The new Prize variety of soft winter wheat, which is resistant to the basic diseases of southern Russia
The article shows the basic methods used to create new varieties. A decrease in the yield of many varieties of soft winter wheat is due to disease damage. When creating the variety, genotypes were involved, with well-defined markers of the main characters and properties. A new variety of winter wheat Prize has been created. He was transferred to the State test in 2019. The morphological description, economic and biological characteristics, biochemical, technological and milling and baking indicators of the quality of grain and bread of a new variety Prize are given. In terms of yield, the new variety significantly exceeded the Thunder standard. The excess, on average over three years of study, was 1.84 t / ha. This is a mid-season variety. It has a high productive bushiness and forms up to 782 productive stems per square meter. The variety has high winter hardiness and frost resistance. The new genotype has a high content of protein and gluten in the first quality group in the grain. According to the flour and baking indicators (the strength of flour, the volume of bread and the total baking evaluation), the Prize variety did not yield to the standard variety Grom, which is included in the list of valuable wheat of the Russian Federation. The prize is characterized by high field resistance to the main diseases of soft winter wheat and, accordingly, it can be effectively cultivated with low-cost technologies, without the use of protective equipment.