BUCHAREST3-4 NOVEMBER 2016

1ST EUROPEAN SORGHUM CONGRESS

WORKSHOP INNOVATIVE RESEARCH TOWARDS GENETIC PROGRESS

SEED BREEDING:

QUALITY AS AN ASSET

Maximising results through genetic diversity,

innovation and seed quality

Christophe ROUILLARD, Technical manager Plant health and Seed trade,

ESA

BUCHAREST

3-4 NOVEMBER 2016

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ASSOCIATION DESCRIPTION

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GENERAL OVERVIEW OF SORGHUM SEED PRODUCTION IN EUROPE (2015)

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Council directive 2002/53/EC

DUS and VCU testing

EU catalogue:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench: 244

Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf: 18

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf: 50

EC NORMS FOR SORGHUM SEED MARKETING VARIETIES REGISTRATION

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Council directive 66/402/EC

Isolation distance: 300m

Official checks for varietal identity and purity

Maximum threshold for impurities (hybrid varieties)

• Parental male line: 0,1%

• Parental female line

- At flowering stage: 0,3% including 0,1% fertile of the same type

- At maturity stage: 0,1%

EC NORMS FOR SORGHUM SEED MARKETING

CONDITIONS FOR CROP CERTIFICATION

Source: Gnis

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Focus on impurities

Five off-types or variants:

- grain outcrosses,

- height mutation,

- forage outcrosses,

- johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense),

- shattercane (Sorghum x drummondii)

Field inspections and official checks are done to eliminate those impurities

EC NORMS FOR SORGHUM SEED MARKETING

CONDITIONS FOR CROP CERTIFICATION

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Council directive 66/402/EC

The seed shall conform to the following standards:

- Minimum germination: 80%

- Minimum analytical purity: 98%

- Maximum content of seeds of other plant species: 0

EC NORMS FOR SORGHUM SEED MARKETING CONDITIONS FOR SEEDLOT CERTIFICATION

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EXAMPLE OF FRANCE

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Evolution of the registration number in the French catalogue

Fodder sorghum

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Number of cultivars multiplied in 2015

Sorghum

sudan x

bicolor

Sorghum

sudan

Varieties Parental

lines

Varieties Parental

lines

EU catalogue 14 6

National catalogue 28 27 1

Under registration in

France10 17

Under registration in

EU or OECD9 16 10

Total 61 66 1 10

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Production area

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Multiplication of sorghum seeds in France

Sorgho bicolor Sorgho Bicolor x sudan

Production in 2015

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CROP PRODUCTION

Results of conformity (Sorghum Bicolor)

2015: 98,9% of sorghum seed

crops conform

2014: 99% of sorghum seedcrops conform

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Certified quantities in 2015

Certified

quantities

(tons)

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Sorghum sudan x

bicolor

Pre basic

and basic

11 1 0,8

Certified 411 22 140

Total 422 23 141

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Results for germination

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Distribution of germination for sorghum seedlots in France in 2015

Sorghum

Average

88,5% of

germination

Certification threshold =

80%

Germination rate

Nb of seedlots

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Thank you for your attention

Time for discussion…

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