A very early-ripening soybean variety Puma

A very early-ripening soybean variety Puma is developed by the method of individual selection from the hybrid population of F4 Alba × Pripyat. Based on the results of the variety testing in 2014-2016, Puma yields exceeded the standard very early-ripening variety Lira by 0.11 t per ha. Plants of the new variety are distinguished by high drought resistance, they are resistant to lodging and pod shattering. The height of plants at the latitude of Krasnodar (45°) is 75-95 cm. The variety is characterized by an increased drought resistance. This allows its cultivation for grain in the spring sowing nearly in all soybean-producing farms of the Southern, Central Chernozem and Volga federal districts on geographic widths from 43 to 52°.