Estonian Crop Research Institute
State research and development institute in area of governance of
Estonian Ministry of Agriculture since 1st of July 2013
Estonian Crop Research Institute 1946
(Estonian Academy of Science)
Jõgeva Plant Breeding 1920
Jõgeva Plant Breeding Institute 1992
Estonian Research Institute of Agriculture
and Land Reclamation 1956
(Ministry of Agriculture)
Goal
Institute R&D activities
support efficiency and competitiveness of
agricultural production,
decrese negative impact of agricultural production
on the environment and ,
help preservation of agrobiodiversity
Structure
Administration
Gene bank
Jõgeva
Plant Protection
Plant Breeding
Plant
Agrotechnology
Biotechnology
Dep Development
Dep Management
Jõgeva
Saku
Jõgeva Seed Centre
SANGASTE
160 total staff
45 researchers, 22 with Dr degree
5 doctoral students
Technology trials on farmers fields
Applied and basic studies
Efficient and environmentally friendly agrotechnologies,
Dependence of yield and quality from used varieties and
agrotechnologies
Plant protection and plant health
Fertilisation and agrochemistry
Agrometeorological monitoring and prognosis
Effective and environmentally friendly agrotehnologies
Soil cultivation
Agrometeorology
Impact of soil cultivation practices on soil properties and plant yield
Plant protection and pathology
Development and upgrade of integrated plant protection measures
Epidemiology of plant pests and diseases
Quality analyses
Implementation of biotechnology
methods
Genetic resources
Preservation of plant genetic resources
Breeding of new varieties
Maintenence breeding of registered varieties
Production of locally suited varieties in Seed
Centre
Gene bank
Coordination of the National Program “Preservation and maintenance of
plant genetic resources for agriculture in Estonia”
Long term ex situ preservation of 2700 accessions from 58
species in the genebank
In vitro preservation of
potatoes and horticultural crops in
Dep of Plant Biotechnology
Production of virus free
plant propagation material for seed
production and multiplication
Variety breeding
Breeding programs on:
Cereals
Oilseeds
Forage grasses and legumes
Potatoes
Vegetables
- 79 varieties in Estonian Variety List (all in EU Common Catalog)
- 36 UPOV protected varietes
Cultivation in Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway,
Russia, Japan
New 2013
Winter wheats Nemunas, Kallas
Bred in cooperation with LZI (Lithuania)
In trials
Triticale 9534-22
Cooperation with Priekuli Plant Breeding Institute (Latvia)
In trials
Winter turnip rape Legato
Low input crop
Good winter hardiness
Early ripening
Breeding program started in cooperation with Swalöf Weibull (Sweden)
New
2013
kg/ha
2500
Soja bean Laulema
Mügarbakteriga
Kontroll
2300
2100
1900
1700
1500
2010
2011
New N-fixing crop for Estonia
New 2013
Lupinus angustifolius
Lupi
N fixing green manure crop
Suitable for low pH sandy soils
Increase of Biodiversity
New 2013
Potato
Teele
Good resistance to late blight
High yiled
Good culinary properties
Maintenance breeding of varieties
Winter rye Sangaste bred in 1875
Jõgeva Seed Centre
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Seed production of:
Cereals
Oilseeds
Grasses
Potatoes
Vegetables
Collaboration
National and international collaboration
with R &D and education institutions, enterprises and
other institutions
in areas of research, development, innovation and
economy
Partnership
Vavilov Institute (Russia)
Pskov Institute of Agriculture (Russia)
Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture
AgriFood Finland
Agricultural Research Institute Kromeriz (Czech Republic)
Aarhus University (Denmark)
Pennsilvania State University (USA)
Kashmir University (India)
Boreal Plant Breeding (Finland)
State Priekuli Plant Breeding Institute (Latvia)
State Stende Cereal Breeding Institute (Latvia)
Lantmännen SW Seed
Limagrain-Nickerson (France/Germany)
Saatzucht Edelhof (Austria)
International projects
COBRA - Coordinating Organic plant BReeding
Activities for Diversity (18 countries)
HealthyMinorCereals - An integrated approach to
diversify the genetic base, improve stress
resistance, agronomic management and
nutritional/processing quality of minor cereal
crops for human nutrition in Europe (16
partners)
EUROLEGUME - Enhancing of legumes growing
in Europe through sustainable cropping for
protein supply for food and feed (19 partners)
Flagship Project in the Action Plan of the EU Strategy for the Baltic
Sea Region (18 partners). Lead organisation MTT
Public private partnership in pre-breeding of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)
WP1
WP2
Requesting seed
Seed multiplication
N, DK
WP3
DK
WP4
Cultivar trials
Phenotyping
N, S, IS
FIN, EE
2012
WP5
WP6
Broad breeding population
N, DK,
S, FIN
Genotyping, diversity
N, DK
2013
WP7
2014
N, S, DK, IS
FIN, IS, EE
WP10
2015
WP8
2016
2017
WP10
N, S, DK, IS
FIN, IS, EE
N, S, DK, IS
FIN, IS, EE
WP10
2018
10
Sharing of knowledge
Scientific support for advisory system, state officials
and development of legislation,
Distribution of research results in trainings,
publications, databases and web tools,
Involvement in organisation of professional and
voluntary additional education
Sharing of knowledge
Field days, seminars, exibitions
Publications
Thank you for attention !