Varieties of spring wheat for Central Non-Black Earth of the Russian Federation
8 varieties of spring wheat adapted to cultivation in the central Non-Black Earth Region of the Russian Federation (RF) are created over 15 years as a result of selection in a department of selection and seed farming of the Upper Volga Federal Agrarian Research Center. The State Register of Selection Achievements includes six varieties admitted to using for production purposes in the RF and the Republic of Belarus (RB). All varieties are the most effective in specific soil, climatic and technological conditions of the controlled area. Three varieties are created in cooperation with Federal Research Center “Nemchinovka”. The State Register of Selection Achievements contains Zlata variety - ultra-early ripening, valuable for its grain quality; Lubava - medium ripening, valuable for its grain quality. According to its lodging and disease resistance as well as grain quality, Belyana variety is submitted for State trials. It exceeds the yield standard in fertilized conditions by 3.7 dt/hectare. Over the last three years, lodging resistance of Belyana is 9 points, average content of raw protein - 16.3%, raw fibrin - 38.4%. Research and Practical Center of the Republic of Belarus for Arable Farming assists in selecting 5 varieties. The State Registers of Selection Achievements admit to using for production purposes in the RF and the RB following varieties: Sudarynya - high-yielding, middle-early, resistant to lodging, valuable for its grain quality; Slavyanka - valuable for its grain quality, high-yielding, resistant to lodging; Kamenka - middle-early, high-yielding, the most resistant to abiotic environmental factors; Ladya - middle ripening, yield potential of 100 dt/hectare; Vitalia - middle-early, short-stalked, high-yielding, resistant to lodging and diseases, is submitted for State trials. The selection researches a new and promising material with greater potential compared to the best standard ones.