Promising forage grasses of the Magadan Region (based on the results of the collecting mission of 2025)
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-4-o6
Abstract
Natural meadows provide a source for hay production in the northern Far East. Therefore, studying wild forage grasses as an important component of the region's plant genetic resources is becoming a pressing issue.
This paper summarizes data on the most promising forage grasses in the Magadan Region; it presents collecting sites and descriptions of the species' locations identified and explored during a collecting mission conducted in 2025 by the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources of the Russian Federation.
The collecting mission yielded 39 samples of 26 species of wild relatives of forage grasses growing in various natural and climatic zones of the Magadan Region. Of these, 18 species are native to the region, while eight are alien.
Native species adapted to the extreme natural and climatic conditions of the northern Far East deserve special attention. This group includes Poa sibirica Roshev. and Alopecurus alpinus Sm., which are rare in the region's natural biotopes and sensitive to anthropogenic impact. It is recommended to monitor the population status of these species and, if necessary, preserve their genetic material both in gene banks (ex situ) and in their natural environment (in situ).
Supporting agencies: The studies were conducted within the framework of the implementation of the Development Program of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources under the Agreement No. 075-02-2025-1584 with the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated February 26, 2025. The authors express their gratitude to Dr. Ekaterina A. Vitomskova, Director of the Magadan Agricultural Research Institute, a branch of VIR, as well as to the researchers Lyubov V. Zavarukhina, Galina V. Tishchenko, Galina Yu. Kazachenko, Elena G. Litvinenko and the driver Vladimir V. Yunakov for assistance. The authors thank the reviewers for their contributions to the peer review of this work.
About the Authors
G. V. Talovina
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Galina V. Talovina, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, VIR
42, 44, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
N. G., Tikhonova
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nadezhda G. Tikhonova, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher, VIR
42, 44, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
N. V. Fedosova
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, , Magadan Agricultural Research Institute, a branch of VIR
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia V. Fedosova, Leading Specialist (Researcher, Agronomist), VIR, Magadan Agricultural Research Institute, a branch of VIR
17, Proletarskaya Street, Magadan, 685000 Russia
A. I. Nikulina
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandra I. Nikulina, Junior Researcher, VIR
42, 44, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
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Talovina G.V., Tikhonova N.G., Fedosova N.V., Nikulina A.I. Promising forage grasses of the Magadan Region (based on the results of the collecting mission of 2025). Vavilovia. 2025;8(4):47-59. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-4-o6
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