Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute – National Center of Seed and Cultivar Investigation

  • Address:
    3 Ovidiopolskaya road, c. Odesa, 65036, Ukraine
  • Telephone:
    +38(048) 789-52-89, 789-54-01, 789-55-63
  • Web-site:
    http://www.sgi.in.ua   
The Plant Breeding and Genetics Institute – National Center of Seed and Cultivar Investigation of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine is one of the leading centers of agricultural science in Ukraine.
It has developed from a small plant breeding station (1912) which was established at the Odesa Experimental Field (1895).
Soil-climatic conditions of places where the institute is located are typical for the Black Sea maritime steppes, the basic parameters of which correspond to a southern part of Ukraine, which includes the Steppe region and southern areas of the Forest-Steppe region. The climate in the area is moderately continental,with a pronounced aridity.
The main directions of the research and innovative activity are:
- the development of topical issues of the theory of breeding, seed production for the purposes of scientific support and improvement of the breeding process;
- the breeding of varieties and hybrids of winter bread and durum wheat, winter and spring barley, maize, sorghum, sunflower, soybean, pea, chickpea and alfalfa;
- the production and sale of pre-basic and basic seed of agricultural crops.