The purpose of the current research is to study of the biological characteristics of rice growth and development, as well as the productivity of the new promising varieties in the Tersko-Sulak sub-province; to identify the optimal doses of mineral fertilizers and the best forecrops for the cultivation of these varieties by herbicide-free technology; to recommend the varieties identified by grain productivity and quality for regionalization in the republic. The novelty of the research is that for the first time in the RD conditions there have been studied the biological characteristics of growth and development, as well as the productivity of new promising rice varieties ‘Flagman' and ‘Kuboyar' in comparison with the standard variety ‘Regul' spread in the republic. The rice cultivation contributes to productivity increase of saline lands and the development of soils in the solonetz complex. The conditions of the Tersko-Sulak sub-province, the presence of large rivers (Terek, Sulak), a favorable thermal regime make it possible to obtain here high yields of rice meeting the requirements of agricultural technology. The ability of rice to withstand soil salinity from 0.05 to 1.5%, depending on the nature of salinity, makes it possible to significantly increase the productivity of saline lands, the area of which is more than 50%. There have been studied two forecrops (winter wheat, alfalfa), four doses of mineral fertilizers (N₁₁₀P₅₀K₇₀, N₁₄₀P₈₀K₁₀₀, N₇₇P₃₅K₄₉, N₉₈P₅₆K₇₀) and three rice varieties ‘Regul', ‘Flagman', ‘Kuboyar'. For two years of research, the variety ‘Flagman' sown after alfalfa with a dose of mineral fertilizers N₉₈P₅₆K₇₀ produced the largest yields of 6.79 t/ha in 2018 and 6.85 t/ha in 2019, which was on 1.81 t/ha and 1.32 t/ha more than in the variant without fertilizing. The varieties ‘Regul' and ‘Kuboyar' with the same doses of mineral fertilizers produced the average yields of 5.76 and 6.20 t/ha, respectively. The highest efficiency of mineral fertilizers was established where the soil was well supplied with organic matter, i. e. when the varieties were sown after alfalfa.

The field trials were carried out in 2018-2019 in the laboratory for cultivation technology of row crops of the FSBSI Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy” (Zernograd). The experimental plot was located in the southern agricultural zone of the Rostov region (with insufficient and unstable moisture). The soil of the experimental plot was ordinary heavy loamy blackearth (chernozem) on loess-like loam, with 3.2% of humus, 18.5-20.0 mg of P₂O₅, 342-360 mg of K₂O per kg of soil. The value of the hydrothermal coefficient in the years of research ranged from 0.27 to 0.66, which characterized the insufficient moisture supply of the vegetation period. The purpose of the current work was to study the effect of biological products and bioorganic fertilizer “Nagro” on the productivity of the mid-ripening hybrid ‘Zernogradsky 354 MB'. The applied bio products had a significant effect on the safety of plants for harvesting, which was at the level of 86.6-87.9% and indicators of the yield structure, where there was a significant improvement in comparison with the control variant on 7.2-26.2 g of a cob weight, 6.0-19.75 g of kernel weight per cob, 19.2-32.3 g of 1000-kernel weight. The productivity increase due to the use of bio products ranged in 0.18-0.56 t/ha. The most energetically efficient variants of the trial were the use of the bioorganic fertilizer “Nagro” and the biological product “Flavobacterin”, where the minimum values of the energy intensity of the product were 4.55 GJ/ha (“Nagro”) and the maximum energy efficiency coefficient was 2.39 GJ/ha (“Flavobacterin”). When using the bioorganic fertilizer “Nagro”, there was the largest net income of 20 343 rubles/ha, with the smallest production cost of 3487 rubles/ha and the highest profitability level of 158%.

