The history of development of the rice varieties in the Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”

Abstract

The article provides a brief historical overview of research work on rice at the Agrarian Scientific Center “Donskoy”, from 1957 to the present. Rostov Region is located on the northern border of the rice distribution area. Therefore, the rice cultivated here must be fruitful, cold-resistant and guaranteed to ripen at these latitudes. Therefore, studies were started on this culture with the aim of adapting it to new soil and climatic conditions. The work was carried out in such areas as selection, seed production, cultivation technology (norms and terms of sowing, doses of fertilizers and stimulants, protection of plants from diseases, pests and weeds). The breeding work was headed by Kosarev N.I. (1957–1967), Sindetsky A.L. (1967–1977), Rossikhin V.P. (1978–1994), Parfenyuk A.A. (1994–2000), Kostylev P.I. (2000–2018), Krasnova E.V. (since 2019). Research on agricultural technology of rice was supervised by Parfenyuk A. A. (1977–2003) and Stepovoj V.I. (2003–2010). The technical work was carried out by a large team of researchers, laboratory assistants and workers due to the multiple turnover. In total, 26 varieties of rice were created and entered into the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation for the North Caucasian (6) and Lower Volga (8) regions: Donskoy 1, Donskoy 2, Donskoy 3, Donskoy 4, Donskoy 402, Donskoy 63, Don 22, Don 26, Zernogradsky, Primanychsky, Salsky, Budennovsky, Privolny, Razdolny, Kontact, Zlaty, Virazh, Boyarin, Svetly, Komandor, Yuzhanin, Kuboyar, Acoustic, Virasan, Pirouette, Kapitan, Argamak etc. 13 master's and 3 doctoral dissertations, 15 monographs and a large number of articles have been published.