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) Estonian Research Institute of Agriculture and Land Reclamation 1956 (Ministry of Agriculture) Jõgeva Plant Breeding 1920 Jõgeva Plant Breeding Institute 1992

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 Goal

Structure Administration Dep Management Jõgeva Saku Dep DevelopmentGene bank Jõgeva Plant Breeding Plant Protection Plant Biotechnology AgrotechnologyJõgeva Seed Centre

SANGASTE 160 total staff 45 researchers, 22 with Dr degree 5 doctoral students

Technology trials on farmers fields

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 Applied and basic studies

Effective and environmentally friendly agrotehnologies Agrometeorology Impact of soil cultivation practices on soil properties and plant yield Soil cultivation

Development and upgrade of integrated plant protection measures Epidemiology of plant pests and diseases Plant protection and pathology

Quality analyses

Implementation of biotechnology methods

Preservation of plant genetic resources Breeding of new varieties Maintenence breeding of registered varieties Production of locally suited varieties in Seed Centre Genetic resources

Long term ex situ preservation of 2700 accessions from 58 species in the genebank Coordination of the National Program “Preservation and maintenance of plant genetic resources for agriculture in Estonia” Gene bank

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

Breeding programs on: Cereals Oilseeds Forage grasses and legumes Potatoes Vegetables 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 Variety breeding Cultivation in Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Japan

Winter wheats Nemunas, Kallas Bred in cooperation with LZI (Lithuania) New 2013

Triticale Cooperation with Priekuli Plant Breeding Institute (Latvia) In trials

Winter turnip rape Legato Low input crop Good winter hardiness Early ripening In trials Breeding program started in cooperation with Swalöf Weibull (Sweden)

Soja bean Laulema 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 New 2013

Maintenance breeding of varieties Winter rye Sangaste bred in 1875

Jõgeva Seed Centre Seed production of: Cereals Oilseeds Grasses Potatoes Vegetables

National and international collaboration with R &D and education institutions, enterprises and other institutions in areas of research, development, innovation and economy Collaboration

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) 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

WP1WP3WP WP4WP5 WP7 WP6 Requesting seedCultivar trialsSeed multiplicationPhenotypingBroad breeding population Genotyping, diversity WP8 N, DK DK N, S, IS FIN, EE N, DK, S, FIN N, S, DK, IS FIN, IS, EE N, DK N, S, DK, IS FIN, IS, EE N, S, DK, IS FIN, IS, EE Public private partnership in pre-breeding of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) WP10 10

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

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