The current paper has presented the study results of the facultative barley varieties of the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy” in the conditions of the Republic of Crimea. The study was carried out in 2017-2019 on the experimental plots of the department of introduction and technologies in field cultivation and animal husbandryof the FSBSI Research Institute of Agriculture of the Crimea, located in the village of Klepinino of Krasnogvardeisky district, in the central steppe zone of the peninsula. There has been studied the productivity of six facultative varieties (developed in the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”) in comparison with the variety ‘Dostoyny' (developed in the Breeding and Genetic Institute of the National Center for Seed and Variety Study of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine). The varieties were sown in the autumn and spring, at the optimum sowing time for winter grain crops. The trials were conducted with the grain crops sown in weedfree fallow and after sunflower. The spring barley variety ‘Strannik' (the Prikumskaya Experimental Breeding Station) was used as a control variety for spring sowing. When sowing in the autumn in weedfree fallow, the varieties ‘Foks 1' and ‘Master' were at the level of the standard variety with the productivity of 6.37 and 6.32 t/ha, respectively. When sowing in the spring, the early ripening varieties ‘Master' (2.92 t/ha), ‘Tigr' (2.88 t/ha) and ‘Foks 1' (2.70 t/ha) were the best ones, which in 2018 and 2019 significantly exceeded the standard variety ‘Dostoyny'. In 2018 the varieties ‘Vivat' and ‘Tigr' formed the productivity at the level of the standard variety when sown after sunflower in the autumn. In 2019 the best yields were produced by the variety ‘Timofey' with 3.62 t/ha (+0.17 t/ha to the standard value) and ‘Master' (+0.10 t/ha). Under more favorable conditions of 2019, when sowing in the spring the facultative varieties ‘Foks 1' and ‘Master' produced 1.89 t/ha, significantly exceeding the standard variety ‘Dostoyny' on 0.64 t/ha each. When sown after sunflower the varieties ‘Master' produced on average 1.2 t/ha (+0.32 t / ha to the standard value) and ‘Foks 1' (+0.15 t/ha).

The current paper has presented the three year study results (2017-2019) of the 11 winter bread wheat varieties in a competitive variety testing for productivity, environmental stability and adaptability. The purpose of the current study was to assess the ecological adaptability and stability of the winter bread wheat varieties developed at the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy” in the southern part of the Rostov region. According to the data, it was found that the average productivity for 2017-2019 was 9.72 t/ha. The highest productivity was obtained in the varieties ‘Razdolye', ‘Donskaya Stepp' and ‘Univer'. In the current study the varieties ‘Razdolye' (1.26), ‘Univer' (1.09) and the standard variety ‘Ermak' (1.06) were characterized with great ecological adaptability, these varieties positively responded to the improvement of growing conditions and belonged to the varieties of intensive type. The two varieties ‘Yubiley Dona' and ‘Rubin Dona' with a regression coefficient of 1.00 were the most adaptable ones, their productivity change precisely corresponded to the changes in growing conditions. The maximum stability over the years was shown by the variety ‘Etude' (0.00). The study has proved that the highest stress resistance was demonstrated by the variety ‘Etude' (-4.14), the other varieties have shown middle values of the trait. The maximum value of genetic flexibility was identified in the varieties ‘Razdolye' (10.09), ‘Univer' (9.58) and ‘Donskaya Stepp' (9.53). The highest homeostatic indices were identified in the varieties ‘Shef' (H_om = 10.09), ‘Etude' (H_om = 9.58), ‘Donskaya Stepp' (Hom = 9.53). Taking into consideration the complex of such indicators as adptability, stability and homeostaticity, the varieties ‘Donskaya Stepp' and ‘Univer' can be charged as the most adaptive varieties among all studied.

The purpose of the current study was to identify the effect of meteorological factors on productivity and grain quality indicators of spring durum wheat in the conditions of Western Siberia. The research was carried out in the FSBSI “Omsk Agricultural Research Center” in 1981-2019. The object of the study was the durum spring wheat variety ‘Almaz', which was tested in the nurseries of the Competitive Variety Testing according to such traits as productivity, nature weight, hardness of grain, protein and gluten percentage, IDK, pasta color. The average productivity through the years of study was 2.51 t/ha, the differences between indicators in the unfavorable (1.54 t/ha) and favorable (3.48 t/ha) years were 1.94 t/ha. The grain nature weight in the years with good humidity was on 22g/l larger than in the arid years, the hardness of grain was on 5% larger. The protein and gluten percentage, the pasta color value was larger in the unfavorable climatic years (on 1.60%, 4.3%, 0.2 points, respectively), compared with favorable ones. There has been found that the productivity was positively associated with the precipitation in May and the 1st decade of July, relative humidity in May and June; there was established a negative correlation with air temperature in June. The nature weight of grain had a negative dependence on precipitation (1st and 2nd decades) and relative humidity in August for all decades. The hardness of grain was positively affected by temperature in May and precipitation in July (1^st decade). The protein percentage in grain was negatively affected with precipitation and relative air humidity in May, June and July (1^st and 3^rd decades). Average daily temperatures in May and July had a positive effect on the protein percentage in grain. The gluten percentage had a positive correlation with the temperature in May and in the third decade of July. A negative dependence of this indicator was established with precipitation in May, June and the 3^rd decade of July, with the relative humidity in May, June, July (1^st and 3^rd decades), August (3^rd decade). The pasta color was negatively dependent on precipitation and relative humidity in July (3^rd decade) and August (1-2^nd decades).

