The data on new variety of false saffron Krasa Stupinskaya are presented. The false saffron is the break, phytosanitary, phytomeliorative, feeding, decorative, and oil crop. It is recommended to grow in all region of Russian Federation.

The fertilizer dressing acts to raise the yield of mother onion bulbs and seeds. The different doses of mineral fertilizers influence on storage, biochemical content of mother onion bulbs and seed productivity in different ways.

There are more than 1200 vegetable crops belonging to 78 families, 600 of which are cultivated, the others are used as a wild species. At the most countries about 30-35 vegetable crops are produced industrially, while in Russia only 10-15 vegetable crops have commercial application. The global trend in vegetable growing is an increasing of overall production of vegetables. Since 1993 up to 2013, the vegetableproduction has increased from 516,98 million tons up to 1,136 billion tons, cultivated area has increased up to 70%, and average yield has increased up to 29%. Most of vegetables are cultivated in the open field, and only 23% is the vegetable growing in the protected ground. In 2013, there are 14,689 million tons of vegetables produced in Russia.

The seven-day recipe composition of lunch dishes for social nutrition of target groups of consumers was developed. The main components of this recipe are vegetables.

The content of macro- (C, N, P, S) and micro-elements, as well as some metals was analyzed in fruits, leaves, stems, and roots of vigna, kiwano, bitter melon, and wax gourd growing in the condition of unheated  polyethylene-covered greenhouse  in Novosibirsk (Russia). The revealed low concentration of sulfur and big atomic ratio of nitrogen to sulfur in plant phytomass is the result of insufficient macro-elements supply from fertilizers and peatsubstrates. The kiwano fruits are characterized by high concentration of K , Ca, Mg , Zn, Fe, Cu, and Ni and therefore is worth introducing this culture in Russia.

The anthocyan pigments content such biologically active components as vitamins, glycosides, organic acids, aromatic substances, microelements, etc. The anthocyan pigment harvested from cranberry fruits by dehy' drofreezing was studied. The features and changing during storage of cranberry fruits are shown.

The analysis of changing of amount of total proteins and storage proteins of green bean was done. The influence of the contrast natural conditions on the quality of green bean seeds was revealed. The obtained data can be used for seed production of green bean.

March 24-25, 2014 in Skierniewice (Poland) the 3 rd International Conference «Effect of Pre- and Post-harvest Factors on Health Promoting Components and Quality of Horticultural Commodities» was held, devoted to achievements of horticulture. The Conference, as a joint activity of the Storage Section of the Committee of Horticultural Sciences of Polish Academy of Sciences and EUFRIN «Fruit Quality Working Group», is organized by the Storage and Processing of Fruits and Vegetables Departments of the Research Institute of Horticulture (InHort).

The experiment was conducted in the Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Plovdiv during the period 2008-2009. Four garden pea varieties were grown in the conditions of organic and conventional production. The purpose of the experiment was to study the quantitative characters of seeds obtained in organic production. It was established that the organic garden pea seeds differ with lower absolute weight compared to the seeds obtained in conventional system but they kept high germination (89,5-96,5) close to the control variant. The late variety Vyatovo grown with organic fertilizers and biopesticides are with the lowest percentage of injuries by Bruchus pisi l.

The study of net productivity of photosynthesis of tomato in continuous culture has been conducted during 2010-2013. The influence of two-year interruption by crop rotation link and different systems of fertilization on the growth of vegetative mass (g/m2 per day) was determined.