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Publication Date
1977
Description
Including a large collection of initial material is a major precondition for successful breeding work. This is particularly true for forage plant breeding. Thanks to its vast territory with its different soil and climatic conditions, the Soviet Union disposes of a great diversity of wild-growing forage plant species that has not yet been investigated in full detail. Academician V. R. WJLLIAMS and other Soviet research workers had been the first to investigate the collection of forage plants. The further study, collection, and thorough evaluation of this material is attended to by the All-Union Williams Forage Research Institute. Research work conducted over many years resulted in detecting a number of promising forms of rare perennial forage plant species as well as of new forage plants for silage and other uses, among them a promising form of Galega orientalis Lam. characterized by outstanding persistence, good forage quality, and winter hardiness. Research work on setting-up and investigating the forage plant gene pool is being continued.
Citation
Yartiev, Asfan and Yartieva, Zhaneta, "Investigations into the initial material of forage plants" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 5.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/sess2/5)
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Investigations into the initial material of forage plants
Including a large collection of initial material is a major precondition for successful breeding work. This is particularly true for forage plant breeding. Thanks to its vast territory with its different soil and climatic conditions, the Soviet Union disposes of a great diversity of wild-growing forage plant species that has not yet been investigated in full detail. Academician V. R. WJLLIAMS and other Soviet research workers had been the first to investigate the collection of forage plants. The further study, collection, and thorough evaluation of this material is attended to by the All-Union Williams Forage Research Institute. Research work conducted over many years resulted in detecting a number of promising forms of rare perennial forage plant species as well as of new forage plants for silage and other uses, among them a promising form of Galega orientalis Lam. characterized by outstanding persistence, good forage quality, and winter hardiness. Research work on setting-up and investigating the forage plant gene pool is being continued.
