10 Years of the Crimean science of the Russian Academy of Sciences

In the article, prepared as part of the reports at the X All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Innovative directions and methods of research in the field of genetics, biotechnology, breeding, seed production, reproduction and protection of agricultural, horticultural and forest woody plants” and “Modern trends in science, innovative technologies in viticulture and winemaking”, dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the scientific support of crop production in Crimea, its successes and achievements over 10 years in the system of the Russian Academy of Sciences is considered. The main efforts of scientists of the FSFIS “Research Institute of Agriculture of the Crimea”, FSFIS “The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens – The National Scientific Center of the RAS”, FSFIS “All-Russian National Research Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking «“Magarach” of the RAS» are aimed at studying cultivars of the South of Russia in order to conduct a large-scale variety exchange for major agricultural crops, obtaining productive plant cultivars based on the latest genetic technologies, creating medicinal substances from raw materials of essential oil plants, the development of biological methods of plant protection, new environmentally friendly resource-saving technologies for growing seed crops (apple, pear) and stone crops (cherry, peach) on vegetatively propagated rootstocks based on up-to-date requirements for the conditions of efficient use of resources, productivity, marketability of fruits and zonal specificity, to study autochthonous grape cultivars of Russia, which are becoming increasingly valuable as real resources of the region and as raw materials for wines with individual characteristics reflecting their special terroir.