Results and prospects of breeding and propagation of fruit and berry crops in the Samara Region

The article presents the results of research on breeding, variety study and reproduction of fruit and berry crops over the years of the Research Institute of Horticulture and Medicinal Plants «Zhigulevskie Sady» work. For more than 90 years of the Institute's breeding work, breeders have created about 500 varieties of fruit, berry crops and grapes. According to the data of 2023, 66 varieties of breeding of the Institute of Fruit and berry crops, as well as 1 clone rootstock for cherries and 4 clone rootstocks for apple trees are included in the State Register of the Russian Federation. Also, according to the institute, 2 varieties of American-bred blackberries have been introduced into the State Register of the Russian Federation. Promising forms of fruit and berry crops selected by breeders according to a complex of economically valuable characteristics and adaptation to the conditions of the Middle Volga region are presented. The selected elites are of interest for their further reproduction and use in breeding. Breeding work at the institute is carried out on 8 fruit and berry crops. Currently, all research work at the institute is combined in two directions: the breeding of new pomological varieties of fruit and berry crops, their reproduction and introduction into production; development of industrial technology for the cultivation of fruit and berry crops in the Samara Region.