Suitability of Ugur and Alinja vine varieties as planting stock

One of the main reasons for the delay in the development of viticulture in the country in recent years is the lack of high-quality planting material. For many years, the issue of providing viticulture in Azerbaijan with high-quality planting material remained unresolved, since the material and technical base of the farms producing planting material was rather weak In vineyards, targeted measures are already being taken to address this problem. Thus, in some farms, in order to expand vineyards, on-farm seedlings are planted, as well as seedlings imported from abroad and grown on their own roots. In connection with the “Strategic roadmap for the production and processing of agricultural products in the Republic of Azerbaijan”, the expansion of vineyards in the country until 2020 was taken as a strategic goal. Therefore, our republic needs nurseries. In order to organize a nursery, it is necessary to produce high-quality planting material. To do this, it is necessary to determine the quality indicators of the supplied seedlings and the characteristics of suitability for planting material. Depending on the climatic conditions in Azerbaijan, seedlings are supplied from approved orchards and nurseries from autumn to early spring. The accuracy of the name of the variety cultivated in the vineyard or the future planting material is taken as the basis, and the degree of susceptibility of the bushes to diseases and pests is also determined. In our studies, we also analyzed the quality indicators of the supplied seedlings of the Ugur and Alinja varieties from the Nakhchivan, and their suitability for planting material.