Contribution of NS hybrids to sunflower development in the Ukraine

Abstract

The sunflower is the most important oil crop in the Ukraine, where it has been sown on an area of about 3.5 million hectares in recent years. The Ukraine is one of the largest sunflower producers in the world with an annual production of over 4.9 million hectares. More than 20 NS sunflower hybrids have been registered thus far by the Ukrainian Variety Commission. The agricultural company "Sadi Ukrajini" from Kharkov is the largest Ukrainian partner of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad. Lately this company has been sowing over 4,000 hectares of sunflower seed crops of various NS hybrids. One in every six sunflower hectares sown in the Ukraine in 2005 has been planted with seeds produced by the "Sadi Ukrajini" company. In 2005, high yields have been obtained in the production of hybrid sunflower seed, so it is expected that NS sunflower hybrids will be sown on more than 800,000 ha in the Ukraine next year.

Suncokret je najvažnija uljana kultura u Ukrajini. U poslednje vreme seje se na površinama od oko 3,5 miliona hektara. Sa proizvodnjom preko 4,9 miliona tona godišnje, Ukrajina spada među najveće proizvođače suncokreta u svetu. U državnoj sortnoj komisiji Ukrajine registrovano je preko dvadeset NS-hibrida suncokreta. Agrofirma "Sadi Ukrajini" iz Harkova je najveći partner Instituta za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo u Ukrajini. U poslednje vreme u ovoj firmi se seje preko 4000 ha semenskog suncokreta NS-hibrida. Svaki 6 hektar suncokreta posejan u Ukrajini u 2005. godini bio je proizveden u firmi "Sadi Ukrajini". U 2005. godini ostvareni su visoki prinosi u proizvodnji hibridnog semena suncokreta, pa se očekuje da NS-hibridima bude zasejano preko 800000 ha u narednoj godini.