Study of economically valuable traits of alfalfa collection nursery samples in the Rostov region
https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2025-400-11-113-121
Abstract
Due to changing weather and climatic conditions, updating the varietal composition of agricultural crops (in particular, alfalfa) to provide agricultural producers with new, highyielding and adapted varieties is an urgent task. The study of the source material is the primary stage of the breeding process.
The research objectives are a comprehensive study of alfalfa collection nursery samples and the identification of the most valuable for the further breeding process as a source material.
The studies were conducted in 2022–2024 in the fields of the “Donskoy” Scientific Research Center. The object of the research were 54 local alfalfa samples, 6 samples of foreign and local selection. The samples that exceeded the Rostovskaya 90 standard were analyzed and selected for the main economically valuable characteristics (yield of green hay mass, plant height, foliage, dry matter and crude protein content). A correlation analysis was conducted between the studied features, significant connections were identified. Based on the results of the comprehensive study, alfalfa samples with a number of useful features and properties for subsequent selection were identified. Sample SGL 151, which surpassed the standard variety in a set of indicators, will be used as the source material for creating new high-yielding varieties with good feed quality
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out with the support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science as part of the State Assignment of the FSBSI «Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”» No. 0505-2022-0003.
About the Authors
K. N. Goryunov
Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Kirill Nikolaevich Goryunov, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Junior Researcher
3 Nauchny Gorodok, Zernograd, Rostov region, 347740
A. A. Regidin
Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey Alekseevich Regidin, Researcher Associate
3 Nauchny Gorodok, Zernograd, Rostov region, 347740
N. S. Kravchenko
Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nina Stanislavovna Kravchenko, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory for Biochemical, Technological and Agrochemical Estimation
3 Nauchny Gorodok, Zernograd, Rostov region, 347740
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Goryunov K.N., Regidin A.A., Kravchenko N.S. Study of economically valuable traits of alfalfa collection nursery samples in the Rostov region. Agrarian science. 2025;(11):113-121. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2025-400-11-113-121
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