France
January 31, 2025
At its meeting on 21 January 2025, the Sunflower and Soya Section of the CTPS proposed the inclusion of 7 new varieties of soya in list A, including 3 varieties of “edamame – soya en vert de bouche”, and 1 variety in list B. The section approved amendments to the technical examination regulations for soya and an initial technical examination regulation for peanuts.
Peanuts, which have recently joined the “Sunflower and Soya” section, were the subject of a presentation on their origin, cultivation and markets. This species is grown in 120 countries, producing around 55 million tonnes. The biggest producers are China, India and the United States. The cultivated peanut is a tetraploid species resulting from a unique hybridisation event between two diploid species. The botanical characteristic of this species is the development, after fertilisation, of gynophores which sink the pods into the soil. Water requirements are variable depending on the cycle, and nitrogen requirements are covered by symbiotic fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. The production is marketed as oil, confectionery and ready-to-use therapeutic foods.
The section validated the changes to the protocols and gave its opinion on the methodological reflections underway in soybean DUS with the setting up of a trial dedicated to the distinction and testing of new characteristics as part of the development of the CPVO protocol, and in soybean VSCU with the addition of agronomic data from trials and indicators of variety stability to the VSCU leaflet.
The Section approved the composition of the ten committees of the Sunflower and Soybean Section (DUS Soybean and Sunflower, VSCU Soybean and Sunflower, Validation of Soybean and Sunflower trials, Catalogue Soybean and Sunflower, Sunflower Diseases, Control and Certification). These committees involve 55 people.
Participants in the section were briefed on the latest regulatory developments, CTPS news and the results of the 2024 soybean campaign. The soya campaign is expected to result in record production, thanks to high yields (26.1 q/ha, provisional figure), despite a drop in acreage (152 thousand hectares).
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