Formation of initial material of vegetable crops: N.I. Vavilov’s ideas and modern technologies

The data are summarized of creating the new genetic sources, basing on both classic and modern methods, for selection of the competitive domestic varieties and hybrids in the All-Russian Institute for Selection and Seed Breeding of Vegetable Crops. The different evaluation methods and the modern technologies were used to manage plant morphogenesis, and as a result the richest collection was gathered, representing 16,000 specimen with the wide range of useful traits of 111 vegetable crops from different botanical taxons. On the base of fundamental studies and the genetic sources from this collection, more than 20 cultivars and hybrids with target traits can be offer annually to meet the demands of the market. As a total, more than 850 varieties and hybrids have been created of which 533 included into The State Catalog of genetic achievements in Russia in 2012.