Features of methods of reproductionof Hyssopus officinalis L. and Ruta graveolens L

Marketable products (green mass, seeds, essential oils) of spicy aromatic and essential oil crops are used in the food industry, traditional and folk medicine, pharmaceuticals and perfumery, as well as in ornamental gardening. More than 3,000 plants with spicy-aromatic and essential oil properties have been identified in biocenoses, of which about 100 are used in world agriculture. With the development of organic production, products of natural origin are increasingly used. In this regard, the need for plant raw materials of essential oil, aromatic and medicinal plants increases.The article presents the results of an assessment of various methods of propagation of spicy-aromatic and essential oil crops on soddy-podzolic loamy soil. The aim of the study was to study the features of the generative and vegetative methods of reproduction of new varieties of hyssop officinalis and fragrant rue in the soil and climatic conditions of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of field studies, it was found that with the generative method of reproduction, propagation by seedlings turned out to be more preferable, in which higher productivity indicators were obtained (plant height, number of shoots, weight of one plant), and the yield of green mass of hyssop officinalis in the third year of cultivation was 1512 g / m2, fragrant rue - 2232 g/m2. When propagated by seeds in open ground, the yield of green mass of hyssop officinalis for the third year of cultivation was 1503 g/m2, fragrant rue - 2133 g/m2, with vegetative propagation by cuttings - 1431 and 2088 g/m2, respectively. To increase the rooting of cuttings of hyssop officinalis and fragrant rue, their treatment with growth regulators epin, rootin and zircon is recommended.