TOWARDS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF ESTABLISHING THE SIBERIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FODDER CROPS

Abstract

Information is given on the history of establishing and developing the Siberian Research Institute of Fodder Crops being the only scientific institution in Siberia for research in forage production. Dates of forming its structural subdivisions - departments and laboratories - as well as establishing research lines are presented. There is given information on the research workers of the Institute, who stood at the background of forming the Institute and made a major contribution to the formation of forage production in Siberia as a science, and who kept developing these most important agricultural research efforts. There are described the outcomes of research activities of the Institute for 45 years according to the following directions: breeding and seed production, biotechnology, plant protection, field forage production, crop rotations, grass farming, provision and assessment of feeds, economics.