title: THE COLLECTION SAMPLES OF WATERMELON OF BIKOVSKAYA CUCURBITS STATION ARE THE INITIAL MATERIAL FOR THE SELECTION OF NEW VARIETIES
abstract: The object of research was samples and hybrid combinations of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) of domestic and foreign selection, as well as samples from the collection of VIR. The aim of the work was to study and identify the source material of watermelon for use in the breeding process to create new varieties and hybrids of melons with a complex of economic and valuable characteristics and resistance to biotic and abiotic environmental factors. The essence of the experiments was reduced to the e
journal: VEGETABLE CROPS OF RUSSIA