The main reasons hindering expansion of assortment of horticultural crops and negatively affecting the provision of Ukraine’s population with horticultural production were discussed. The trend towards global unification of genotypes with parallel reduction of potential to andropoadaptability of chief horticultural crops is recognized as one of the main causes for instability in domestic horticulture crops production. Appropriate measures are proposed, including intensification of zonal specialization and intensification of the state protectionism over both domestic fruit farming and research developments, first of all in breeding and genetics, aimed at the ability to meet various requirements of producers, processors and consumers of fruits and berries to new cultivars.

Автори звертаються до майбутніх користувачів видання з проханням висловити думки і побажання щодо його поліпшення чи вдосконалення.

The high content of phenolic compounds (quercetin-3-O-glycoside, izoramnetine-3-O-glycoside, 4'-metoxykempferol-3-O-glycoside, 4'-metoxyqvercetine-3-0-glycoside, apigenine and luteoline) in flowers of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. in comparison with Prunus armeniaca L. has been shown. That can be the reason weak susceptibility of generative organs of cherry-plum to Sclerotinia (Monilinia) laxa (Aderh et Ruhl.) Honey.

The harmonization experience of national Belgium legislation against requirements of International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants is analyzed. Discovered the essence of new admitted Act, which aim is to make Belgium legislation into comply with 1991 Act of International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.

The varieties and forms of nectarine resistant to fungi diseases (Clasterosporium carpophilum (Lev.) Aderh., Taphrina deformans Tul., Sphaerotheca pannosa (Wallr.) Fr. Lev. var. persicae Woronich) having the practical interest for modern technology growing and for breeding on these characteristics have been selected.

The article reflects economical value of a valuable food crop, field pea used chiefly as a vegetable (Pisum sativum L partim), its origin and distribution both in the worldwide scale and in our country, establishment of its varietal resources. Exhausting description is provided to new varieties of pea used chiefly as a vegetable, which have been listed in the State Register of Varieties Suitable for Dissemination in Ukraine in 20010-2011 for the harvest in 2012, and for which official description is available.

The article shows development of the variety testing network of the official system of right protection for plant varieties. The article defines on the art-of-the-day level the main problems and relevant solutions, and points out the importance of examination institutions of the official system of right protection for plant varieties for solving the food provision problem of the state.

The article represents results of researches of 20082010 years and evaluation of the new registered and promising varieties and hybrids winter rape (seed) by their genetic potential productivity and adaptability. Changeability varieties according to high-yielding properties and elements of productivity depending with adaptability to the environmental conditions of areas of Forest, Forest-steppe and Steppe of Ukraine. There are discussed the prospects of the trends.

The estimation of drought hardiness of sea buckthorn varieties of different environmental and geographical origin was made in the field and laboratory conditions. In late August the drought hardiness was estimated according to leaf injures and abscission in the field conditions. In the laboratory conditions were determined the main characteristics of water regime: tissue water saturation, water deficit, leaf water retaining ability. As a consequence, the studied varieties were divided into groups with different drought hardiness degree.

Genetic and statistical analyzes of ten quantitative characteristics inheritance of reciprocal populations F2 of three-hybrid crossing by plant height, leaf blade electroidy and absence of glaucosity on the plants of Winter Rye in three breeding institutions – Nosivskiy Variety Testing Station (VTS), Verhnianskiy VTS and Volynskiy Institute APV. Major portion of phenotype variation has been determined by environmental factors. Genotype variability of those characteristics is predetermined by effects of domination and epitasis, so the breeding aimed at acquirement of heterosis effect when ZKZ (ЗКЗ) and SKZ (СКЗ) are applied is expected to be promising.