The analysis of the yield of blue honeysuckle varieties introduced in the conditions of the Bashkir Cis-Urals

In the study the varieties of non-traditional berry crops (Lonicera caerulea L., Caprifoliaceae), valued for their early maturity, high winter hardiness and unpretentiousness were analyzed. The process of studying included 16 varieties of honeysuckle: Dlinnoplodnay, Chernichka, Sineglazka, Bazhovskaya, Amphora, Nympha, Morena, Phialka, Viola, Lenita, Galochka, Bakcharskaya, Pamyati Gidzyuka, Berel, Sodruzestvo and Goluboe Vereteno (as the control), received from various selection centers in Russia and introduced in the conditions of the Bashkir Cis-Urals. The laying of field experiment, the account and observations were made from 2016 to 2020 on the territory of the Kushnarenkovo Selection Center for Fruit Crops and Grapes of the Bashkir Research Institute of Agriculture of the Ufa Federal Research Center RAS. The deadline for planting seedlings was September, 2010. The planting scheme was 3×1.5 m. The purpose of the study was to select highly productive varieties of blue honeysuckle resistant to climatic conditions of the Republic of Bashkortostan. As a result of a five year research, adaptive and productive varieties of honeysuckle were identified - Chernichka, Sineglazka, Bazhovskaya, Galochka and Phialka, the yield of which was more than 100 c/hectare. These varieties can significantly enrich the assortment of vitamin products in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The varieties Morena, Bilberry, Sineglazka, Bazhovskaya, Galochka and Amphora were marked as having large fruits weighing more than 1 g. The most delicious fruits were in the varieties Berel, Morena and Dlinnoplodnaya. The varieties Sineglazka, Chernichka, Galochka and Phialka were marked by weak fruit shedding. The studied varieties of blue honeysuckle are endowed with economically important features and can be used in further selection.