THE SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF ACADEMICIAN N.I. VAVILOV IN VEGETABLE CROP BREEDING AND GENETICS AT THE ALL-RUSSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE BREEDING AND SEED PRODUCTION (VNIISSOK)

Abstract

The main ideals of N.I. Vavilov’s studies and their use in vegetable crop breeding and genetic research conducted at the All-Russia Research Institute of Vegetable Breeding and Seed Production are reviewed.

Keywords

• vegetable crops
• crop genetics
• inbreeding
• interspecific hybridization
• the scientific heritage of n.i. vavilov