Modern trends in breeding and genetic improvement of sunflower varieties and hybrids at VNIIMK

Modern sunflower breeding is significantly diversified due to the different needs of agricultural production. The breeding of sunflower varieties and hybrids is carried out at V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops (VNIIMK) in all areas in demand on the market and is based on fundamental biological research. In the field of breeding for faster maturing, the following commercial cultivars were obtained: very early maturing, cv. Skormas and the three-way hybrid Achilles, early maturing cvs. Varyag and Uspekh, medium maturing cvs. Amelie, Aris and Aurus. Within the framework of breeding for immunity, eight hybrids and one variety have been produced. So at the Don experimental station (Rostov region), productive hybrids were bred, resistant to the virulent broomrape of the G race due to the presence of the Or7 gene: ‘Gorstar’, ‘Gorfild’, ‘Grant’, ‘Status’, ‘Fogor’ and the three-way hybrid Nika. On the central experimental base, the following were obtained: the mid-early hybrid Typhoon and the earlymaturing variety Platonych with resistance to common races of downy mildew and a high oil content of achenes (up to 53 %) as well as the mid-early hybrid Tayzar, which is simultaneously resistant to virulent races of broomrape and to the causative agent of downy mildew. The early maturing large-fruited sunflower variety Belochka was included in the“Russian State Register of Selection Achievements…”, and the large-fruited varieties Karavan, Konditer and Kalibr are currently undergoing state tests. The breeding use of germplasm with genes for herbicide resistance wasaccompanied by their extensive genetic study. A practical recommendation for all three alleles of the ALS gene (Imr, CLHA-Plus, Sur) was the need to create homozygous hybrids for their reliable use in appropriate production systems. For Clearfield technology, the hybrids Imidzh, Arimi and Immi have been developed; for Clearfield Plus, the hybrid Klip; and for Express Sun (or SUMO), the hybrid Surus. Klip and Surus are mid-oleic. All newly developed fertile ornamental sunflower varieties – Aurelia, Fizalia, Zhemchuzhny, Rumyanets, Agat and Mazhor – were transferred for practical use to a sterile CMS RIG basis. Thus, new achievements have been attained across the entire spectrum of modern trends in sunflower breeding.

1. Demurin Ya.N., Pikhtyareva A.A., Tronin A.S., Levutskaya A.N., Kostevich S.V., Rubanova O.A., Frolov S.S. Herbicide resistant sunflower hybrid Clip. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020a;1(181): 128-131. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-1-181-128-131. (in Rusian)

2. Demurin Ya.N., Pikhtyareva A.A., Tronin A.S., Levutskaya A.N., Kostevich S.V., Rubanova O.A., Frolov S.S. Sulfonylurea resistant sunflower hybrid Surus. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020b; 2(182):144-147. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-2-182-144-147. (in Russian)

3. Demurin Ya.N., Savchenko V.D., Borisenko O.M., Levutskaya A.N., Tolmacheva N.N., Chebanova Yu.V., Rubanova O.A., Ryzhenko E.N., Antonova T.S., Araslanova N.M. Broomrape-resistant sunflower hybrid Taizar. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020c; 4(184):87-90. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-4-184-87-90. (in Russian)

4. Demurin Ya.N., Tronin A.S., Pikhtyareva A.A. Inheritance of tribenuron-methyl tolerance in sunflower. Helia. 2016;39(65):183-188. DOI 10.1515/helia-2016-0017.

5. Detsyna A.A., Illarionova I.V. Very early maturing sunflower variety Skormas. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2018;4(176):178-180. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2018-4-176-178-180. (in Russian)

6. Detsyna A.A., Illarionova I.V. Sunflower variety Platonych. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2019;3(179):151-153. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2019-3-179-151-153. (in Russian)

7. Detsyna A.A., Tereshhenko G.A., Illarionova I.V. Early-ripening confectionary sunflower variety Belochka. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2018;2(174):141-144. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2018-2-174-141-144. (in Russian)

8. Gorbachenko O.F., Gorbachenko F.I., Gorbachenko V.D., Usatenko T.V., Luchkin N.S., Zhitnik N.A., Burlyaeva E.G. Three-line hybrid of sunflower Nika. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020; 3(183):157-160. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-3-183-157-160. (in Russian)

9. Gorbachenko O.F., Gorbachenko F.I., Usatenko T.V., Luchkin N.S., Zhitnik N.A., Burlyaeva E.G., Gorbachenko V.D. A simple interline sunflower hybrid Gorstar. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2018; 3(175):146-151. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2018-3-175-146-151. (in Russian)

10. Guchetl S.Z. Dominant molecular markers of mutation of high oleic oil in sunflower seeds. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020; 2(182):24-32. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-2-182-24-32. (in Russian)

11. Guchetl S.Z., Antonova T.S., Araslanova N.M., Chelyustnikova T.A., Pitinova Yu.V. Genetic analysis of resistant to race G of Orobanche cumana Wallr. in F2 and ВС1 of sunflower lines RGP1, RGP2, RGВ, RGL1, RGL2. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2019;4(180):23-28. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2019-4-180-23-28. (in Russian)

12. Khatnyanskij V.I. History of sunflower breeding for resistance to broomrape in Russia (review). Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020;3(183):147-156. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-3-183-147-156. (in Russian)

13. Peretyagina T.M., Borisenko O.M., Demurin Ya.N. A variety of ornamental sunflower Zhemchuzhny. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2018;1(173):114-115. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2018-1-173-114-115. (in Russian)

14. Puzikov A.N., Suvorova Yu.N. A sunflower variety Varyag. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2018;3(175):155-156. DOI 10.25230/2412608Х-2018-3-175-155-156. (in Russian)

15. Ramazanova S.A., Bad’yanov E.V., Guchetl S.Z. Molecular markers of genes Pl6, Pl13 and Plarg for sunflower breeding on resistance to downy mildew. Maslichnye Kultury = Oil Crops. 2020;3(183):2026. DOI 10.25230/2412-608Х-2020-3-183-20-26. (in Russian)

16. State Register of Selection Achievements Authorized for Use for Production Purposes. Vol. 1. Plant varieties (official publication). Moscow: Rosinformagrotekh Publ., 2020. (in Russian)

17. Škorić D., Seiler G.J., Zhao L., Chao-Chien J., Miller J.F., Charlet L.D. Sunflower Genetics and Breeding. International monograph. Serbian Acad. Sci. Arts, Branch in Novi Sad, 2012.