THE CURRENT STATE OF ASSORTMENT OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study o f the current state assortment o f fruit and vegetable IN UKRAINE. The necessity o f improving domestic breeding and seed production o f vegetable and fruit crops to ensure the manufacturer new, highly productive and adapted varieties and hybrids that have high agronomic performance. Analyzes the range o f horticultural crops o f the State register o f plants suitable for distribution in Ukraine. Defined quantitative and qualitative composition o f varieties o f fruit and vegetables o f domestic and foreign selection. The analysis o f the quantitative composition o f the new assortment o f fruit and vegetable crops, entered in the Register in the last five years identified that the largest number o f varieties o f fruit crops updated in 2011 and 2014, o f vegetable crops in 2014-2015. Qualitative analysis o f assortment of fruit crops, suitable for distribution in Ukraine showed that the predominate varieties o f domestic breeding, such as Malus domestica Borkh. (21,4 %), Prunus avium L. (21,08 %), Persica vulgaris Mill. (23,6%). The vast number o f varieties, entered in the register belong to the such families as Solanaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Brassicaceae.