Phenological development phases and seed productivity of shallot accessions in the northern European part of the Russian Federation
https://doi.org/10.30766/2072-9081.2025.26.6.1285-1297
Abstract
Shallot (Allium ascalonicum L.) is currently a highly sought-after crop, enjoying widespread demand. In the Kirov region, breeding efforts are underway to develop new cultivars resistant to the abiotic and biotic factors of northern European Russia. These cultivars will enable the production of large, marketable bulbs when grown from seed, as well as facilitate seed production. This article presents the results of studies on the seed productivity of new cultivars obtained through individual and clonal selection from hybrid populations adapted to local conditions. It has been established that high-quality, commercialquality shallot seeds can yield 0.8–10.7 g per plant. The dynamics of the onset of the main phenological phases of mother plant development in various shallot cultivars was studied in 2021–2023, and the effect of weather conditions on their duration and seed productivity of plants was determined. It was found that the vegetation period of the studied shallot breeding accessions from regrowth to seed harvesting averaged 118 days over three years, and 142 days to full seed ripening. Promising accessions include: 187, 212, 214, 216, and 217 with a seed germination rate of over 75 %, which equates to the "elite seeds" category; as well as 195, 219, and the ‘Grant’ cultivar with a germination rate of over 55 %, which corresponds to the "first generation reproductive seeds" category.
Supporting agencies: the research was carried out under the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian within the state assignment of the Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North-East named N. V. Rudnitsky (theme No. FNWE-2022-0008).
About the Authors
V. M. Motov
ФГБНУ «Федеральный аграрный научный центр Северо-Востока имени Н. В. Рудницкого»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Victor M. Motov, PhD in Agricultural Science, senior researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Vegetable Breeding
Lenin Str., 166a, Kirov, 610007
M. V. Motova
ФГБНУ «Федеральный аграрный научный центр Северо-Востока имени Н. В. Рудницкого»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Margarita V. Motova, PhD in Biology, researcher, the Laboratory of Vegetable Breeding
Lenin Str., 166a, Kirov, 610007
P. M. Skopin
ФГБНУ «Федеральный аграрный научный центр Северо-Востока имени Н. В. Рудницкого»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavel M. Skopin, junior researcher, the Laboratory of Vegetable Breeding
Lenin Str., 166a, Kirov, 610007
I. A. Ustiuzhanin
ФГБНУ «Федеральный аграрный научный центр Северо-Востока имени Н. В. Рудницкого»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Igor A. Ustiuzhanin, PhD in Agricultural Science, Director
Lenin Str., 166a, Kirov, 610007
T. M. Seredin
ФГБНУ «Фeдeрaльный нayчный цeнтр овощeводствa»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Timofey M. Seredin, PhD in Agricultural Science, senior researcher, the Laboratory of Onion Breeding
14, Selectsionnaya str., VNIISSOK, Odintsovo district, Moscow region, 143072
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