Creation and evaluation of new inbred corn lines as a basis for obtaining heterotic hybrids
Department of Corn Breeding and Primary Seed Production
Brief description of the department's activities
The department carries out research activities to create highly productive corn hybrids of various maturity groups adapted to local agro-climatic conditions.
The work includes finding and creating new inbred lines, studying their combining ability, and developing commercial seed production technologies.
The division ensures maintaining the genetic purity of parent forms and producing seeds of higher reproductions for the needs of the agricultural sector.
The department actively interacts with research centers on germplasm exchange and the implementation of modern biotechnological methods in the breeding process.
Main research areas
Breeding for increased yield potential, fast moisture release by grain during maturation, and lodging resistance
Study of genetic resistance of corn to major diseases (smut, ear fusarium) and pests
Improvement of primary seed production methods to ensure high quality of parent form seeds
Development of varietal technologies for cultivating hybrids for grain and silage in various ecological zones
Key results and achievements of the department
A series of corn hybrids with a grain yield potential of 100–120 c/ha and green mass of 450–600 c/ha was created
Patents for new breeding achievements included in the State Register of varieties were obtained
An effective system for maintaining and propagating sterile analogs and fertility restorer lines was developed
Regulations for pre-sowing seed treatment to increase field germination under early sowing conditions were optimized
International projects
Cooperation and exchange
The department actively collaborates with international institutes (such as CIMMYT) on testing the global corn gene pool. The reception, study, and use of introduced lines to expand the genetic diversity of its own breeding program are carried out.
Department publications
Articles, monographs, recommendations
Employees regularly publish research results in peer-reviewed journals (VAK, Scopus), covering issues of heterosis, genetics of quantitative traits, and seed production technologies. Methodological recommendations on the features of growing corn hybrids under climate change conditions have been published.
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