On September 8, an off-site meeting of the Presidium of NAAS was held at the exhibition and innovation center in the village of Xaverivka Druha, Kyiv Region. The theme of the event was innovative approaches in the breeding of high-yielding maize hybrids of various maturity groups and directions of use.
The event was attended by members of the Presidium of NAAS, directors of research institutions of NAAS, and heads of departments of agro-industrial complex and rural development.
The Institute of Plant Protection of the NAAS of Ukraine was represented at the event by the Director, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Academician, and Member of the Presidium of NAAS – Oleksandr I. Borzych.
As part of the off-site meeting, the participants also visited the maize demonstration field and the maize hybrid testing nursery.
President of the NAAS of Ukraine Yaroslav Gadzalo noted that virtually all the best maize hybrids are presented at the innovation field in Bila Tserkva District.
Yaroslav Mykhailovych named the return of the historical building of the Presidium, which had been illegally alienated, as another important achievement of NAAS in recent periods. This is an architectural monument where scientists have installed memorial plaques to Academician Vernadsky and the prominent scientist of the Academy, Hero of Ukraine Mykhailo Zubets.
Read more about the event at the link: http://surl.li/ahtyw