Main Sector of relevance\IRC classification 1. Agriculture, Food and Marine Resources
1.32 Fodder beet Milana
Developers’ contact information
Republican Unitary Enterprise "The Scientific And Practical
Center For Arable Farming of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus"
1, Timiriasev Str., 222160 Zhodino
Tel/ Fax: +375 (1775) 370-66
Summary
Single-stem hybrid of semi-sugar fodder beet, high-yielding. Featured as fast-growing in initial period. Appropriate for growing in public sector farms and private farms. Appropriate for machine harvesting. Released outside of the country – in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
Description
New hybrid of fodder beet Milana is protected by Certificate of Authorship v0001010 (of 11 January 2006) for the variety of plants.
Technology type
Technical advantages and economic benefits
Hybrid F1 – is a single-stem, triploid, semi-sugar type. Few-flowered, resistant to early blight during vegetation, and to rotting during storage, appropriate for machine growing and harvesting. Featured as fast-growing in initial period. Maximum yield is 1373 centner/ha, collection of solids content is 244 centner/ha. Single-stem seed rate is 98-100%. Crop root submergence in soil is 60-65%, during harvesting the crop root is pulled out with little effort.
Technology differentiation and uniqueness
Single-stem semi-sugar hybrid, resistant to early blight during vegetation, and to rotting during storage. Featured as fast-growing in initial period. Appropriate for machine harvesting.
Context in which technology was identified
International Specialized Exhibition “Belagro – 2004-2008” (Minsk, Belarus).
Technological keywords
Fodder beets, variety, single-stem root.
Development Stage
Intellectual property rights
Range of applications
Agriculture, fodder production.
Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres
Preferable Regions
Practical experience
Introduced into agricultural enterprises of the Republic of Belarus over the area of 3850 ha.
Environmental impact
Environmentally safe.
Type of collaboration sought
Terms and restrictions
Defined by the license contract.
Available technical assistance