Some Kuban wild grape forms growth places ecological and biological characteristics

The purpose of the study is to find the habitats of wild-growing forms of the genus Vitis L., as well as to study their ecological and biological characteristics in order to involve in the further breeding process especially valuable samples for economic characteristics as new donors of resistance to various abiotic and biotic stress factors using the example of a forest area, relating to the territory of the "Safari Park" in the Cape Tonkiy of the Gelendzhik city. The study of the ecological and biological characteristics of wild grapes was carried out in the field in 2021 using the following methods: route-reconnaissance (the territory of the park is conditionally divided into routes where floristic characteristics were compiled); traditional geobotanical, with a description of the relief of habitats, the structure and floristic composition of phytocenoses, as well as a detailed description of vegetation according to a certain geobotanical form; morphometric (morpho-indicators of the vegetative and generative parts of wild-growing forms were carried out using ampelographic descriptions as in cultivars of grapes; statistical (data analysis package - Excel); analytical; sampling (crowns of young shoots) for DNA analysis. About 7 populations of wild-growing grapes were found in the forest area near Cape Tonkiy (Gelendzhik).These populations were found for the first time. A study and description of them according to the ecological and geographical conditions of growth and morpho-biological characteristics was carried out. The variability of some traits was found, for example: the degree of openness of the tops of young shoots and their pubescence, the saturation of the color of the tops of young shoots and young leaves, the type and degree of pubescence of formed leaves, the shape and degree of corrugation of leaves, the type of flower, the depth of leaf clippings, etc. At the time of selection samples for further genetic analysis, they did not have visually visible damage by the main pests and diseases of grapes.