Fruit crops of the Middle Volga region and their wild relatives (based on the results of the collecting mission in 2025)

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.