In honour of the eighty-fifth anniversary of All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Selection and Seed Growing of Vegetable Crops. History, achievements, priority investigations

The main stages in development of selection and seed growing of vegetable crops, the contribution of the prominent selectionists to the creation of native assortment and the role of later in the development of Russian vegetable-growing were presented. The achievements of the Gribovskaya vegetable selectional station and All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Selection and Seed Growing of Vegetable Crops in the field of fundamental and applied investigations were considered. The current state of theoretical developments was characterized and the priorities in selection and seed growing of vegetable crops were determined.