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Plant species
• bred at the company currently as well
• winter and spring types of bread and durum
wheat, barley, triticale and oats; and winter rye;
• corn, grain sorghum, silage sorghum and
Sudan grass;
• sunflower, winter rapeseed, soybean, linseed,
millet, Hungarian millet and buckwheat;
• under the variety ownership of the company
• broomcorn, onion, garlic, peanut, castor oil
plant, pumpkin and amaranth.
Main spheres of activity
• Conventional breeding is an efficient tool to
breed cultivars presenting good quality, high
yield, disease and pest resistance, drought
tolerance and winter hardiness, and to develop
a range of cultivars to be used as food, feed,
and bioenergy sources or industrial crops.
• The applied research work done at the
company has resulted in 85 PVPs, patents, and
19 pending patents, respectively, giving a
chance to implement biological progress in
agriculture. 39 variety candi dates and
experimental hybrids are being tested in the
domestic official trials of the Central
Agricultural Office and 27 abroad (in 7
countries).
• Research in plant physiology, phyto pathology,
biotechnology, molecular biology, tissue
culture, the assessment of grain composition
and analytical tests enhance the realization of
breeding goals.
• Production technological researches, such as
long-term fertilization trials, chemical plant
protection experiments (application of
fungicides, herbicides and insecticides) are
carried out to support sustainable agriculture
and environmental protection. The results
reflect reliably the response of new stocks,
lines, plant varieties and hybrids and the
efficacy of chemicals. Based on the results,
our research workers elaborate the variety
specific intensive, semi-intensive, organic and
precision crop production technologies for
various soil types.
• The quality parameters of F1 hybrid seed,
basic seed, and first and second grade certified
seed produced at our seed plants are excellent.
The seed conditioning is assured by the ISO
9001:2001 standard.
• Dietetic and diabetic food products and
recipes have been developed at the company
influencing beneficially the life quality of
patients having certain alimentary diseases.
The dietetic product family FE-MINI involves
23 gluten-free food products with low protein and
phenylalanine content for patients suffering from
celiac disease, renal failure or phenylketonurea
(PKU).
The diabetic baking and farinaceous industrial
product family DIABET-MIX (a joint patent with
Diabet Trade Ltd.) includes flour and additive
mixtures, bread and noodles for diabetic patients
and people wishing to lose weight.
Sites where breeding work is done
Breeding work is realized in a proper
integration at the headquarters in Szeged,
research station in Táplánszentkereszt, and five
minor research stations (Kiszombor, Fülöp -
szállás, Kiskundorozsma, Szeged-Öthalom,
Szeged-Kecskéstelep).
These locations represent various climatic
conditions, soil types and other environmental
factors in Hungary. The breeding work and the
selection at these locations has allowed the
improvement of plant varieties with broad
adaptability and their seed production in top
quality. Field trials and breeder’s seed
multiplication can be accomplished on 1700
hectares of land (mainly in Kiszombor-Dénes -
major) at own management.
Company history
The decision to establish the company in 1904
was followed by laying its corner stone in 1914,
and its opening in 1924. The research work
started as a matter of fact on 26th October 1924.
The legal predecessors of Cereal Research
Non-Profit Ltd. (2009) were:
• Royal Hungarian Lowland Agricultural
Institute (1924–1949)
• Agricultural Experimental Institute of Szeged
(later: of South Lowland) (1950–1969)
• Cereal Research Institute (1970-1997)
• Cereal Research Non-Profit Company
(1997–2008)
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