On December 16, 2021, a regular meeting of the Expert Commission on Vegetables and Potatoes was held via videoconference. FSBI "Rosselkhoztsentr" was represented by Deputy Director Nikolayev Yu.N. and agronomist of the Seed Services Department Meleshina O.V.
478 varieties were declared for the initial inclusion in the State Register of Breeding Achievements, admitted for use, including: potatoes - 10 varieties, onions - 8, carrots - 10, table beets - 5, cabbage - 20, of which white cabbage - 6 , cucumber - 59, tomato - 107 varieties and others.
During the meeting, issues for voting were also considered:
- a list of varieties of potatoes and vegetable crops to expand the region of admission to use (8 varieties, of which 4 varieties of potatoes),
- reject applications for admission to use - 269 varieties, of which 23 varieties of potatoes, 26 varieties of cucumber, 47 varieties of tomato, etc.,
- refusal to issue a patent for 6 varieties, 4 of them for potato culture.
The decisions of the experts were recorded in the voting ballots. At the end of the counting of votes, the specialists of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "State Sort Commission" will make a decision to include the varieties considered at the meeting in the State Register.