New cultivar of amaranth ‘Frant’ created at VIR
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2024-3-o4
Abstract
Cultivated amaranth has nutritional value due to the balanced content of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, trace elements and minerals in seeds and leaves, and also is characterized by intensive growth, high productivity of seeds and biomass. In Russia, amaranths have not attracted much interest as cultivated plants for a long time. Academician N.I. Vavilov pointed out the need to use them in agriculture as a new forage crop back in 1932.
VIR conducted breeding work to create a new midseason cultivar ‘Frant’. The source material for breeding was collected by the author of the cultivar D.V. Sokolova during an expedition to India in 2018. The cultivar is recommended as a source of raw material for obtaining a natural food colorant, for using shoots as food and making tea from leaves, and also as an ornamental plant. In accordance with the requirements of the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, the nomenclatural standard of Amaranthus cruenthus L. ‘Frant’ was prepared and registered in 2024.
Supporting agencies: The nomenclatural standard was prepared within the framework of the implementation of the Development Program of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources under the agreement with the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated February 15, 2024 No. 075-02-2024-1090. The cultivar was studied under the research topic FGEM-2022-0003 “Global genetic resources of vegetable and cucurbit crops in the VIR collection: effective ways to disclose ecogenetic patterns in the formation of their diversity and utilization of breeding potential”.
About the Authors
D. V. Sokolova
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Diana V. Sokolova, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, Department of Vegetable Crop and Cucurbit Genetic Resources, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
I. G. Chukhina
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irena G. Chukhina, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Leading Researcher, Department of Agrobotany and in situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
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