Strategy and Achievements in Buckwheat Breeding for Modern Farming Under the Conditions of the Middle Volga Region

Abstract

The directions and results of buckwheat breeding for the regions of the middle Volga region are discussed. The efficiency of creation of extreme selection backgrounds for increasing the adaptive potential of plants is shown. The main advantages of the new selection varieties Nikolskaya and Yashlek, obtained on the basis of fasciated hybrid populations, are presented.