The article concerns directions of valuable protein crops using, soybeans, growth rates of its production throughout the world in recent years, the opportunity and the necessity of making this crop strategic in our country, problems and prospects of the high-grade soybeans resources formation, the full characteristic of new soybean varieties listed in the State register of Plant Varieties suitable for distribution in Ukraine in 2013.

The article concerns directions of valuable protein crops using, soybeans, growth rates of its production throughout the world in recent years, the opportunity and the necessity of making this crop strategic in our country, problems and prospects of the high-grade soybeans resources formation, the full characteristic of new soybean varieties listed in the State register of Plant Varieties suitable for distribution in Ukraine in 2013.

Те article reflects summary of hybridization and assessment of genetic value of pollen-sterile maternal lines of various origin and tetraploid pollinators produced by Bila Tserkva selection. High differential potential of pollinator-testers has been established. Best components exhibiting high combinative features have been detected, which served as a baseline for establishing MS (male sterile) hybrids of sugar beets.

Те article reflects summary of hybridization and assessment of genetic value of pollen-sterile maternal lines of various origin and tetraploid pollinators produced by Bila Tserkva selection. High differential potential of pollinator-testers has been established. Best components exhibiting high combinative features have been detected, which served as a baseline for establishing MS (male sterile) hybrids of sugar beets.

The article shows experimental data of interline hybrids of sugar beet on the basis of weight of 1000 seeds, genetic determination of characteristic based on the method of Hayman and topcrossed polytested crossbreeding is established, their comparison is made. It also highlights valuable hybrid combinations and valuable for combining pollinating lines used in the breeding to enhance properties of sowing seeds.

The article shows experimental data of interline hybrids of sugar beet on the basis of weight of 1000 seeds, genetic determination of characteristic based on the method of Hayman and topcrossed polytested crossbreeding is established, their comparison is made. It also highlights valuable hybrid combinations and valuable for combining pollinating lines used in the breeding to enhance properties of sowing seeds.

The results of studying of walnuts collection have been given; the evaluation of the assortment according to resistance to unfavorable climatic conditions has been done; some varieties have been recommended for using in breeding and introduction in industry.

Purpose. Grapevines (Vitis spp.) are affected by many viral diseases which cause serious pathological problems. GLRaV-3 is among the most widespread leafroll viruses, while Grapevine Fanleaf Virus (GFLV) is a destructive pathogen which reduces the lifespan of grapevine. Considering the impact and the spread of these diseases, our objective was to analyse the presence of these two viruses in several grapevine varieties in grapevine collection at ATTC Vlore. Data gathered from plant pathogens serve to better understand and prevent the spread of pathogens, as a mandatory rule for the quality control of certified plant material during vegetative propagation. Method. The presence of two common viruses were tested using virus specific primers; LC1/LC2 primer pair designed from the hHSP70 gene for detecting Grapevine Leafroll-associated Virus-3 (GLRaV3) and C3390/H2999 primer pair, designed from coat protein coding regions for detecting Grapevine Fanleaf Virus (GFLV), in six varieties; ‘Merlot’, ‘Kallmet’, ‘Shesh i zi’, ‘Shesh i bardhё’, ‘Debinё’, and ‘Pulёz’, provided through a randomised sampling procedure. One Step Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction assay was used to detect the viral presence. Results showed a high (100%) prevalence of GLRaV3 virus in all of analysed samples, as the most frequent among the two pathogens. Analysis for of GFLV virus showed low infection rate, being present in only one sample. Conclusions. We herein show an efficient, fast and reproducible method for detecting grapevine viruses through one step RT-PCR. Our results suggest that sampling of the infected plant material should be avoided due to the presence of viral infections.

The results of investigation of pigmental complex and anatomical structure of red currant leaves in connection with the drought resistance are given. The genotypes of red currant: «Gazel», «Belka», «Jonker van Tets», «Viksne», «Selyanochka», «Niva», «Gollandskaya krasnaya», «1432-29-98» and «1426-21-80» have more xeromorphic structure of leaves, providing of ecological tolerance to drought and high temperature. Varieties «Roza», «Dana» have a low adaptation to drought resistance.

The results of investigation of pigmental complex and anatomical structure of red currant leaves in connection with the drought resistance are given. The genotypes of red currant: «Gazel», «Belka», «Jonker van Tets», «Viksne», «Selyanochka», «Niva», «Gollandskaya krasnaya», «1432-29-98» and «1426-21-80» have more xeromorphic structure of leaves, providing of ecological tolerance to drought and high temperature. Varieties «Roza», «Dana» have a low adaptation to drought resistance.

