Soybeans production in Serbia in 2008

Abstract

In 2008, there has been a continuation of the upward trend in soybean areas and yields in Serbia. Conditions for soybean growing were extremely favorable in the first part of the growing season and extremely unfavorable in the second, but the yields produced were above the long-term average nevertheless. Grain quality was good, which is of great importance for the seed production. Preliminary tests of germinability have been indicative of high seed quality, so there will be enough top quality soybean seed for the 2009 planting. In 2008, five new soybean cultivars have been released domestically, and another four have been registered abroad (two each in Croatia and Ukraine).

U 2008. godini nastavljen je trend povećanja površina i prinosa soje u Srbiji. Uslovi za proizvodnju soje su u prvom delu vegetacionog perioda bili izuzetno povoljni, u drugom veoma nepovoljni, ali su ostvareni prinosi iznad višegodišnjeg proseka. Kvalitet zrna je dobar, što je od posebnog značaja za semensku proizvodnju. Informativna ispitivanja klijavosti semena pokazuju visok kvalitet semena soje, pa će za setvu u 2009. godini biti dovoljno kvalitetnog semena. U 2008. registrovano je pet novih sorti soje u našoj zemlji i četiri u inostranstvu, i to po dve sorte u Hrvatskoj i Ukrajini.