CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW GENERATION HAZELNUT CULTIVARS IN THE FEDERAL RESEARCH CENTRE THE SUBTROPICAL SCIENTIFIC CENTRE OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES CROPS COLLECTION

An assortment is the most important element in the technology of growing hazelnuts (Corylus pontica C. Koch). A Cultivar with a complex of economically valuable characteristics is the basis for producing high-quality and competitive fruits (nuts) of this highly valuable crop. The main base for hazelnut breeding is the gene pool, which was formed in the FRC SSC RAS by introducing cultivars and forms from various natural regions of the CIS and Europe, as well as by adding forms and cultivars from their own breeding. As a result of the breeding work carried out highly productive hazelnut cultivars were created and registered in 2019, in the State Register of Protected Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation, including early flowering cultivars: ‘Anastasia’, ‘Galina’ and a late one – ‘Victoria’. They are characterized by stable fruiting, high taste and useful qualities, being relatively resistant to abiotic and biotic factors.