On 14-18 June, 2011, XI international symposium on «New and nontraditional Plant Cultures and Prospects of Their Use» was hosted by Institute of Fundamental Problems of Biology, RAS.

The results of many years' research on elaboration technology for carrot cultivation in vertical zones of Central Pre-Caucasus are presented in the article. The integrated estimation of the economic efficiency of this technology has been carried out.

The ideas for plant sanitary diagnostic using modern computer technology and internet service were discussed in this article. Digital photos, multimedia resources and FAQ website can serve the agronomist with summarized information concerning plant protection and methods for damage prevention in the area of crop cultivation.

Expanding the range of leafy and salad vegetables and extension of their production and consumption are indicators that can characterize the state and prosperity of the nation. The great value and indispensable of vegetables in human's diet are that they are the sources of vitamins, sugars, organic acids, mineral salts, microelements and biologically active matters which determine the taste of food and its assimilation in human's body.

The advantages of pre-sowing seed soaking in phytoregulator solutions such as Hitofos, Phytohit, Cytohit and some foliar feeding were shown at the time of carrot plants grew. As it was revealed previously at Breeding Production Stations, Urus-Martanovskiy region, the «Gribovchanin» carrot cultivar had a yield characteristics and quality of root that became much higher after seed and plant treatment by physiologically active substances.

The successful results of the research and efficiency of application of foliar feeding have been shown at the time of cabbage seeds raise with Gibbersib and Carbamid treatments in springtime. These treatments made the flowers and buds develop more rapidly promoting the formation of more branchy plants with numbers of seed pods.

Представлены особенности выращивания петрушки на зелень и дана характеристика новых сортов селекции ВНИИССОК

Показано, что гибриды первого поколения многих сельскохозяйственных культур, в частности семейств Solanaceae и Cucurbitaceae, не имеют каких-либо фактических или потенциальных биологических преимуществ над линейными сортами по урожайности и комплексу других хозяйственно ценных признаков. Рассмотрены также потенциальные возможности урожайности трансгенных сортов и гибридов, а также гибридов и сортов типа «терминатор».

The article reports on breeding program for bee-pollinated cucumber (mellittophilae) carrying the resistance to F. oxisporum. Results of researches and a technique for selection of resistant young plantlets under the use of conventional and roll sowing methods in artificial infectious background were described.