Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

POTATO RESEARCH INSTITUTEDr BORIS V. ANISIMOV

Deputy Director for ResearchLorcha st. 23, Kraskovo, 140051 Moskow Region,

RussiaTel. +7 495 5571018, Fax. +7 495 5571011

E-mail: coordinazia@mail.ru

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RegionRegion Planted area Planted area

(1000 ha)(1000 ha) ProductionProduction

(1000 tons)(1000 tons)

Russia, totalRussia, total 21932193 3113431134

Central regionCentral region 646646 86298629

North western North western regionregion

102102 12231223

Southern regionSouthern region 236236 26952695

Privolgskij regionPrivolgskij region 587587 91299129

Ural regionUral region 155155 27602760

Siberian regionSiberian region 373373 54155415

Far-Eastern regionFar-Eastern region 9696 12821282

The potato production The potato production in significant Russian regions in 2009.in significant Russian regions in 2009.

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1990

2009

Figure 1. The share of different categories in potato production (%).

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Potato yield in Russia in 2009.Potato yield in Russia in 2009.

RegionRegion All All producersproducers

(t/ha)(t/ha)

Agricultural Agricultural enterprises enterprises

(t/ha)(t/ha)

Russia, total Russia, total (in (in average) average)

14.314.3 19.819.8

Central regionCentral region 13.513.5 21.221.2

North western regionNorth western region 1212.0.0 18.318.3

Southern regionSouthern region 11.911.9 19.619.6

Privolgskij regionPrivolgskij region 15.615.6 20.920.9

Ural regionUral region 17.817.8 19.619.6

Siberian regionSiberian region 14.614.6 16.016.0

Far-Eastern regionFar-Eastern region 13.613.6 14.014.0

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Product Product 20052005 20062006 20072007 20082008

Total processed Total processed potato potato

22.46122.461 67.58267.582 93.22193.221 101.90101.9000

products including:products including:

fried potato fried potato 17.24717.247 57.35057.350 73.75973.759 85.10085.100

quick-frozen potato quick-frozen potato 3.3143.314 6.6986.698 9.6639.663 10.80010.800

dried potato dried potato 1.1841.184 1.9321.932 2.0142.014 3.5003.500

mashed potato mashed potato 626626 2.4822.482 8.4238.423 4.9004.900

Processed potato volume in Russia Processed potato volume in Russia 2005-2008 (1000 tons).2005-2008 (1000 tons).

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The potato production The potato production in significant Russian regions in 2009-2010in significant Russian regions in 2009-2010

Округа

All producers,(1000 tons)

Agricultural enterprises,(1000 tons)

2009 г 2010 г2010 +/-

to 2009г2009 г 2010 г.

2010 +/-

to 2009г

Russia, total (in Russia, total (in average) average)

31134 21129 - 10005 4066 2209 - 1857

Central regionCentral region 8629 5175 - 3454 1469 737 - 732

North western regionNorth western region 1224 1257 + 33 196 196 0

Southern regionSouthern region 1464 1354 - 110 153 143 - 10

NorthNorth-Kavkaz 1231 1182 - 49 109 104 - 5

Privolgskij regionPrivolgskij region 9129 3502 - 5627 1387 396 - 991

Ural regionUral region 2760 1896 - 864 385 259 - 126

Siberian regionSiberian region 5415 5477 + 62 272 283 + 11

Far-Eastern regionFar-Eastern region 1282 1287 + 5 94 94 0

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Potato yield in Russia in 2009-2010Potato yield in Russia in 2009-2010

Округа

All producers (t/ha)

Agricultural enterprises (t/ha)

2009 г 2010 г2010г +/- to 2009г

2009 г 2010 г.2010г +/- to 2009г

Russia, total (in Russia, total (in average) average)

14,27 10,02 - 4,27 19,48 13,58 - 5,90

Central regionCentral region 13,48 8,34 - 5,14 22,72 14,12 - 8,60

North western regionNorth western region 12,03 12,46 + 0,43 16,93 17,15 + 0,22

Southern regionSouthern region 10,19 9,48 - 0,71 14,98 14,40 - 0,58

NorthNorth-Kavkaz 13,56 12,74 - 0,82 17,74 12,42 - 5,32

Privolgskij regionPrivolgskij region 15,60 6,57 - 9,03 18,86 10,33 - 8,53

Ural regionUral region 17,79 12,16 - 5,63 21,32 14,33 - 6,94

Siberian regionSiberian region 14,57 14,84 + 0,27 15,41 16,10 + 0,69

Far-Eastern regionFar-Eastern region 13,64 13,62 - 0,02 13,78 13,31 - 0,47

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International cooperation developmentInternational cooperation development

● ● breeding of new potato varieties which are adopted to breeding of new potato varieties which are adopted to the local condition, resistant to diseases, best use of the local condition, resistant to diseases, best use of environmental and technological resources;environmental and technological resources;

● ● production of virus free material and original seed production of virus free material and original seed potato;potato;

● ● improvement of quality control methods and improvement of quality control methods and certification system;certification system;

● ● improvement of potato technology and crop agronomy improvement of potato technology and crop agronomy (tillage seed bed preparation, fertilization, planting, crop (tillage seed bed preparation, fertilization, planting, crop maintaining, harvesting);maintaining, harvesting);

● ● improvement the storage technology;improvement the storage technology;

● ● development and promotion of potato processing;development and promotion of potato processing;

● ● improvement of potato management;improvement of potato management;

● ● training for potato growers.training for potato growers.

