TO THE QUESTION OF <i>GLADIOLUS × HYBRIDUS</i> HORT. BREEDING BY HYBRIDIZATION METHOD IN THE PERM REGION
The scheme for creating a new cultivar of Gladiolus × hybridus hort. by hybridization at the West Ural area was developed during a long-term study of the flowering biology and pollination ecology, as well as features of the seed propagation. Gladiolus is an entomophilous plant, cross-pollinated, with a preserved ability to autogamy. It is revealed that the selection among seed generation of free pollination is as effective, as among the generation of different cultivars crossing. All stages of the breeding process are described in detail: selection of parental pairs for crosses, a method for hybridizing the gladiolus; assessment and initial selection of hybrid seedlings; assessment of elite seedlings and patenting of gladiolus hybrid cultivars. The scientific scheme of gladiolus selection developed on the basis of a hybridological method can be successfully applied by selection institutions and some originators for creating the winter-hardy, especially decorative and most adapted to specific conditions of cultivation cultivars. 5 elite gladiolus seedlings (‘Selenit’, ‘Professor Alexander Genkel’, ‘Uralochka’, ‘Permskiy Suvenir’, ‘Sedoy Ural’) were selected from 682 hybrid offspring and transferred for registration as selective achievements to Russian Federation State Commission.