Materials and equipment for seed production in Russia

Cultivated plants, which form the basis of the human diet, are also used for feeding livestock and poultry and as process raw materials. With the growth of human needs and an increase in the number of factors and the degree of negative impact on plants (changing unstable climate, including drought, decreased fertility, increased resistance of plant pathogens and pests to pesticides, cumulative effects of agrochemical load, etc.), there is a need for further development of research in the field of breeding and seed production. The development of these areas through the introduction of competitive domestic technologies based on the latest scientific achievements is the national interest of the state in the field of food security for the long term. Provision of Russian producers with high-quality domestic seeds of high reproduction for a number of crops is insufficient, which creates a threat to the country’s food independence. An important factor in providing agricultural producers with domestic seeds is the development of the material and technical base of breeding and seed production, including state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment for seed preparation, since processing and preparation of seeds are today necessary conditions for improving the quality and competitiveness of domestic seed. The state and problems of the development of plant breeding and seed production, as well as the proportion of seed supply of domestic breeding are discussed. Some domestic projects in the field of seed production are analyzed in order to determine their potential for solving strategic tasks for the development of domestic seed production.