СОMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF HIGH PRODUCTIVE SOYBEAN VARIETIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE FAR EASTERN SOUTH
The main goal of the research included the competitive evaluation of high productive soybean varieties while using different methods of biological statistics both in the production cultivation and in the selection process taking into account regional peculiarities and climatic conditions. While testing the varieties on the reaction to the testing conditions change there were determined stable varieties - Primorskaya 13, Venera, Primorskaya 301. They refer to the early and mid-ripen groups. As for the varieties with high potential under improving of testing conditions Primorskaya 96, Primorskaya 69, Primorskaya 86 and Primorskaya 4, refer to the mid and late ripen groups. There was given the total evaluation of eleven soybean varieties according to Martynov’s method. It characterizes the given group according to the deviation from the goal optimum of the breeder. In the given case the total evaluation was calculated according to the seven characteristics: the two years yield, the plant height, vegetation period, oil and protein content in the seeds, the disease resistance. As a result of the research the least average deviation from the goal have varieties: Primorskaya96, Primorskaya 4, and Primorskaya 86. These varieties are under the State testing now. Usage of different methods of biological statistics can be considered as the breeder’s opportunity extension in evaluation and the best varieties choice taking into account the standard characteristics of the variety features given as the breeder’s goal.