November 22, 2022 to a well-known Russian scientist, one of the leading experts in the field of potato breeding and seed production Boris Vasilievich Anisimov turning 85 years!
The editors of the Potato System magazine sincerely congratulate Boris Vasilyevich on his birthday, wish him good health, fruitful work and hope to continue cooperation with our regular author!
БOris Vasilyevich is the author of over 200 publications, has 15 certificates for inventions and breeding achievements.
Modern promising potato varieties Gulliver, Sadon, Violet, Sprinter and others, created with the participation of Boris Vasilievich Anisimov, have received well-deserved recognition from potato growers in many regions of Russia.
Boris Vasilyevich Anisimov makes a great contribution to the development and improvement of the seed production system and improving the quality of the potato seed fund in the Russian Federation. Under his leadership, within the framework of the National Standardization Program, drafts of the Interstate Standard GOST 33996 - 216 “Seed potatoes. Specifications and methods for determining quality "and the National Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R 59 551-2021
"Seed potatoes. Sampling and diagnostics of phytopathogens”, which currently form the basis of the modern regulatory framework for the classification and assessment of the quality of plantings and batches of seed potatoes entering the production and trade circulation.
Over the years, he took an active part in social and scientific activities as the head of the potato growing section, deputy chairman of the plant growing section of the NTS of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, deputy chairman of the potato growing section of the plant growing department of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, member of the expert commission of the State Commission of the Russian Federation for testing and protection of breeding achievements (1994-2002) . Since 2016, he has been included in the register of experts of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
As part of the development of international cooperation, he worked as a member of the organizing committees of the international congresses “East-West. Potato-99" (Finland), Potato-2005 (Netherlands), Potato-2006 (Germany), Potato Russia (2007-2008). Repeatedly delivered scientific reports at international symposiums and congresses (Netherlands, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland, Czech Republic, China, Kenya, Ethiopia, Egypt). Participated as a Russian expert in the implementation of the International Project within the framework of the TACIS program to improve the quality control of seed potatoes (EU Tacis Project FD RUS 9704), in the work of the UNECE specialized section on standardization of seed potatoes (2010 to present).
Boris Vasilyevich Anisimov is one of the initiators and organizers of the annual Interregional Industry Exhibition Potatoes (Cheboksary, 2009-2022) and the International Scientific and Practical Forum held on the basis of FAT-AGRO LLC (Vladikavkaz, 2013-2022).
He is an honorary worker of the agro-industrial complex of Russia, an honored worker of agriculture of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.