Recent Advances in Winter Triticale Breeding: New High-Performing Varieties

Maria Voica¹, Mariana Bălțatu¹, Alina Mihaela Delcea ¹,
Cristina Mihaela Marinciu², Constanța Popescu ³

¹Agricultural Research and Development Station Teleorman
²National Agricultural Research and Development Institute Fundulea
³Institute for Testing and Registration of Varieties, Bucharest

Keywords: triticale, breeding, new varieties, yield, adaptability, drought and disease resistance.

 Abstract: Are reported the perfomances of the first registered triticale cultivars Drăgănești and Egreta (2025), obtained at ARDS Teleorman, following the primerly introduction of a triticale breeding program, based on germplasm transfer from NARDI Fundulea (agronomic cycle 2019/2020).

The new triticale genotypes Drăgănești (14225T1-02) and Egreta (16026T4-1) were experimentally evaluated during 2022-2025 under the National triticale culture (NTC), carried out annually in 39 different experimental conditions, compared to the cultivars registered in the period 2018-2024 (Zori, Zvelt, Utrifun, Zaraza, FDL Ascendent, FDL Caltrit) and SITRV network, 2022-2024. The control cultivars Haiduc and Utrifun. The results evidentiated in the both new triticale cultivars, Drăgănești and Egreta, high values of the most desirable agronomic traits as: resistance to drought, heat, diseases and to the sprouting of grains in the ear, as well as precocity and other agronomic traits associated with a high yield and hectoliter weight. Their level of adaptability to the different environmental conditions across the country, expressed by the higher production potential recorded, compared to the control cultivars (7-13%), recommends them for a successful cultivation, in terms of yield and quality, in all favorable areas for triticale crop of Romania.
Diversifying of triticale germplasm through specific methods remains a major current and perspective objective within the newly triticale breeding program started at ARDS Teleorman.