Kherson Institute of irrigated agriculture received more than fifty orders for the purchase of seed potatoes from all over Ukraine. Since the laboratory of potato biotechnology produces seeds "in vitro", that is, in vitro, it is protected from all causative agents of viral and bacterial diseases.
They assure in the laboratory that after reproduction this material not only provides the maximum yield, but also retains all its beneficial properties for 5-8 years, while ordinary potatoes begin to degenerate the following season.
See also:As the head of the laboratory of potato biotechnology, doctor of agricultural sciences Galina Balashova, said, 100-200 tons of seed potatoes are produced in the laboratory "in-vitro" annually. Moreover, preference in cultivation is given to early and middle-early potato varieties - those for which there is a demand.
For your information, the history of the Institute of Irrigation Agriculture originates from the moment of the creation of the Kherson Zemsky Research Field, organized on the basis of the research farm of the Kherson Agricultural School in 1889. The activity of the “great-grandfather” of the Institute was to observe changes in the soil in terms of the use of crop rotations, to test new crop varieties for the south of Ukraine, and the like.
We recommend to read:Now experts of the Institute of Irrigated Agriculture of the NAAS participate in the implementation of 15 scientific and technical programs of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, and the Institute performs the functions of the Center for Scientific Support of the ATP of the Kherson region.
