History and Achievements of Buckwheat Breeding in the Republic of Tatarstan

Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is an agricultural crop in the Russian Federation, which has been cultivated since the 15th century. Scientific breeding of buckwheat in the Republic of Tatarstan has a history of more than a century century. During this time, 20 varieties of Tatar breeding have been included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation in different years. The article presents the history of breeding school and retrospective analysis of methods and achievements in buckwheat breeding at the Tatar Research Institute of Agriculture (before 1969 Kazan Republican Breeding and Experimental Station) on the basis of scientific reports of the laboratory of cereal crops and archival data.