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
http://puls.edu.pl/
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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
PROSPECTS FOR SOYBEAN
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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: