Vita

Crop: soybean

Producing region: North Caucasus (6), Central Black Earth (5), Far Eastern (12), Lower Volga (8)

Maturation period: short-season.

Indeterminant plant, medium height (78–85 cm). Anthocyanin accumulation in the hypocotyl. Grey pubescence of the main stem. Violet flowers. Early blossoming. Bean hull is reddish to brownish, seed coat is light-yellow, matted, non-pigmented, with yellow cicatrix. Under stress conditions (drought, low temperatures), the cicatrix can be brown; upper beans may form seeds with light-brown pigmentation (in rare cases, up to fully brown coat). This physiological trait is not inherited.

• Vegetation period: 95-100 days
• Maximum yield during national bench tests: 34.0 dt/ha
• Average yield during national bench tests: 22-27 dt/ha
• Weight per 1,000 seeds: 140-160 g
• Protein content in seeds: 40%, fat content: 21%.
• Lower bean attachment height: 13-15 cm

• To lodging: high 

• Stress resistance: tolerates stress factors 

• disease resistance: highly resistant to downy mildew, charcoal rot and stem canker  

Patent holder: All-Russian Research Institute of Oilseeds