Kazakh scientists from the National
Agrarian Scientific and Educational Center (NASEC) have developed a new variety
of winter wheat called ‘Shol’. It was developed by the method of individual
selection from a hybrid population. The variety is characterized by high yield,
fast ripening, and resistance to frost, heat, drought, and diseases. The wheat
yields exceed 40 centners per hectare. Shol wheat variety has already undergone
testing, received a patent, and is successfully used by agricultural
enterprises in the south of the country. Breeders expect that the new winter
wheat variety will prove to be effective in the face of temperature changes. Notably,
foreign agrarians are showing interest in the new development.
“This variety of wheat called ‘Shol’, was
created in 2014 and entered state trials. After three years of testing,
in 2017, it was refined for winter planting in four regions of the country,
including the Almaty, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda, and Turkistan regions,” said Anarbai
Ortaev, Chairman at the Krasnovodopadsky agricultural experimental station.
“This variety has a rich botanical diversity
and represents a hybrid species of Hostianum. It demonstrates resilience
to frost and shattering during ripening, can be easily threshed, and is best
cultivated with irrigation and fertilization,” said Arnur Shakerkhanov, head of
the press service at the National Agrarian Scientific and Educational Center.
