Fruit crops of the Middle Volga region and their wild relatives (based on the results of the collecting mission in 2025)
https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-4-o3
Abstract
In August 2025, the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources organized a collecting mission to explore and collect wild relatives of cultivated plants in the Middle Volga region. Thirty-nine habitats were surveyed, and fruit plants were collected in 22 of them. The total of 94 samples of fruit crops and their wild relatives were collected in gardens, old forest plantations and natural growing areas. The collected material includes 27 seed samples of Amelanchier ovalis Medik. (2), Amygdalus nana L. (2), Armeniaca vulgaris Lam. (1), Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott (1), Cerasus fruticosa Pall. (1), Cerasus vulgaris Mill. (2), Padus avium Mill. (3), Prunus domestica L. (5), Prunus spinosa L. (1), Ribes aureum L. (2), Ribes nigrum L. (2), Ribes rubrum L. (2), Rubus caesius L. (3); 24 cuttings of Malus domestica (L.) Borkh. (22) and Pyrus communis L. (2); 15 live plant specimens of Amelanchier ovalis Medik. (1), Amygdalus nana L. (1), Cerasus vulgaris Mill. (2), Grossularia reclinata (L.) Mill. (1), Prunus domestica L. (3), Prunus spinosa L. (1), Ribes aureum L. (2), Ribes nigrum L. (2), Ribes rubrum L. (2). and 28 herbarium specimens of 18 species of the genera Malus Mill., Lonicera L., Rubus L., Amygdalus L., Aronia Medik., Cerasus Mill., Crataegus Tourn. ex L., Fragaria L., Padus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., Rosa L., and Sorbus L.
Supporting agencies: The research was carried out as part of the implementation of the Development Program of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources under the agreement No. 075-02-2025-1584 with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated February 26, 2025. The authors express their gratitude to the driver of the collecting mission vehicle D.V. Koblov; Director of the Federal Center of Agriculture Research of the South-East Region S.N. Gaponov and Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetic Breeding of Fruit Crops N.V. Bodrov; Head of the Saratov branch of the FSBI «Gossortcomissiya» A.A. Dorogobed; Head of the Khvalynsky State Variety Testing Site of the FSBI «Gossortcomissiya» I.V. Plekhanova; Director of LLC «Mal’t» A.P. Khudyakov; L.A. Miroshnikova, A.V. Shugurin, N.A. Zhuravleva, O.V. Kuznetsova, E.P. Karavaeva, and V.S. Van’kov for assistance and provision of plant material.
About the Authors
L. V. Bagmet
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa V. Bagmet, Cand. Sci (Biology), Leading Researcher, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
T. S. Polenov
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Timofey S. Polenov, Junior Researcher, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
D. A. Mokhin
N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Danil A. Mokhin, Leading Specialist, VIR
42, 44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg, 190000 Russia
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Bagmet L.V., Polenov T.S., Mokhin D.A. Fruit crops of the Middle Volga region and their wild relatives (based on the results of the collecting mission in 2025). Vavilovia. 2025;8(4):34-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30901/2658-3860-2025-4-o3
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