In Udmurt research Institute of agriculture brought a varieties of winter wheat with increased survival and disease resistance. Scientists gave it the name “Italmas” in honor of the revered flower of the Republic, said the Deputy Director of Institute Andrey Lednev.
According to him, now employees of the Institute are prepared to patent derived specifically for the Volga-Vyatka and Ural regions, a variety with a higher yield, to be included in the State register of crop varieties. This kind of wheat has increased winter hardiness and resistance to fungal diseases – snow mould, Sclerotinia, brown rust.
“In five years of testing varieties found that the average survival 71% yield of winter wheat Italmas made up 3.47 tons per hectare, which is 0.13 tons per hectare higher than the standard,” the story Lednev.
The Deputy Director of the research Institute noted that net income in the cultivation of wheat in this class amounted to 27.65 thousand rubles per hectare. The profitability of planting was estimated at 392%.
“That we can talk about the concept of a guaranteed harvest. Three years ago, in Udmurtiya from-for warm winters and the small amount of snow all winter crops do not overwinter. Our wheat under the same conditions gave a good harvest,” — said Andrey Lednev.
