The main results and promising areas of scientific research in breeding and breeding work with carp

Abstract

The article presents an overview of the Institute’s long-term research in the field of breeding and breeding work with carp for the entire period of work of the Institute’s staff in this direction: the beginning of the creation of breeding herds, breeding work on the breeding of Belarusian carp breeds, the creation of a collection herd of foreign breeds, the study of the effect of heterosis in interbreed, intrabreed and intraspecific crosses. The main directions of the laboratory’s research at the present stage are highlighted. Further breeding and breeding work involves the breeding of new breeds that meet the growth of consumer demands and contribute to improving the efficiency and competitiveness of industrial fish farming.