Meeting of the Academic Council of the Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing of the NAAS

On November 19, 2025, a meeting of the Coordination and Methodological Council of the Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences (NAAS) was held. The NAAS is the main institution responsible for implementing PND 20 “Selection and Production Technologies for Vegetable and Melon Crops” “Vegetable and Melon Growing.” Seven institutions are involved in the implementation of the program:

the Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing of the NAAS with a network of stations (DS “Mayak”, Dnipropetrovsk DS, Donetsk DS); Cherkasy Research Station of the National Scientific Center “Institute of Agriculture of the NAAS”; Institute of Climate-Oriented Agriculture of the NAAS; Institute of Horticulture of the NAAS; Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Development of the NAAS; Volyn State Agricultural Research Station of the Institute of Agriculture of the Carpathian Region of the NAAS.

The meeting reviewed the results of scientific research on 18 fundamental (for 2021-2025) and 12 applied (for 2024-2025) tasks. In terms of breeding, this year's scientific achievements included the submission of applications for the qualification examination of 19 varieties of vegetable crops: the Mavrik eggplant variety, the Aladdin shallot variety, the Linok and Mia cucumber hybrids, the Boris and Kirodar watermelon hybrids, the Krasava carrot variety, the Velour watermelon variety, the Hvilya melon variety, the Karamel large-fruited pumpkin variety, the Eldorado F1 cucumber hybrid, the Nebokray cucumber variety, Max onion variety, Promin romaine lettuce variety, Kiborg stem lettuce variety, Imeninnyk burdock variety, Uspikh chrysanthemum variety, Hoverla multi-tiered onion variety, Borzenka multi-tiered onion variety. Patents have been obtained for two varieties: the Serpnevyi Podarok tomato variety and the Bonus shallot onion variety.

The following utility model applications have been developed in the field of technological research: “Method for growing winter garlic,” “Method for genetic equalization of stress-tolerant, selectively valuable eggplant lines of interspecific origin based on double gametophytic selection,” “Method for growing watermelon and melon seeds by crop densification.” Two patents have been obtained for utility models: “Method for micrografting tomato plants in in vitro culture” and “Method for increasing the productivity of cabbage plants through exogenous treatment with selenium-containing growth regulators.”

Scientists from the main institution reviewed the final reports of co-executors, a network of research stations, and institute employees and concluded that the research was conducted as planned and the field experiments were conducted in accordance with the methodology for conducting field experiments.