Development of scientific and educational directions and topics of the Botanical Garden at the Belgorod State National Research University within the framework of the scientific and educational centre “Innovative Solutions in the Agro-Industrial Complex” as part of a full-cycle project
“Selection and Genetic Research, Cell Technologies, and Genetic Engineering: Crop Production” is one of the five research and production platforms of the world-class scientific and educational centre (SEC) “Innovative Solutions in the Agro-Industrial Complex”. It combines various thematic areas, which include the genetic basis of the breeding process, physiological approaches in crop production, the use of phenotyping elements, etc. Studies combining scientific areas devoted to the study, replenishment, and introduction of bioresource collections in the practice of botanical gardens and designing full-cycle projects from the introduction of plants into in vitro culture to the production of high-quality planting material in demand are separated into a block in the platform structure. The Botanical Garden of the Belgorod State National Research University is implementing the project “Designing of a Full-Cycle System of Scientific Methodology for the Introduction of Valuable Agricultural and Ornamental Crops based on Selection and Genetic Research”. This project is implemented through the integration of the scientific, educational, and production block. By2024 it is planned to form a gene bank of in vitro cultures and methods of clonal micropropagation of valuable plant species and varieties using the latest scientific knowledge and technologies, as well as the production of planting material of ornamental and rare berry crops in the amount of at least 100 thousand pieces in the biotechnology laboratory at the scientific and educational centre at the Belgorod State National Research University.