
Representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences addressed the participants of the online event with a welcoming speech: Donnik Irina Mikhailovna - Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Lachuga Yuri Fedorovich - Academician-Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The participants were also greeted by representatives of new regions as part of the scientific and educational center: Gromov Leonid Sergeevich - Minister of Agriculture of the Kaluga Region and Rector of the Oryol State Agrarian University Masalov Vladimir Nikolaevich. Oleg Polukhin, the rector of the National Research University Belgorod State University, addressed the participants as the head of the REC base site.
The main platform for airing this year was the experimental fields of the Belgorod FANTS RAS. Sergei Ivanovich Tyutyunov, Director of the Belgorod FANTS RAS, spoke in his speech about the importance of breeding work and the role of the Belgorod REC in its implementation.
More than 70 organizations from different regions of Russia took part in the teleconference. Partners from other countries also joined the online event: the Graduate School of Natural Sciences of the Niigata University (Japan) and the Veronesi Holding Spa group of companies (Italy). In addition to scientific organizations and business partners in the field of agriculture, representatives of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation took part in the event.
Scientists and experts discussed the achievements in the framework of projects from the portfolio of the research and production platform "Breeding and genetic research, cell technologies and genetic engineering (in the field of crop production)".
During the teleconference, the following topics were highlighted: the creation of highly productive soybean varieties; promising directions in wheat breeding and the formation of its valuable genotypes, as well as wheat-wheatgrass hybrids; problems of biodiversity conservation and the study of significant plant forms of breeding; the problem of ensuring import substitution and food security in Russia; creation of new competitive varieties of spring barley; questions of selection and genetic research of such traditional crops for Russia as corn and potatoes and, so far, the exotic culture of quinoa. The promising direction of garden therapy was discussed within the framework of the report "Arctic first-aid kit" next to us. Particular attention was paid to the development of a base for practical training in the field of selection and seed production.
One of the main topics of the reports was - "The importance of domestic breeding achievements", which was presented to colleagues by Ekaterina Vasilievna Zhuravleva - head of the research and production platform "Breeding and genetic research, cell technologies and genetic engineering (in the field of crop production)", Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences ...
The results of the teleconference were summed up by the Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region - Head of the Agro-Industrial Complex Department Yulia Evgenievna Shchedrina.
Field Day “Belgorod REC on the Air: News from Breeding Fields” has become a traditional event initiated and organized by the Science Department of the Governor's Administration of the Belgorod Region uniting representatives of science, education and business in the field of agro-industrial complex. The next teleconference, which will discuss breeding achievements, will take place exactly one year later.