VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF CHAENOMELES CULTIVARS AND FORMS
Chaenomeles is a promising fruit crop which belongs to the genus Chaenomeles Lindl, family Rosaceae. The wide distribution area, ease of reproduction, high economic efficiency confirm advantages of a plant, and high resistance to pests and diseases allows growing it up without application of pesticides. Chaenomeles stands out among other pomaceous in terms of high content of organic acids, pectin, and aromatic substances and biologically active compounds. However, there are practically no pomological varieties. A lot of breeding work is carried out in Michurinsk. It resulted in obtaining promising multi-purpose varieties of Chaenomeles such as Alyur, Albatros, Voskhod, Sharm, Flagman, Michurinsky Vitamin that have passed state trials and approved for wide use in Russia. The ability of cultivars and forms of Chaenomeles to be propagated by softwood cuttings in fogging has been studied. The state of plants after winter and during the growing period has been assessed. The studies revealed that the degree of rooting of soft wood cuttings depends on the genotype of the plant. All studied cultivars and forms except for form 17.6 had a high percentage of rooting (more than 70%).