THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF FORMING A COLLECTION OF SUBTROPICAL FRUIT CROPS BASED ON THE AGROBIOSCIENCE STATION OF THE V.G. KOROLENKO POLTAVA NATIONAL PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The results of studying the features and developing the establishment of a collection of subtropical fruit crops in open field conditions based on the agro-bioscience station of the V. G. Korolenko Poltava National Pedagogical University are presented. The theoretical foundations and recommendations regarding the peculiarities of wintering and collection formation in the conditions of a moderate climate of the forest-steppe of Ukraine are considered. A number of previously successfully introduced crops are identified, their species composition is characterized, and a series of factors that affect or may affect the further introduction process are established. 
 The idea of creating an introduction point with the formation of the main collection, which will include species such as Asimina triloba L., Zizyphus jujuba Mill., Punica granatum L., Ficus carica L., Diospyros virginiana L., Cydonia oblonga Mill., Prunus dulcis Mill., Mespilus germanica L., and Chaenomeles japonica Lindl., is put forward.