Ignacio Solis, Agrovegetal

1. Ciudad Obregón
Ignacio Solís
March 2014
Agrovegetal
15 years of releasing new wheat
cultivars for Spanish farmers

2. Wheat seed market in Southern Spain
Average Wheat Area in Southern Spain:
300.000 has durum wheat
60 % certified seeds (36.000 ton)
200.000 has bread wheat
30 % certified seeds (12.000 ton)

3. Agrovegetal: A Farmers seed company
Share capital is owned 80 % by farmers cooperatives
10 partners of Agrovegetal S.A.
* S.C.A. CAMPO DE TEJADA
* S.C.A. COESAGRO
* S.C.A. SAN DIONISIO
* S.C.A. CEREALISTA DE CONIL
* S.C.A. LOS REMEDIOS
* S.C.A. CEREALES SEVILLA
* S.A.T. CÓRDOBA - FERCAMPO
* F.A.E.C.A.
* Pastas GALLO S.L. (Pasta Industry)
* Caja Rural del Sur (Credit Union)

4. Most grown wheat cultivars
Origin of most grown durum wheat varieties in
Southern Spain in 2002 and 2010.
1. Yavaros C-79 (CIMMYT)
2. Don Pedro (CIMMYT)
3. Simeto (Proseme - Italia)
4. Gallareta (CIMMYT)
5. Vitrón (Batlle - CIMMYT)
6. Sula (CIMMYT)
(A.E.T.C. 2002)
1. Avispa (Limagrain - CIMMYT)
2. Amilcar (Monsanto - CIMMYT)
3. Vitrón (Batlle - CIMMYT)
4. Don Sebastián (Agrovegetal-CIMMYT)
5. Don Ricardo (Agrovegetal-CIMMYT)
6. Gallareta (CIMMYT)
(Junta de Andalucía, 2010)

5. Collaborative patnership between CIMMYT and Agrovegetal
First agreement from 1998 to 2003 Renovation from 2003 to 2008
Last Agreement 2013 to 2018
Renovation from 2008 to 2013

6. Main criteria for selection of new
wheat lines in Southern Spain.
• Yield stability (drought tolerance and high
potential). Average yield from 2 to 5 tons/ha
depending of rains (from 300 to 800 mm.)
• Diseases Resistance (powdery mildew, septoria
leaf blotch, tan spot, leaf and yellow rust, etc.).
• High grain quality (for bread and pasta
industry).

7. Yield Stability in Southern Spain.
Yield Trials in high potential
conditions (6 ton/ha)
Yield Trials in dry
conditions (2 ton/ha)
Yield Trials in average
conditions (3 ton/ha)

8. Main diseases in wheat in Southern Spain
Powdery mildew
Blumeria graminis
Leaf blotch
Septoria tritici
Tan spot
Pyrenophora tritici - repentis
Leaf rust
Puccinia triticina
Yellow rust
Puccinia striiformis

9. High grain quality in
durum wheat
n Vitrousness
n % Protein content
n Gluten Index
n Yelow pigments
n Specific Weight
n Hagberg Index
n % Ash content
High grain quality in
bread wheat
n % Protein content
n Specific Weight
n Hagberg Index
n Alveogram
n Gluten strength W
n Extensibility p/l

10. Selection method
CIMMYT advanced lines in Agronomic Trials
located in farmers fields grouped in cooperatives.
Year 1.Preliminary Trials (F7 Unreplicated). Two Locations.
100 Durum wheat lines.
100 Bread wheat lines (50 from ME1 and 50 from ME4).
20 Triticale lines.
Year 2. Confirmation Trials (3 reps.). Five Locations.
1st year
30 Durum wheat lines.
30 Bread wheat lines.
5 Triticale lines.
Year 3. 2nd year (candidates for release). Seven Locations.
4 Durum wheat lines.
4 Bread wheat lines.
2 Triticale lines

11. Selection method (II)
Multiplication of New Agrovegetal Varieties in
official trials in farmers fields
Year 4. First year of Official trials, DUS. (O.E.V.V.).
Production of G-1 and G-2 (prebasic) seeds.
Development trials in seven locations.
Year 5. Second year of Official trials, DUS (O.E.V.V.).
Production of G-3 (prebasic) seeds.
Development trials in ten locations.
Year 6. Official authorization for releasing (O.E.V.V.).
Production of G-4 (basic) seeds.
Recommendation trials by regional authorities (R.A.E.A.)
Year 7. Commercial releasing of new Variety.
Production of commercial Certified seeds.
Recommendation trials by regional authorities (R.A.E.A.)

