Gene pool collection of nut crops in the foothill branch of the Nikitskiy Botanical Garden

The history of the creation of a collection of nut fruits on the territory of the Foothill branch of the Crimean «Pomological Station» of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution NBS-NSC RAS is presented. The current state of the collections of these cultures as of 2024 is described. The quantitative composition of collections of walnuts, almonds and hazel is given. The indicators of hazelnut yield, the volume of fruiting of a young walnut crop, as well as the beginning of its vegetation and flowering are given. Leaf spotting (marsonia) has been detected. Data on the yield of young walnut plants are presented. Fungal diseases and entomological pests detected during monitoring of the study objects have been identified.