The Bucharest State Institute for Varieties Testing and Registration decided to include three hybrid corns produced by scientists of the Institute of Phitotechny “Porumbeni” of Moldova in the State Register of Romania, IPN reports.

According to a press release of the Moldovan Institute, the testing conditions provide that the hybrid (sort) is considered satisfactory in terms of utilization and agronomic value if it is more productive than other sorts included in the official Catalogue and the humidity of its grains is at the average level per area. The sorts had been monitored and examined for two years (2014-2015) by Varieties Testing Centers situated in different ecological conditions of the country.

Under the rules of the Testing Institute of Romania, to be included in the State Register the sorts must be tested during three years. The testing can last for only two years (two cycles) in case of sorts that turn out to be more productive than the witness sorts in all the testing areas.

All the three hybrids of the make “Porumbeni” impressed by their productivity. Thus, last year, when the summer was very dry, the hybrid sort “Porumbeni-461” yielded almost 20 tonnes of grains per hectare.

The Institute of Phitotechny “Porumbeni” said the inclusion of the Moldovan hybrids in the State Register of Romania created real preconditions for promoting and selling Moldovan corn seeds in the EU member states.