Vegetable growing – the term 2
Vegetable growing – a science studying biology of vegetable plants and methods of their cultivation. Development of scientific researches on vegetable growing to Russia went in parallel with growth of all agricultural productions. In 19 century outstanding scientist-self-educated person Efim Andreevich Grachev worked. Much is made for development of vegetable growing by R.I.Schröder, M.V.Rytovym, N.I.Kichunovym. The considerable contribution to selection of vegetable plants has brought Russian geneticist Nikolay Ivanovich Vavilov.
Bases of scientific vegetable growing are developed by Russian scientist-vegetable grower Vitaly Ivanovichem Edelshtejnom and its numerous pupils, it deeply investigates the various parties of biology of vegetable plants and many agrotechnical methods are proved. Especially successfully vegetable growing developed in the country after October revolution of 1917; selection work with vegetable cultures was spent, preparation of experts has increased.
Scientific and selection work with vegetable cultures in the USSR is conducted (1972) over 150 institutes, experimental stations, laboratories, by design offices and chairs. Are developed: scientific bases of vegetable growing, biological, technological, etc. methods of increase of efficiency of vegetable plants; effective systems of fertilizers and ways of an irrigation; new cars for crop, plantings, leaving and harvesting; types and designs of constructions for cultivation (a hothouse, hotbeds, etc.) and storehouses; pest control effective remedies, diseases and weeds.
The big work on breeding of new breeds and hybrids of vegetable cultures and working out of methods of their seed-growing is spent.
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