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.

Now the 2011 is a Year of Russian Cosmonautic as it was announced according to the edict of President of Russia Federation. The 50 years from the first human's flight into the space is being marked this year. On 12 April, 1961, for the first time in human's history the Soviet citizen Yuri Gagarin was a first man to perform a flight into the space on board of Vostok spaceship. Having flown around the planet he successfully landed. It was a 108 minutes' flight, only one circle which became the greatest event not only for 20b century but also for history of civilization. All-Russian Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production as some other Research Institutes of RAAS have been now working out the foodstuffs for cosmonauts since the time when Russian Space Exploration Program began.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

In October, 6-16 The XII Russian Agricultural Exhibition «The Golden Autumn 2011» took place at All-Russian Exposition Center. Within scheduled program of the exposition the roundtable conference was held «Problems of Plant Breeding, Agricultural Crop Seed Production in Marketing Condition».