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bred in the first half of the nineties the parental ratio of Kavkaz

was 25 %in Martonvasari 24, Mv Palma, Mv Emma, Mv Vilma,

and the first Martonvasar variety bred using the doubled

haploid method, Mv Szigma. Of these varieties, Mv Palma,

Mv Vilma and Mv Emma were grown on large areas. The last-

named of these was exceptional for its excellent milling and

baking quality and high gluten content, and is still grown on

considerable areas. Mv Emma has outstanding quality despite

the fact that Kavkaz was one of its parents. In order to avoid

the 1B/1R translocation, selection was carried out during

variety maintenance for lines with 1B/1B and favourable HMW

glutenin composition. There has been a reduction in the

parental ratio of Kavkaz in the pedigrees of state registered

Martonvasar varieties over the last five years, with the exception

of Mv Mezofold and Mv Magvas.

Avrora is found less frequently in the pedigrees of varieties

bred in the Martonvasar wheat breeding programme than its

sibling, Kavkaz, and these wheat varieties, such as Martonvasari

25 and Mv Magma, gained less popularity. The only exception

is Fatima, which was bred jointly with the Fundulea institute

from a cross made in Fundulea. This variety was grown on

one of the largest areas in Hungary over the last decade and

is still under cultivation.

Frequent use was made of the semi-dwarf variety Krasnodar

, which can be found in the pedigree of the first semi-dwarf

Martonvasar wheat variety, Martonvasari 13. This could,

potentially, have become popular for intensive production with

high rates of fertiliser, but the rise in fertiliser costs meant

that it could not be grown economically. Another problem

was caused by its propensity for open flowering, which made

variety maintenance and the production of certified seed

difficult. Later Krasnodar 1was found in the pedigree of many

Martonvasar lines and registered varieties, such as Martonvasari 19,

Martonvasari 23, Mv Palma, Mv Vilma, and one of the latest

varieties, Mv Mariska,

In addition to the four Krasnodar varieties mentioned above —

Bezostaya 1, Krasnodar 1, Avrora and Kavkaz —Bezostaya 2

and Bezostaya 4 were also found among the parents of

registered Martonvasar varieties, but their parental ratio was

lower than that of the other four. Bezostaya 2 is present in the

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