Breeding and seed production of protected soil vegetable crops in the Middle Urals

The article examines the scientific achievements of Ural scientists in the field of breeding and seed production of protected soil vegetable crops. Department of Vegetable and Fruit Growing named after Prof. N.F. Konyaeva has been breeding vegetable crops since 2004. Since 2015, joint breeding work has been underway with RPC Agrosemtoms LLC, Breeding and Seed Growing Company Ilyinichna LLC. The business partners are Teplichnoye JSC, Agroactive LLC of the UMMC-Agro holding, the NPO Union of Peasant (Farmer) Farms of the Sverdlovsk Region, and the Union of Horticulturists of the MD of the city of Yekaterinburg and Sverdlovsk Region. During the breeding period, 3 cucumber hybrids ("Legkoatlet", "Kolyan", "Uralochka") and 3 tomato hybrids (F1 "Naslazhdeniye", F1 "Zateynik", F1 "Nastavnik") were created. In recent years, scientific research laboratories for molecular and biological research, modern breeding and genetic research in vegetable growing, microclonal reproduction and DNA technologies have been opened and provided with all necessary equipment. This allows the use of modern breeding methods (marker-oriented breeding, "speed breeding" technology, etc.), which almost doubles the process of obtaining new competitive hybrids. In 2025 (the Year of Defender of the Fatherland and 80 years of the Great Victory), a hybrid F1 Snaryad was created dedicated to this event. Unique cucumber hybrids have been created in terms of taste, biochemical composition, and universal use - F1 Olympiyets and F1 Nezhny. Breeding work is carried out on the basis of the greenhouse complex in Sadovy village and the university greenhouse complex of Studenchesky village in the greenhouses of various types, which makes it possible to create hybrids for both winter greenhouses with low-volume crops and ground polycarbonate greenhouses in the region to meet the demand for protected ground vegetable seeds (cucumber, tomato) to ensure import substitution in the seed market and food security for these crops in the region.