<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>One of key questions in breeding for organic agriculture is about most appropriate selection environment. A successful man-made cereal species, triticale (Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus.) - is very suitable for growing in organic crop management systems but little research has been conducted on breeding triticale for organic agriculture. Field trials were carried out in Priekuïi during 2009-2012. One hundred F4 winter triticale lines were sown in conventionally and organically managed fields. Selection of the approximately ten best lines in each environment, according to breeders’ opinion with respect to suitability for organic conditions, was made. The selected lines were compared in both organic and conventional fields. The study did not show that there was a need to create varieties for organic farming by selection of triticale in the initial generations in organic fields.</p></abstract>

One of key questions in breeding for organic agriculture is about most appropriate selection environment. A successful man-made cereal species, triticale (Triticosecale Wittm. ex A. Camus.) - is very suitable for growing in organic crop management systems but little research has been conducted on breeding triticale for organic agriculture. Field trials were carried out in Priekuïi during 2009-2012. One hundred F4 winter triticale lines were sown in conventionally and organically managed fields. Selection of the approximately ten best lines in each environment, according to breeders’ opinion with respect to suitability for organic conditions, was made. The selected lines were compared in both organic and conventional fields. The study did not show that there was a need to create varieties for organic farming by selection of triticale in the initial generations in organic fields.

Comparison o Selection Results i Organic and Conventional Environments for Winter Triticale

State Priekuļi Plant Breeding Institute, Zinātnes iela 1a, Priekuļi, LV-4126, LATVIA

State Stende Cereal Breeding Institute, Dižzemes, Dižstende, Libagu pag., Talsu nov., LV-3258, LATVIA

Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences.

One of key questions in breeding for organic agriculture is about most appropriate selection environment. A successful man-made cereal species, triticale...

Comparison o Selection Results i Organic and Conventional Environments for Winter Triticale

Publicado en línea: 03 ago 2013

Páginas: 268 - 271

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2013-0047

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