Assessment is made for heat-resistance of 10 promising domestic and foreign apple varieties, as well as for their drought- resistance (leaf tissue water content, water holding capacity and turgorescence); also, impact of weather conditions on implementation of its drought and heat resistance by the research subject is determined. The article highlights the best in Ukraine’s Forest-Steppe environment by the above economical and biological properties apple varieties.

Assessment is made for heat-resistance of 10 promising domestic and foreign apple varieties, as well as for their drought- resistance (leaf tissue water content, water holding capacity and turgorescence); also, impact of weather conditions on implementation of its drought and heat resistance by the research subject is determined. The article highlights the best in Ukraine’s Forest-Steppe environment by the above economical and biological properties apple varieties.

The article reflects economical value and origin of maize as an important energy crop. It specifies volumes of bioethanol production worldwide, as well as analyzes legal provisions for the development of alternative power engineering, advantages and shortcomings of bioenergy is general.

The article reflects economical value and origin of maize as an important energy crop. It specifies volumes of bioethanol production worldwide, as well as analyzes legal provisions for the development of alternative power engineering, advantages and shortcomings of bioenergy is general.

Methodology for detecting correspondence of soft wheat to the criteria of distinctness, uniformity and stability based on researching peculiarities of morphological characteristics expression, has been scrutinized. It is established that, in the complex of many of those characteristics characterizing variety phenotype, for its identification only those characteristics are used that are exposed to lesser degree to the influence of environmental conditions.

Methodology for detecting correspondence of soft wheat to the criteria of distinctness, uniformity and stability based on researching peculiarities of morphological characteristics expression, has been scrutinized. It is established that, in the complex of many of those characteristics characterizing variety phenotype, for its identification only those characteristics are used that are exposed to lesser degree to the influence of environmental conditions.

In the article was analyzed the system of organization variety examination in one of the most economic development state-member of Union for plant varieties of Plants - Federal Republic of Germany. The structure of administrative authority of plant variety protection - Bundessortenamt and variety testing station enlightened, suggested specific economic indices that could be an example for formation and development national breeding and seed production.

In the article was analyzed the system of organization variety examination in one of the most economic development state-member of Union for plant varieties of Plants - Federal Republic of Germany. The structure of administrative authority of plant variety protection - Bundessortenamt and variety testing station enlightened, suggested specific economic indices that could be an example for formation and development national breeding and seed production.

The main reasons hindering expansion of assortment of horticultural crops and negatively affecting the provision of Ukraine’s population with horticultural production were discussed. The trend towards global unification of genotypes with parallel reduction of potential to andropoadaptability of chief horticultural crops is recognized as one of the main causes for instability in domestic horticulture crops production. Appropriate measures are proposed, including intensification of zonal specialization and intensification of the state protectionism over both domestic fruit farming and research developments, first of all in breeding and genetics, aimed at the ability to meet various requirements of producers, processors and consumers of fruits and berries to new cultivars.

Мета. Установити господарсько-економічну доцільність вирощування підщеп волоського горіха. Методи. Сіянці волоського горіха, перспективні як підщепи в Україні, досліджували в розсадниках ФОП Затоковий В. Ю. (с. Слобода Комарівці, Сторожинецький р-н, Чернівецька обл.) упродовж 2018–2020 рр. Господарсько-економічну ефективність вирощування підщеп культури визначали за Методикою економічної та енергетичної оцінки типів плодоягідних насаджень, помологічних сортів і результатів технологічних досліджень у садівництві (2002). Результати. Для визначення економічної ефективності вирощування сіянців аналізували технологічну карту вирощування сіянців волоського горіха. Найбільша частка в структурі затрат припадала на оплату праці – 86,7%. Причиною цього було використання ручної праці, яка становила 96,5% від загальних затрат на технологію вирощування сіянців. Частка рівня механізації вирощування не перевищувала 3,5%. Загальні витрати пального на 1 га становили 120,7 л, або 2957,20 грн у грошо­вому еквіваленті. Таким чином, затрати на паливо займали незначну частку – 0,4% в собівартості одного сіянця. Один гектар площі забезпечував вихід 65 тис. шт. сіянців волоського горіха, що становило 1625 тис. грн за умови вартості їх реалізації 25 грн/шт. Матеріальні витрати при цьому становили 46,16 тис. грн/га (загальні витрати – 712,43 тис. грн). Тому показник собівартості був гранично низьким, а рівень рентабельності – гранично високим. Висновки. Вирощування сіянців волоського горіха сортів ‘Слава України’, ‘Пам’яті Затокового’, ‘Лисичанський’ є економічно доцільним. Це зумовлено досить низькою собівартістю одного сіянця (10,82 грн) та високою рентабельність виробництва вихідного селекційного матеріалу для щеплення та закладання промислових насаджень культури.