The history of Agency "Republican Breeding and Selection Center" begins with the formation in 1947 of the Republican forest seed station in the village of Shchomyslitsa, Minsk region. The main functions of the station were to determine the planted quality of seeds harvested by the forest companies of the industry, as well as to monitor the status of the forest seed in the forestry institutions of the industry.
The transition of forest seed production to the breeding base began in the 50s of the last century, a selection inventory of the forest fund was carried out, as a result the best representatives of trees and plantings were identified by their external indicators and by productivity, to which the plus category was assigned. In the late 1960s, the first-order FSO (the first genetic level) was started from the progeny of plus trees.
Simultaneously with the selection inventory of forests and the creation of seed plantations, the test cultures were started. In total, during 1966-1995, they laid 39.8 hectares. The seed generation of 1339 plus trees was placed on the test. In test cultures, 277 trees were selected as candidates for the elite, which were the starting material for the assembly of clones on the second-order plantation (the second genetic level).
The transfer of forest seed production to the elite basis occurred in 1993, when the State program for the creation of the second-order FSO was launched.
It required a complex of organizational and scientific and technical measures aimed at creating a system of selection and seed service. The Republican Forest Selection and Seed Center (RFSSC) was called to head this system. After creation of RLSSC in 2002, the seed control system was reorganized, the scheme for management of forest seed production was improved, and modern equipment and technology for harvesting, processing and storage of conifer seeds was implemented.
The main goal of RFSSC is to preserve the valuable gene pool of the republic's woody plants, increase the productivity, ecological and resource potential of forests, based on the development and improvement of the permanent forest seed base.
The main task of RFSSC is highly professional management of forest selection seed breeding, RFSSC performs the following functions:
At present, there are 4 departments in RFSSC:
The production base of the agency includes:
Агротехнология выращивания посадочного материала хвойных пород с закрытой корневой системой
The history of Agency "Republican Breeding and Seed Production Center" begins with the formation in 1947 of the Republican forest seed station in the village of Shchomyslitsa, Minsk region. The main functions of the station were to determine the planted quality of seeds harvested by the forest companies of the industry, as well as to monitor the status of the forest seed in the forestry institutions of the industry.
The transition of forest seed production to the breeding base began in the 50s of the last century, a selection inventory of the forest fund was carried out, as a result the best representatives of trees and plantings were identified by their external indicators and by productivity, to which the plus category was assigned. In the late 1960s, the first-order FSO (the first genetic level) was started from the progeny of plus trees.
The main goal of RFSSC is to preserve the valuable gene pool of the republic's woody plants, increase the productivity, ecological and resource potential of forests, based on the development and improvement of the permanent forest seed base.
The main task of RFSSC is highly professional management of forest selection seed breeding, RFSSC performs the following functions:
At present, there are 4 departments in RFSSC:
The production base of the agency includes:
Two greenhouses with a total area of 0.28 hectares, equipped with transoms on the crest of the roof, irrigation ramps, shading system, artificial mist, mechanical and automatic feeding systems, heat generators are available for cultivation of forest planting material with a closed root system.
In the greenhouses, the most favorable conditions are created for growing seedlings with a closed root system at the beginning of the growing season.
After one month, containers with the plants are moved to the cultivation fields (total area 0,4 hectares) which are equipped with cable-drive irrigation ramps.
The assortment of cultivated ornamental plants includes more than 40 species and forms
The planting material grown in the center perfectly tolerates the climatic conditions of Belarus.
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