And was able to reclaim the Wheatgrass to the level of perennial wheat. Planted once in seven years to harvest. Promising developments have been praised by “SKOLKOVO”.
“In the colored varieties Omsk scientists reflected the major trends in the world of breeding and a healthy diet. They are interesting for their functional properties and can even contribute to the fight against coronavirus infection,” – said the expert of the Moscow school of management SKOLKOVO Nikolay Durmanov.
Ways to treat this infection are connected, he explains, with zinc ions in the cell which carry flavonoids, anthocyanins. Blue, purple and black OMSKOE Zerno distinguished by the high content of these essential components.
Usually the person gets the anthocyanins from berries, fruits and vegetables. Studies prove that these substances quench free radicals the sources of many diseases. Thereby helping the body to resist infections and diseases. But the berries are seasonal products, and bread from the man on the table every day.
“In the purple grain anthocyanins located in the shell, so it is suitable for bread flour, the high content in dietary fibers which improves digestion,” – said “RG” doctor of agricultural Sciences, Professor, Department of agronomy, plant breeding and seed production, Omsk state agrarian University Vladimir Shamanin.
In the grain blue the nutrients inside the seed, and it is suitable for baking massive breads. Crossing purple paint with blue, scientists have found black. Anthocyanins in this grain even more. “Color additives make a loaf of bread is not only healthier, but more fragrant and tastier. This bread does not get stale for a long time,” says Shamanin.
the First variety with purple coloring Omsk breeders have created late last century. But then the development is not appreciated, sending it to the shelf. And only in the early 2000s, when the global research in the field of medicine and nutrition has proven disruptive and preventive properties of the elements contained in the color wheat, the hawks came back to this thread. And conduct research in tandem with the Institute of Cytology and genetics, Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
researchers have created a new disease-resistant wheat collection. One of the varieties – “Element-22” – provides more than 60 centners per hectare.
Another popular direction to replace annual grains to perennial. Traditional wheat almost exhausted the genetic potential of resistance.
the scientists decided to bring it to the level of weed – couch grass. “These crops are genetically close, says Shamanin. And this year a new variety – “Owl” – is already included in the state register in all regions of Russia. Once you sow, seven years of harvest”. Instead of two quintals required for sowing a hectare of arable land, the Owls will need only five kilos��of rambow.
And when the ear ripens, the stems remain green, and it turns out instead of straw grain hay. For every tonne of grain accounts for up to seven tonnes of animal feed. And that’s not all. Protein and calcium in the new grain for a quarter are higher than in wheat, and folic acid, which improves vision, in wheat grass more than ten times. Recently, scientists have created purple “Owl” with maximum antioxidant properties.
