Thirty years of soybean breeding at the Institute of field and vegetable crops in Novi Sad

Abstract

The work on soybean breeding at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad started in the mid seventies. The primary objective of this work was to create the first domestic, high yielding varieties, adapted to our growing conditions, and with traits that will fulfill demands of producers and processing industry, and supersede foreign varieties. During last thirty years of intensive work, 82 varieties registered in our country and 24 in abroad has been released. Current assortment comprises of thirteen varieties different by vegetation period as well as by other agronomic traits, with regard to various agroecological conditions in some growing regions of this industrial plant.

Sredinom sedamdesetih godina prošlog veka u Naučnom Institutu za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo u Novom Sadu započeto je sa radom na oplemenjivanju soje. Ovaj rad imao je za cilj stvaranje prvih domaćih, visokoprinosnih sorti soje prilagođenih našim uslovima gajenja, koje će svojim svojstvima udovoljiti zahtevima proizvođača i prerađivačke industrije i koje će iz proizvodnje istisnuti strane sorte. Tokom proteklih trideset godina intenzivnog rada stvorene su 82 sorte soje priznate u našoj zemlji i 24 priznate u inostranstvu. Aktuelni sortiment čini trinaest sorti koje se međusobno razlikuju kako po dužini vegetacije, tako i po drugim agronomskim svojstvima s obzirom na različite agroekološke uslove u pojedinim regionima gajenja ove industrijske biljke.