The technical features and conditions for normalization of quality characteristics of tomato juice regarded as a human food have been elaborated without direct wringing and preliminary preheating of tomato fruits in presence of salt and sugar.

In the Ekaterina Hall, Moscow Kremlin, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev presented 36 outstanding Russian citizens with orders, medals, and diplomas on awarding honourable titles. Our colleague head of laboratory of plant introduction and seed research, doctor of agricultural science, Peter Fedorovich Kononkov was decorated by the Order of Honour in accordance with official edict N 56 signed by Russian President on 17 January, 2011.

On 31st March, 90th birth and 50 years of working, scientific, pedagogical activities of renowned scientist in plant genetics, fruit-tree genetics, breeding and seed production of flowers, doctor in agriculture, head of laboratory of breeding and seed production of flowers at All-Russian Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production (1978-1996) Irina Victorovna Dryagina is celebrating her anniversary.

On the base of research results on quality characteristics of candied vegetable marrow, for the first time the standard CTO 45727225-20 has been elaborated to control the quality of vegetable production and to improve the technological discipline in production of candied vegetable marrow.

The main arm of the each producer is to preserve vegetables and then to use them completely. That is why it is important to study the storage longevity of tomato fruits collected by harvesting machine affecting on the quality of final products.

The article includes the detailed description of newly developed «Korotyshka» cultivar of cucumber of bush type. Agro-technical features for short-climbing cultivars were also given.

Exogenous factors affecting on the expression of apomixis in cabbage have been identified. Apomictic seeds developed into embryoids were observed in three cabbage varieties such as Jana, Lazurnaya and Lesia (Ukraine). Thus, it was possible to induce an incomplete organogenesis of parthenogenesis seeds originated from these four varieties of cabbage. The occurrence of apomixis was provoked by the synergitic effect of plant growth regulators and alien pollen applied simultaneously as an aqueous mixture of gibberellins and cytokinin applied on the base of the pistil, while the alien pollen (Chinese radish - Loba) was placed on the stigma of castrated cabbage buds 2-3 days before they disclose.