The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has summed up the results of the grant competition for the creation of seed-breeding and animal-breeding centers in the field of agriculture aimed at introducing and implementing modern technologies in the agro-industrial complex based on developments of scientific and educational organizations. The Krasnoyarsk Science Center of SB RAS became one of 35 winners of the competition. The amount of the grant provided for 2021 will be 15 million roubles. This victory in the competition will allow the Federal Research Center "KSC SB RAS" to continue work in one of the priority areas of research of the center in the field of modern seed production and agriculture.

"One of the main tasks of the Krasnoyarsk Science Center is to ensure food security of the Siberian Federal Region. In particular, of priority is research in the field of agriculture aimed at introducing modern technologies in the agro-industrial complex in order to create new generation varieties with different ripening periods which combine high productivity and quality indicators with complex resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, satisfying the requirements of agricultural producers, consumer market and environmental safety in terms of economically valuable characteristics. The center deals with the creation and development of a competitive fund of original seed material of domestic varieties and hybrids of agricultural crops, as well as on the development of new technologies which promote breeding achievements on the market.

In recent years, more than 20 new varieties of soft spring wheat have been created as well as those of spring barley, winter rye, sowing peas, apple trees, honeysuckle, red and black currants, sea buckthorn, and felt cherry. At the same time, it is important not only to get a new variety, but also to develop technologies for its cultivation, taking into account soil and climatic conditions.

The program will be implemented, taking into account the regional soil and climatic peculiarities, which will ensure the demand for the varieties of agricultural crops among agricultural producers of the Krasnoyarsk Region and the Angara-Yenisei macroregion, in order to introduce the results of the breeding center into the real sector of economy ", - comments on the victory in the competition the acting director of FRC KSC SB RAS , Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Alexander Shpedt.

Congratulations to the staff of the Federal Research Center, employees of institutes and agricultural units with a victory in the competition!