Relevance. Inbreeding is the most widespread method of obtaining starting breeding material and plays a central role in heterosis breeding programs of most crops. Beetroot inbred lines possessing economically valuable characteristics require constant maintenance via self-pollination. However, self-pollination leads to depression of a number of traits. Thorough theoretical studies and practical developments are needed to preserve valuable beetroot lines. We aimed to study the root and leaf rosette variability resulting from beetroot self-pollination. We also investigated the inheritance of monogermity in beetroots.Materials and methods. Experimental work was carried out at the All-Russian Research Institute of Vegetable Growing – branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Federal Scientific Vegetable Center" (FSBSI FSVC), 2011-202], Moscow Region. The object of the study was inbred beetroot lines originated from beetroots of foreign selection. The research data were obtained via field observations and measurements.Results. It has been experimentally shown that the constant signs of self-pollinated beet lines of 1 year of life are the position and height of the leaf rosette. Stabilization and maintenance of separate fertility at a high level is carried out by selection. A negative correlation was noted between the signs of the degree of separateness and the height of the leaf rosette of the plant, the proportion of the neck of the root crop in its diameter, the mass of the root crop and the proportion of the root crop in the biomass of the plant in the offspring of the fourth generation of the inbreeding. The decrease in the productivity of the seed plant occurs at the beginning of the process of creating self-pollinated lines – in the first generation.

Relevance. In the consumer market, there is a popular pumpkin in portion sizes weighing 1.0 to 2.5 kg. To meet the needs of the population and producers in pumpkin fruits, F1 varieties and hybrids with high economically valuable traits, portion size and manufacturability in production and processing are needed.Material and methods. The purpose of the research is to analyze, isolate and select the best breeding samples for creating parental lines of butternut pumpkin and large-fruited portion size.The experiment was carried out at the selection plot of the FSBSI "Federal Scientific Rice Centre" from 2015 to 2019. The objects of research were cultivars, hybrid populations, cultivars and samples obtained from different sources.Results. Lines with a number of economically valuable traits are highlighted, including portion size, productivity, biochemical parameters and commercial attractiveness of fruits. According to the length of the growing season, all inbred lines were divided into 3 groups: early maturing, mid-maturing, late maturing. In terms of productivity, the following lines stand out: KrChkh, BatS, La. The following lines were distinguished by the content of dry soluble substances (SRV, mg%): KrChkh, LaChkh, BatS, LaN. In muscat lines, the number of marketable fruits per plant varied from 3.3-5.7 pcs / plant. According to keeping quality, the test samples were divided into several groups: the least keeping quality among the studied samples was the line 15-5 (105 days); in fruits of lines 24-3, 16-5, 15-1, the safety of fruits increased to 116-126 days. The 28-2 line (162 days) was the highest keeping quality. The rest of the lines were attributed to medium bikes (133-148 days). All selected lines were characterized by a female type of flowering, multi-fruiting, short-leaved and good keeping quality of fruits. The KrChx line has a pronounced leaf aerenchyme. The organoleptic analysis showed that all the lines identified have a high score of 4.5-5. All commercially valuable traits in the lines are fixed with an inward.

Relevance. The technology of producing cabbage seeds with the traditional method takes almost 2 years. Its high labor intensity caused the need to search for cheaper methods of selection and seed production. One of the ways to speed up the stages of the selection process is the use of artificial climate chambers. The aim of research is to obtain seeds of promising inbred lines of late maturing white cabbage and hybrid combinations with their participation using rosette plants (steckling) in artificial climate chambers. Materials and Methods. The material was inbred pure lines of 5-6 generations of inbreeding, obtained from promising hybrid combinations of domestic and foreign breeding. The research was conducted in 2023-2024. Sowing in Plantek 64 cassettes was carried out on July 10, then the seedlings were transplanted into vegetative vessels with an optimal volume of 5-6 liters and installed in the open ground for the growth of a leaf outlet. In the phase 10-13 of real leaves, the plugs were placed in an artificial climate chamber. During the growth and development period, biometric and phenological observations were carried out, and an analysis of seed setting was carried out during the hybridization of inbred lines.Results. As a result of research in the study of hybrid seed production under artificial climate chamber conditions, high rates of seed setting in buds under cross-pollination of rosette plants of white cabbage were revealed. Genotypes with high seed set rate under geitenogamous bud pollination were also identified. The weight of 1000 seeds of the studied plants was within the range of 2.5-5.14 g. Genotypes 383-3, 384-2 and 384-7 were selected, which had the highest percentage of seeds in the fractional composition with size more than 2 mm 80.3%, 43.5% and 59.4%, respectively. When genotypes 384-2 and 384-7 were used in hybrid combinations as a maternal component, high quality indicators of the obtained seeds were revealed.Conclusion. For the studied genotypes of white cabbage, when grown in an artificial climate chamber, no significant effect on seed quality was found; the genotype had a greater effect on seed quality indicators.