On the 25th of February 2009 the international scientific conference was held at All-Russian Research Institute of Vegetable Growing, RAAS. This meeting was to mark the 110th birthday of Kvasnikov B.V. meritorious and outstanding plant breeding specialist, the honoured scientist in agriculture science.

С 10 по 12 февраля 2009 года проходило ежегодное общее годичное собрание Россельхозакадемии, в рамках которого 10 февраля проведено заседание селекцентра, 11 февраля - годичное собрание Отделения растениеводства.

Fruit color of eggplants is one of the most important traits. In the fruit peel several anthocyanins were identified. It was shown that in fruits of Japanese accessions the basic an anthocyanin was delphinidin-3-(p-coumaroyl rutinoside)-5-glucoside (nasunin), while other accessions contained tulipanin (delphinidin-3-O-rutinoside). The breeding lines for hydroponic small-size cultivation that was selected by researchers from VNISSOK contained 0,021-0,2l7 grams of anthocyanin per kilogram.

On 22-26 of June the VIII international symposium on «Newly introduced and alternative plant cultures and promising ways of their application» was held at department of vegetable growing in Russian State Agricultural University, Timiriyazev Academy of Agriculture in Moscow

In accordance with the Federal Law on seed production N0 149-03 on 17th of December 1997 the quality testing of vegetable crop seeds should be carried on by laboratory growing test and direct sowing in the ground. The growing test is a basic control for seed quality evaluation and variety and cultivar distinctness.

ВНИИССОК проводит подготовку научных кадров в аспирантуре и докторантуре. Обучение в аспирантуре проводится по следующим специальностям: 06.01.05 - селекция и семеноводство, 06.01.06 - овощеводство, 06.01.11 - защита растений, 05.20.01 - технологии и средства механизации сельского хозяйства, 08.00.05 - экономика и управление народным хозяйством (сельское хозяйство).

In September the 5th conference on Aromatic and Medicinal Plants was held at Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno. This University has a long history of agriculture and forestry studies. Science and research tasks combine together long term scientific programs and an educational opportunity in the range of disciplines such as agriculture, biology, forestry, economics and techniques. The faculty of horticulture in Lednice is the faculty of long scientific history since 1912, and where the scientific and research centre was then established in 1985. In Brno, there is also a well-known place where Gregor Mendel carried on his experiments with plants at St. Thomas abbey in the centre of the old city.

В период с 21 по 24 мая 2008 года в городе Авиньон (Франция) проходила международная конференция «IX EUCARPIA International Meeting on Cucurbitaceae 2008», которая была посвящена генетическим ресурсам, селекции, генетике и биотехнологии тыквенных культур. В конференции приняли участие 223 представителя из 32 стран, в том числе из России.

Vegetables definitely play a great role in food composition of a human. In countries where fruit and vegetable consumption is high, there is reduced cases of cardiovascular and cancel diseases as it was shown by epidemiological data. Vegetables bear the protective properties based on antioxidant actions of such components as vitamins, flavonoids, antozian, polyphenols and microelements including selenium, zinc, and copper and so on. The applications of stimulators of growth are safe environmental methods that can be used for improvement of yield qualities. The influence of Epin, Gumats, APIONs and other growth stimulators on antioxidant and biologically active matter contents has been studied in range of vegetable crops like perennial onion, Japanese cabbage, and bell pepper and so on.

В августе 2008 года во Всероссийском НИИ при поддержке Российской академии сельскохозяйственных наук, Министерства сельского хозяйства РФ состоялась I Международная научно-практическая конференция «Современные тенденции в селекции и семеноводстве овощных культур. Традиции и перспективы».