Highly oleic varieties of sunflower bred at V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops

The stages of development of highly oleic varieties of sunflower bred at V.S. Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops are presented. The development of highly oleic sunflower varieties such as Pervenets, Kruiz and the new promising sample S. 849 is distinguished. Due to the results of a competitive trial, the sample S. 849 exceeded the variety Kruiz in yield by 14%, and oleic acid content in oil in average is equal 88-90% in a population. The demand for the highly oleic sunflower varieties is growing up. Therefore, we developed initial germplasm of confectionary type with high content of oleic acid in oil of seeds. The conducted breeding work allowed increasing meanings of traits of high oleic acid content and 1000 seeds weight (one of the most important for the confectionary sunflower) in all stages of breeding process.