INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE "STATUS, PROBLEMS AND DIRECTIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF WHEAT BREEDING AND SEED PRODUCTION UNDER TODAY'S CHALLENGES"
On March 28, 2024, scientists of the Yuriev Plant Production Institute participated in the online International Scientific Conference "Status, Problems and Directions of the Development of Wheat Breeding and Seed Production under Today'S Challenges" dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Academician F.H. Kyrychenko, which was held at the Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute - National Center of Seed and Cultivar Investigation (Odesa).
Acting director, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Oleh Leonov gave a plenary talk "History and Current Status of Winter Bread Wheat Breeding at the Yuriev Plant Production Institute of NAAS", in which he cited the historical stages of the formation and development of breeding research on winter wheat at the Yuriev Plant Production Institute of NAAS, summarized the main results of 115-year work on the creation of winter bread wheat varieties (50 varieties) bred by advanced methods for that time. He presented the promising trends in the modern breeding science, which are aimed at creating highly productive varieties that are adapted to the conditions of Eastern Ukraine, resistant to major unfavorable biotic and abiotic factors, and used for different purposes, primarily in bakery, confectionery, and food industries. He drew the attention of the conference participants to the urgent issues of the state registration of crop varieties, in particular winter wheat.
Head of the Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Yuriy Kolupaev on behalf of the author team gave a talk "Comparison of the Responses of Common Wheat Etiolated Seedlings and Green Plants of Different Genotypes to Drought." Information on changes in integral physiological parameters (primarily growth) and biochemical markers of stress and adaptive reactions in wheat etiolated seedlings and green plants of different genotypes was presented; model experiments for express-assessments of drought resistance of cereal varieties and studies of their adaptive strategies were justified. In total, over 20 talks of scientists from NAAS institutes, higher education institutions, and Romanian and Turkish research centers were presented.