The article outlines the direction of breeding of cabbage for the south of Russia, taking into account the climatic characteristics of the region. The breeding achievements are presented: F1 hybrids of different time of ripening, promising inbred lines with high combining ability. An effective method of seed production of F1 hybrids is proposed.

The number  of correlations  on vegetable peas depends on the length  of the growing period,  and the adaptive  capacity  of the samples.   In  F1    hybrids   manifestation   of  «t»  correlations   is increasingly close to their parents.

In the VIR collection there is a rich initial material, which can contribute to the intensification of breeding of leguminous of vegetable directions of our country, as well as an increase in speciesdiversity of cultures in this group.

Beans (Vicia faba L.) is the one of the ancient crops which have been cultivated and used for food. The historical note about bean utilization in ancient world and in Russia, and the information aboutcenters of origin, food value of seeds are presented in this review. Botanical characteristics of three bean varieties of VNIISSOK breeding are described.

A workshop devoted to «Problems of bacterial  and viral plant diseases  in agriculture and development of integrated  plant protection» was held at April; 24th 2013 at Russian University of People's  Friendship.

The current state of vegetable production in Russia is discussed in the article. Comparative assessment of the dynamics of vegetable production in the agricultural organizations, farms and private farms since 2008 has been conducted. The contribution of these organizations in the bulk yield of vegetable crops on an annual basis in each regions is presented. The private farms produce up to 80% of the bulk yield of vegetables. Such rearrangement of production has negatives and benefits. This production is low-gain and oriented toward to domestic consumption. In 2012 and 2013, the production of vegetable crops was almost equal and accounted more than 14 million tons.

The article presents the methods and results of the competitive breeding of promising high-quality varieties of vegetable green pea for canning, as well as the main achievements of FGBNU VNIISSOK.

The high-temperature stress during 5-20 days has a negative impact on activity of growth of embryo and inhibits the seeds germination of the Umbelliferae crops. The germination of the studied seeds of different species at low temperature contributes to the recovery of the embryo growth; however, growth is less intensive in comparison with the control. All studied Umbelliferae crops showed the differences in seed germination and development of embryos at various tempera6 tures and duration of heat treatment.

The  green pea collection  consisting  of 277 samples  varied in geographical  distance,  quantity, and quality traits was evaluated. The samples  with agronomic valuable traits were selected.  The starch  grains in selected  green pea samples were studied. The molecular analysis of these samples was conducted. The selected samples were used for the reciprocal crossing.  The pattern inheritance  of hybrids F1 was studied.

The article analyzes the current state and prospects of  protected  ground development in the Russian Federation based on the data of the Ministry  of Agriculture and  the Federal State Statistics Service. The indexes of production of vegetable crops in different regions of the  Russian Federation are given. The problems, which  are  holding back the greenhouse business, are  discussed. The possibilities of increasing the  area of protected ground and vegetable production are shown.