12. Agrovegetal field trials network
Experimental plots in five locations

13. Results in Bread Wheat
- ESCACENA (high yield and stability). 2002
- JEREZANO (high yield and quality). 2005
- TEJADA (high yield and quality). 2007
- ANTEQUERA (very high quality). 2008
- TREBUJENA (very high yield). 2009
- CONIL (high quality and drought tolerance). 2010
- MARCHENA (high quality and Sept.resistance). 2012
- A set of bread wheat cultivars with
different industrial quality and
different rust resistance genes.
- The certified seed sales in 2013
was 2300 ton, representing 10% of
market share in Spain

14. ESCACENA
1st
yielding
in official
recomendation
trials in
Andalusia
R.A.E.A.
2003
2004
2005
2006
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1.- ARTHUR
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3.- ATREVIDO 5.- CARTAYA 7.- GALEON 9.- GENIO 11.- ODIEL 13.-
PATANEGRA
MEDIA
Kg./Ha.

15. Results in Durum Wheat
n DON SEBASTIÁN (high quality and powd. mild. res.) 2003
n DON JOSÉ (high semolina quality) 2004
n DON JAIME (leaf rust resistant) 2005 (Lr14a)
n DON RICARDO (leaf rust resistant) 2007 (Lr27+31)
n DON JAVIER (leaf rust and powd.mild.res.) 2009 (Lr?)
n DON VALENTÍN (high quality and leaf rust resistant) 2010
n DON NORMAN (high quality and leaf rust resistant) 2011
- A set of durum wheat cultivars
with good semolina quality and
different rust resistance genes.
- The certified seed sales in 2013
was 5600 ton, representing 12%
of market share in Spain

16. DON RICARDO
Very high yield. Good quality.
Leaf rust resistance.
3rd most grown
durum wheat
cultivar
in Spain
2011
2012
2013
Commercial
seeds
4000 ton /year

17. Steps followed by Agrovegetal for
Development of new wheat cultivars in
Southern Spain
n Collaboration with CIMMYT. Selection of lines in
Obregón and Toluca.
n Selection of lines in preliminary trials in farmers
fields (2 locs.).
n Collaboration with spanish academic specialists
in leaf rust resistance (University of Sevilla), quality
(University of Cordoba), biothecnology (C.S.I.C), etc.
n Selection in confirmation trials (5 locs.) with
different soils, climate and management.
n Selection of candidate lines for releasing in
participative meetings with technicians of each
cooperative (ten people).

18. Steps followed by Agrovegetal for
Development of new wheat cultivars in
Southern Spain (II)
n Quality analysis of candidate lines in labs of semolina
(Gallo) and milling (Sánchez Palencia) industries.
n Multiplication of prebasic and basic seeds in
farmers fields with average soils and management.
n Field days with cooperatives farmers listening their
advice about new cultivars.
n Production and sale of commercial seeds and return
of 24 €/ton (7% of price) for R+D activities.
n Investment for breeding new pulses crops (pea,
faba bean and chickpea) now 1% of our sales of seeds.

19. Durum wheat seeds market
Total: 45.500 ton
1. Limagrain. 22 %
2. Monsanto. 19 %
3. Agrovegetal. 12 %
4. Public cultivars. 8 %
5. S.A.T. Córdoba. 6 %
6. Proseme. 5 %
7. Semillas Fitó. 5 %
8. IRTA-Eurosemillas. 4 %
Others. 21 %
Compilation based on information
supplied by O.E.V.V.
Bread wheat (spring types)
market
Total: 21.900 ton
1. Limagrain. 57 %
2. Agrovegetal 10 %
3. Pioneer. 8 %
4. Proseme. 5 %
5. Marisa. 3 %
6. Public cultivars. 3 %
7. RAGT. 2 %
8. Semillas Fitó. 2 %
Others. 10 %
Market share of certified seeds (breeders)
of Durum and Bread wheat (spring types)
in Spain, 2012-2013

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