Grodno Zonal Institute of Plant Growing of the NAS of Belarus offers consumers and producers of agricultural products a Potato seed material under a manufacturing agreement and is looking for partners interested in a distribution services agreement.

Improved, original, and elite seed material of adapted potato varieties of various maturity groups and intended uses, obtained by micropropagation in vitro and in vivo cultures, meets modern consumer demands.

The seed material is tested for latent bacterial and viral infections using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction.

The information is published in the scientific publication "Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in the interests of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus." pp. 410-411. (in Russian)

Products can be purchased at the Zonalnyi Company Store.
Store Address
Republic of Belarus, 231513, Shchuchin, Pushkin Street, 22
(Central Market) +375 (1514) 20-3-39
Instagram: zonalnyi_magazin. Information about the store is available on the Institute's website here. (in Russian)

High quality seed material.

The Republican Unitary Scientific Enterprise "Grodno Zonal Institute of Plant Growing of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" is the oldest integrated research institution, whose work is aimed at providing scientific support for the development of the plant growing industry in the region and the country, identifying the most effective methods and techniques for agricultural management, implementing scientific achievements and best practices in production, and training personnel.

Main areas of scientific, technical, and innovative activities:
- Creation and propagation, based on selection methods, of original and elite high-quality seed material for new regionalized and promising varieties of agricultural crops with increased seed productivity to support the elite and industrial seed production system of the region;
- Development and improvement of adaptive, environmentally friendly, resource-saving technologies for cultivating grains, legumes, industrial crops, and perennial grasses;
- Cultivation and propagation, using biotechnology, of improved original and elite seed material for regionalized and promising potato varieties, and improvement of adaptive production technologies;
Biotechnology-based propagation of fruit and berry crops using in vitro and ex vitro improved planting material, introduction, study, and propagation of fruit crop varieties, and improvement of cultivation technologies;
- Organizing the development and promotion of scientific achievements in agricultural production in the region to improve the efficiency of the crop production sector, and conducting personnel training;
- Implementing profit-generating activities in accordance with established procedures.

Key results of fundamental and applied research.

Industry-specific technological regulations:
- For the protection of blackcurrants from weeds in nursery and industrial plantings, taking into account the species composition, prevalence, and harmfulness of weeds, including a list of the most effective and safe herbicides that allow for the maximum and safest reduction of weed populations and the highest yield;
- For the energy-saving use of fertilizers and pesticides in the cultivation of perennial cereal and legume seeds, and technological regulations for the cultivation of perennial cereal grasses for seed;
- Cultivation of creeping clover for seed, including all types of work related to establishing, maintaining, and harvesting seed crops from the first year of production, ensuring seed production in the year the clover seed stand is established without a significant reduction in productivity in subsequent years;
- Cultivation of festulolium for seed, which includes multi-cost seed production technologies and ensures increased seed productivity while reducing their cost;
- Cultivation of fodder beans for seed, which partially addresses the problem of vegetable protein deficiency and reduces imports by using in-house seeds;

Four production facilities have been established within the research departments, producing the following products:
- Production of grain, legumes, and oilseed crops;
- Potato production;
- Production of perennial grasses;
- Production of horticultural products.

Consumers and producers of agricultural products interested in purchasing potato seed material under a manufacturing agreement.

Partners interested in purchasing potato seed material under a distribution services agreement.