The search of new sources of oil flax traits valuable for breeding in collection of VNIIL

In environments of Tver’ region in Central part of Russia (Non-black soil zone) there were studied 120 oil flax samples from genetic resource of VNIIL’s collection. Sources of high productivity with potential yield of seeds up to 1.5-1.9 t/ha (LM 92, Ba Va N12, Shansi Datong) with oil content in seeds more than 44% (Ilim, Avangard, LM 91), resistant to two or three fungus diseases (fusarium wilt, rust, pasmo), and to stress environmental factors (drought, soils with low pH) are marked out. By a complex estimation the perspective highly productive forms with the short vegetative periods (LM 91, Russia; Ilim, Belarus; KI 24, Ukraine; V 29, China) were revealed for usage in breeding programs on development of oil flax varieties adaptive to agricultural and climate conditions of the Central Non-black soil zone of Russia.