Poznan University of Life Sciences Faculty of Agronomy and Bioengineering

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Jerzy Nawracała

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding

Danube Soya Congress

Danube Soya and the European Protein Debate - Towards a comprehensive strategy for

Farmers, Consumers, Producers and Researchers 25 – 26. 10. 2013, Augsburg

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prof. Antoni Sempołowski

HISTORY OF SOYBEAN IN POLAND First attempt of growing soybean in Poland

1878

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Variety Wileńska Brunatna

– selected out in 1925 in Vilnius by Wacław Strażewicz

Variety Puławska Wczesna

– selected in 1930 in Puławy by Bohdan Dzikowski

As a result in 1933 in Poland soybean was grown on 1503 ha

First field experiment with soybean in Poland

In High Agriculture School „Halina” in Żabikowo (near Poznań) he sown 19 Chinese cultivars obtained from Austria from

prof. Haberland

All cultivars had too long vegetation period and did not mature

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Varieties suitable for Poland with satisfying yield

Nawiko (1991) Aldana (1992) Augusta (2002)

Lack of interest in growing soybeans in the 90's up

to 2010 was mainly due to import of cheap soybean

meal , and therefore was lack of companies buying

soybean from farmers

Increasing interest in growing soybeans in

the last two years is the result of increase the

price of soybean meal which significantly

improved the profitability of soybean

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Soybean varieties on Polish National List and in testing (2013)

Variety Country Breeder

National List

Aldana Poland Hodowla Roślin Strzelce Sp. z o.o.

Augusta Poland PULS w Poznaniu

Mavka Ukraine AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o.

Varieties in testing

SP-29 (Eleonora) Ukraine AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o.

SP-16 (Madlen) Ukraine AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o.

KS-19 (Patricia) Ukraine AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o.

KS-40 (Polonez) Ukraine AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o.

Aligator France Euralis Saaten sp. z o.o. Oddział w Polsce

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Estimated area of soybean cultivation in Poland

in 2012-2013 (based on seeds sales)

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Variety Breeder Country Area (ha)

2012 2013

Annushka AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o Ukraine 1500 1250

Mavka AgroYoumis PL sp. z o.o. Ukraine 0 250

Augusta PULS w Poznaniu Poland 125 150

Merlin Saatbau Linz Austria 175 787

Lissabon Saatbau Linz Austria 0 198

Aldana HR Strzelce Poland 128 100

All 1928 2735

Adding the area sown by the farmers from own seeds

Estimated area > 4000 ha

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Area of soybean plant reproductive material in Poland

in 2009- 2013 (Main Inspectorate of Plant Health and Seed Inspection)

Variety 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Aldana 1,0 11,8 14,8 14,18

Augusta 0,5 0,5 0,5 0,5 7,5

Nawiko 0,5 0,5

Annushka 340,94 241,17

Mavka 7,0 156,84

Merlin 14,7 47,5 91,7 158,2

Lissabon 10,0

Atlanta 9,6

All 2,0 27,5 48,0 454,94 597,49

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Certified seeds harvested from these plantations

(2013), with an average yield of 2 t/ha, will be

sufficient for sowing 8000 ha in 2014

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PROSPECTS FOR SOYBEAN

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External factors beneficial for soybean:

• the persistence of relatively high prices of

soybeans and soybean meal on the global market

• EU's „greening” program, in which farmers can

culivate soybeans,

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Internal factors beneficial for soybean:

• subsidies for growing grain legumes

•subsidies for certified seeds

• companies producing feed and company of oilseeds

processing begun buying soybean from farmers

• start breeding of new varieties of soybean by

companies: Plant Breeding DANKO and Plant Breeding

Strzelce

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New project National Centre of Research and Development

The modernization of cultivation of

conventional soybean (Glycine max) varieties

in conditions of Poland

Consortium:

Institute of Plant Protection in Poznan, Poznan University of Life

Sciences, Poznan University of Technology, Plant Breeding DANKO Ltd,

Company Top Farms Głubczyce, Agricultural Company Kietrz Ltd.

Project involves all the key issues of soybean

cultivation and production in Poland

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But the most important base for optimism is the

fact, that many farmers who, in the past two years

planted soybean, have found that soybean can be

grown in Polish climatic conditions

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Thank you for your attention

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• Evaluation of yield of new breeding lines and varieties

• Improving the method of inoculation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum

• Study of the effect of plant density and nitrogen fertilization on the

yield of soybean.

• Test the effectiveness of herbicides in soybean plantations for

protection against weeds

• Determination of resistance of soybean varieties to major pests and

pathogens and developing of methods to protect against them

• The analysis of the profitability of soybean cultivation in Poland in

terms of a large farm

• Developing a system for collection and management of soybean

seeds coming from domestic producers

• Promoting research results and promote the cultivation of

conventional soybean varieties in Poland

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The most important tasks to be performed are: