MOBILIZATION AND CONSERVATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY OF GRAPE VARIETIES IN THE COLLECTION OF YA.I. POTAPENKO ALL-RUSSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR VITICULTURE AND WINEMAKING
The problems of collection, conservation, study and rational use of the genetic re-sources of cultivated plants and their wild relatives are state, strategically important and directly related to the provision of both national and global food, biological and environmental safety. The main priori-ty of the ampelographic collection of All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking named after Ya.I. Potapenko, is collection, conservation of genetic resources and their all-sided study. Analysis of the gene pool of the ampelographic collection showed that the collection has 828 varieties and forms from more than 40 countries. The largest number of sorts is from Russia (338), Moldova (61), Uzbekistan (43), France (40), Georgia (39), Ukraine (35), Hungary (34 pcs.), Etc. The article also provides a brief description of new varieties on the collection.