The results  of joint work of All-Russian public organization «The Academy of non traditional and rare plants» and the SSI All-Russian research  institute of vegetable breeding and seed production  of RAAS are presented.   The results of two decades of work on the introduction of new, less common and non-traditional plants by scientists from Russia and foreign countries published  in fifty volumes of the proceedings  of international symposia and conferences  and in the collections «The introduction of non6traditional and rare plants and the prospects for their practical use» are reviewed.

The  EUCARPIA European Plant Genetic Resources Conference «Pre6breeding – fishing in the gene pool» was held at the campus of the Swedish University of Agricultural Science  (SLU) in Alnarp from 10 to 13 June  2013. This meeting gathered various members of the gene bank community of practice as well as users of the genetic resources  from all around the World.

The analysis of the modern homeland assortment of vegetable crops is given. The donors of the most important traits and the accessions  of vegetable and melon crops perspective for breeding from the VIR collection are shown. The short characteristic of the varieties is given.

The main directions and goals of breeding  of cucumber, squash, patty pan squash, and pumpkins are shown. The brief characteristic  of the varieties of pumpkin crops developed by in the laboratory breeding and seed production  of pumpkin crop  of VNIISSOK is given.

The method  of development  of functionally sterile forms of tomato from hybrids derived from crossing between functionally sterile and fertile lines is described. The characteristic  of two new lines on the main morphological; biological and economically useful traits and combining ability for yield and fruit weight are shown.

Development of F1 hybrids of tomato for open ground at the moment is one of the main tasks.  It can be solved  only if there are parent forms with valuable features  and properties.  As a result of three years of research  of tomato hybrid combinations and parental lines in the open field in the non6chernozem zone; the heterosis on major economic traits has been revealed. The character  of inheritance of studied traits and the degree of dominance have been determined. The groups of hybrid combinations  with high heterosis  effect and parental lines that contribute to this effect were identified.

The features  of cultivation and storage  of seed collections of the gene pool of vegetable crops have been studied. Elements to improve growing techniques  of seeds  for dispatch for long term storage  are offered. The optimal conditions for storage  of vegetable seeds  of the gene bank are found. The features of conservation of the collection of vegetative propagated  vegetable crops have been analyzed.

The high-temperature stress during 5-20 days has a negative impact on activity of growth of embryo and inhibits the seeds germination of the Umbelliferae crops. The germination of the studied seeds of different species at low temperature contributes to the recovery of the embryo growth; however, growth is less intensive in comparison with the control. All studied Umbelliferae crops showed the differences in seed germination and development of embryos at various tempera6 tures and duration of heat treatment.

The analysis of some methods  of pre6treatment of tomato seeds is given. The results of influence of laser irradiation on seeds germination and vigor are described. The positive effect of pre6sowing treatment  on tomato yield at cultivation in the open  ground  in condition  of the Low Amur was noticed.

The results of seed production of squash cv. Yakor are  given. The agronomic valuable traits; seed  productivity and economic efficiency of squash  seeds  in conditions of peasant  farm economy / enterprise were studied.

The results of investigation of the effectiveness of humic and bacterial growth regulators at direct sowing of broccoli in conditions of forest6steppe of Ukraine are given.

The effect of microbial growth regulator Mitsefit on sowing qualities of seeds and biometric parameters of pepper seedlings has been studied. The optimal effective concentration 10 ppm for utilization was determined.  This concentration  has the maximum positive effect on the germination energy; germination; early seedling growth; the rate of occurrence  of phenological stages; and biometric parameters of seedlings.  Pre6sowing seed  soaking in 10 ppm Mitsefit for 30 minutes increases  the vigor of seeds of pepper for 4 – 7.5%; the germination of seeds – for 6;5

– 11%; and accelerates  the production of pepper seedlings for 3 days.

Under the conditions of Steppe  of the Ukraine during 2010-2012 a scheme  of planting and plant population of beans played a big role on the formation of a yield of green  beans variety Ukrainian Sloboda.   The highest  yield of cv. Ukrainian Sloboda; 13.5 t / ha; was obtained when the density of planting was 148;1 thousand plants/hectare  and the scheme of planting was 45х15.

Biological and economic  efficiency of the tank mixture herbicide Zenkor Techno and wetting agent Silwet Gold in potato cultivation under the Kaluga region was defined. The absence of significant changes  in the efficiency by varying herbicide application rates (1.0 or 0.8 kg / ha) and the volume of the working solution (3006200 kg / ha) was noted.

A workshop devoted to «Problems of bacterial  and viral plant diseases  in agriculture and development of integrated  plant protection» was held at April; 24th 2013 at Russian University of People's  Friendship.

The paper presents a commodity output of oyster mushroom growing in the winter and spring time in the basement.  The two strains of mushroom;  НК635 and  R-24; were  grown  on the different straw substrates.  Using straw pea substrate yielded 1;6-2;2 kg/m2   of fruit bodies of the first commodity group of the  strain  НК-35 and 2;4-2;7 kg/m2  of fruit bodies of the second commodity group of the strain Р-24.

The general tendencies  of the market development of vegetable crops of protected  ground in the agricultural organizations in the Saratov region over the period of 2005-2011 are described  in the article. Parameters  of productivity; marketability; profitability; structure  of manufacture  and structure of a commodity output; expenses  of work on 1 sq. m and 1 c production on set of the investigated organizations are calculated. The analysis of a condition and tendencies  of development of the vegetable6growing agricultural enterprises  is studied  with use of the basic indicators of descriptive statistics.

The new varieties of cauliflower; white and red head cabbages were developed in GNU VSTISP RAAS. The varieties  were included in the State register of breeding achievements  to 01.01.2013. The patents  were received. New varieties have high yield; stable high quality and resistance  to biotic and abiotic stress factors.

The results of the air separator tests on the beet seeds are given.