Soybean Breeding in Romania
The first breeding program
- German-Romanian Society ,,Soia”- 1934
- Helen Herb-Muller – Herb soybean varieties
1949
- continue the breeding program at Institute of Agricultural Research Romania (IARR)
1962
- amplification of the program at Institute for Cereals Crops and Technical Plants Fundulea (ICCTPF) – D. Ionescu, Fl. Popa, St. Dencescu, Ioana David
1967
- development of research topics – new centre Turda – Prof. M. Ardeleanu (1967-1975)
There were concerns for soybean breeding
Agronomic Institute Cluj– Clara Sebök
Agronomic Institute Bucureşti Prof. Nicolae Giosan, Prof Ioan Nicolae
Soybean breeding centers in present
NARDI Fundulea (MG: O, I)
ARDS Turda (MG: OOO, OO)
Soybean breeding program at ARDS Turda has gone through several stages:
Stage I (1969-1976) – the period in which a valuable collection of American varieties, lines and mutants was organized, which over time led to more than 1,200 genotypes;
Stage II (1977-1994) – first very early soybean varieties were created;
Stage III (1995-2005) – typical early soybean varieties were created (maturity group 00);
Stage IV (2006-present) – new generation of early (00) to semi-early (0) soybean varieties with high yield and good quality features.
BREEDING OBJECTIVES
BREEDING METHOD
Hybridization (crossing)
Individually repeated selection of hybrid population
Departments of the field
Hybrid Field 500 – 700 hybrids
Selection Field 7.000 – 12.000 descendants
Preliminary Yield Trial (PYT) – 600 – 800 lines
Comparative Orientation Trial (COT) – 5 – 7 trials
Comparative Competition Trial (CCT) – 4 – 6 trials
COT and CCT have 25 varieties in 2 rows of 12 m row length, with 3 reps – harvested area of the plot is 10 mp. (result from the elimination of 1 m from both ends of the row)
State Institute for Variety Testing and Registration
2 years testing in 9 testing centers