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9FIELD DEMONSTRATION TRIALS OF POTATO CULTIVARS IN

RUSSIAVNIIKH, Korenevo, 2009

Working programme Working programme IN RUSSIA IN RUSSIA for FIELD DEMONSTRATION TRIALS OF SEED POTATO CULTIVARS for FIELD DEMONSTRATION TRIALS OF SEED POTATO CULTIVARS

VNIIKH, Korenevo, 2011 VNIIKH, Korenevo, 2011

№ Activity Time period Organization

1 Phytosanitary control of seed potato cultivars for field demonstration trials under specific conditions in Russia

April 2011 Agroscope ACW

VNIIKH

2 Laboratory tests for quality and health of seed potato cultivars for demonstration trials in Russia

April - May 2011 VNIIKH

3 Field demonstration trials of seed potato cultivars in Russia

May - October 2011

VNIIKH

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Visit of experts to VNIIKH to prepare and assess the results of the demonstration trials of seed potato cultivars

May 2011 July 2011

Agroscope ACW VNIIKH

5 Final joint report and drawing up a programme for further joint work

November 2011 Agroscope ACW

VNIIKH

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Number of samples in 2011: 150 samplesNumber of samples in 2011: 150 samples

Remove the samples from the bags and transfer the tubers to storage Remove the samples from the bags and transfer the tubers to storage trays ontrays on

the day of the receipt.the day of the receipt. Take at random 200 tubers from each sample to be tested for the Take at random 200 tubers from each sample to be tested for the

presence of presence of

Potato ring rot and Potato brown rot. The remaining tubers are intended Potato ring rot and Potato brown rot. The remaining tubers are intended for field trial.for field trial.

Damaged tubers and those affected by wet rot or dry rot should be Damaged tubers and those affected by wet rot or dry rot should be removed.removed.

Samples should be stored at 2° to 4° C and relative humidity of 85% to Samples should be stored at 2° to 4° C and relative humidity of 85% to 90%.90%.

Tubers to be pre-heated 3 weeks before planting to 7° C for 9 days Tubers to be pre-heated 3 weeks before planting to 7° C for 9 days followed followed

by 12 days at 15° C.by 12 days at 15° C. During the storage period the tubers should be inspected at least twice During the storage period the tubers should be inspected at least twice

and and

damaged tubers and those affected by wet rot or dry rot removed.damaged tubers and those affected by wet rot or dry rot removed. Prior to planting damaged tubers and those affected by wet rot or dry Prior to planting damaged tubers and those affected by wet rot or dry

rot should by removed.rot should by removed.

11The technical aspects The technical aspects of comparative potato field of comparative potato field

trialstrials 

Number of samples: 150Number of samples: 150

Replication: One plot for each sample.Replication: One plot for each sample. Number of rows per plot: 4Number of rows per plot: 4 Distance between the rows: 0.75 m.Distance between the rows: 0.75 m. Distance between plants in rows: 30cmDistance between plants in rows: 30cm Length of row: 15 m. Length of row: 15 m. Number of tubers per plot: 200.Number of tubers per plot: 200. Method of planting: By handMethod of planting: By hand Trial design: samples of the same variety to be Trial design: samples of the same variety to be

grouped together with Basic seed samples grouped together with Basic seed samples preceding Certified seed samples. Groups to be preceding Certified seed samples. Groups to be arranged in alphabetical order and in order of arranged in alphabetical order and in order of maturity.maturity.

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Seed Potato Classification in RussiaSeed Potato Classification in Russia

* All initial material and Original Seed are testing by ELISA - test* All initial material and Original Seed are testing by ELISA - test

Bank of Healthy Bank of Healthy Potato varietiesPotato varieties

BHVP Inv the fieldBHVP Inv the field

Initial Material *Initial Material *

In vitro culturesIn vitro cultures

Micropropagation Micropropagation

micro-minitubersmicro-minitubers

SE – Super EliteSE – Super Elite

E - EliteE - Elite

1 reproduction1 reproduction2 reproduction2 reproduction

Original Seed *Original Seed *

Basic SeedBasic Seed

Reproductive SeedReproductive Seed(Relatively free from diseases)(Relatively free from diseases)

1-st field generation 1-st field generation SSE – Super-Super EliteSSE – Super-Super Elite

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