The purpose of the current paper was to study the features of the formation of productivity components and their correlation in the peas varieties of different morphotypes to develop new breeding material with high productivity. The study was carried out in the conditions of the Middle Volga region (PoVolzhie) in 2005, 2008-2011 and 2018-2019 according to generally accepted methods. The objects of the study were the pea varieties of various ecological and geographical origin of domestic and foreign selection. There were studied from 50 to 194 varieties in different years. High seed productivity was identified in the mustachioed determinant group (3.5 g) and the chameleon group (4.0 g). The seed weight in the peas varieties belonging to these groups was 0.5 and 1.0 g per plant or on 16-30% higher than that of the traditional leafy indeterminate group of varieties, respectively. There has been established a positive correlation between seed weight per plant and number of seeds per plant (r = 0.742-0.887), number of beans per plant (r = 0.736-0.814) and seed weight per fertile node (r = 0.716-0.851). There has been shown that the variability of pea productivity was largely stipulated by number of seeds per plant in the favorable climatic years and by seed weight per fertile node in the arid years. In various morphological groups there have been identified the sources of high seed productivity, maximally adapted to the conditions of the region. The best sources ‘Ras tip', ‘Az26', ‘Az96637', ‘Flagman 9', ‘Az931776', the determinant ‘VSKhI', ‘Harvus', ‘Faraon', ‘Flagman 7', ‘Orel', ‘Kuibyshevsky', ‘Voronezhsky', ‘B3390/11') will be included in the breeding process.

Frequently occured dry years and a sharp decrease of productivity and gross harvests of grain crops require scientifically grounded selection of grain crops that stabilize its production. Currently, the drought resistant sorghum varieties can become a good alternative for the main spring grain crops. In the Luhansk region, the average annual amount of precipitation is 475 mm, which confirms the advantage in growing grain sorghum over other spring grain crops. However, plant density of the modern recommended grain sorghum varieties related to specific soil and climatic conditions has not yet been studied enough. The purpose of the current research was to study and highlight the optimal plant density of the grain sorghum variety ‘Ataman' in the conditions of the Luhansk region. The study was carried out on the basis of the Luhansk National Agricultural University in 2018-2019. Sorghum was sown at the rate of 350.000 germinated grains per hectare. In a sprouting phase, plant density was manually formed according to the experimental scheme (from 40 to 340 thousand/ha). The study of the new early-ripening grain sorghum variety ‘Ataman', developed by the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”, showed that regardless of the moisture supply and the thermal regime during vegetation, it was advisable to grow this variety with a plant density of 140-220 thousand/ha. In the conditions of the Luhansk region with mineral nutrition N₆₀P₄₀, it was possible to form the productivity of the grain sorghum variety ‘Ataman' at the level of 5.06-5.52 t/ha of grain and more. The vegetation period of the variety ‘Ataman', depending on the plant density and weather/climatic conditions of the year, was 90-102 days, which made it possible to harvest it in the 1^st-2^nd decade of September without additional drying of the grain. The variety did not lodge or shed its grain, and was also resistant to grain aphids.

Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a valuable grain crop. The purpose of the current study was to assess the effect of the direct sowing system (no-till, technology without tillage), in comparison with the one recommended for the zone of the Central Steppe of the Crimea, on the agrophysical characteristics of the soil, weed infestation of the plots and winter wheat productivity. The trial was laid in 2015, the study began to be carried out in 2017. In the trials there was studied the winter wheat variety ‘Asket'. The soil of the experimental plot was southern blackearth (chernozem) with 2.0-2.1% of humus, with 2.0-2.7 mg of labile phosphorus per 100 g of soil and 25-30 mg of exchangeable potassium per 100 g of soil. The total area of the plot was 300 m², the accounting area was 50 m² with threefold repetition. The average annual air temperature was 10.4 °С, the average annual precipitation was 428 mm. Mathematical processing was carried out according to the Dospekhov's method. The direct sowing in 2017-2019 contributed to the accumulation of available moisture in the soil when growing winter wheat. During the autumn-winter period, there were accumulated 46 mm, which was two times more than in the control variant. The direct sowing did not affect the weed species' composition. Their number in the variants with no-tillage increased by 6.1 pcs/m². The soil density when sowing in the 0-30 cm layer was at the same level in terms of technologies. During the renewal of the spring vegetation there was soil softening and, on average, over the layers, this parameter was at the level of optimal values. The number of agronomically valuable aggregates was on 2.5% higher with direct sowing than in the control variant. The structural coefficient in the control variant was 2.7, and with no-till it was 3.2. The productivity in the control variant was 3.86 t/ha, and in the direct sowing it was 3.30 t/ha, which was on 0.56 t/ha (14.5%) more in the control variant than in the studied variant.

The current paper has presented the correlation between alfalfa seed productivity and the values of morphological characteristics for a three-year growing cycle. The purpose of the study was to estimate the correlation between the alfalfa samples' productivity and the elements of its structure and other traits in order to find their optimal values. The study was carried out in 2017-2019 on the experimental plots of the Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy”. The material for the research was a working collection of 105 alfalfa samples, varieties and lines, and the standard variety ‘Rostovskaya 90'. The crops were sown in row, in double repetition, with row spacing of 20 cm on a plot of 1m², the seeding rate was 2 g/m². The seed productivity of the collection samples varied from 27.2 g/m² (the sample ‘SGP-128') to 101.0 g/m² (the sample ‘SGP-414'). The average productivity of the standard variety ‘Rostovskaya 90' was 53.2 g/m². About 23% of the samples that exceeded the standard variety produced 60-101 g/m². Analysis of the graphs of the correlation between productivity and other traits made it possible to determine their optimal values, namely height of alfalfa plants varied from 80.3 (‘SPCh-434') to 107.3 cm (‘SGP-414'). The optimum plant height was between 94 and 98 cm. The number of beans per bunch in the studied samples varied from 8.8 to 16.2 pcs.; the optimal number of beans per bunch was from 12 to 13 pcs.; the number of turns on a bean was from 1.4 to 2.8, the optimal number was 2.4-2.6. The number of seeds in a bean varied on average from 3.1 to 6.4 pcs., the optimal number was 5.0-5.5 pcs. These values have formed the basis for the model of the alfalfa variety. The study of the alfalfa collection resulted in the identification several samples due to their productive and economically valuable traits.

The subspecies of waxy maize (Zea mays L. Ceratina) has not been adequately studied, despite the fact that its kernels are considered a valuable raw material in the food and technical industries. The purpose of the current work was to study new self-pollinated waxy maize lines and identify promising maize hybrids with an increased content of amylopectin starch in kernels. The study was carried out in the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy” in 2017-2019. The initial material was presented by 40 new self-pollinated maize lines (I6) belonging to the waxy subspecies. They were studied according to the set of traits. The highly variable traits were kernels' productivity, plant lodging, blister smut infection, one cob weight (V = 27.4-191.6%); the moderate variable traits were a height of cob attachment, number of cobs per plant, 1000-kernel weight, number of kernels in a row and per cob (V = 10.3-19.0%); the slightly variable traits were harvesting moisture content in kernels, length of the period “sprouts - cobs' flowering”, plant height (V = 2.2-9.6). There have been identified the new lines ‘24/86', ‘25/92(2)', ‘26/8', ‘25/94' with a high content of amylopectin starch in kernels (68.6-69.4%), kernels' productivity (0.96-1.76 t/ha), low harvest moisture content of kernels (13.7-15.1%), high resistance to lodging (0-3.3% of lodged plants), weak infection of blister smut on a natural background (0.4-6, 5% of infected plants), with an average cob attachment height (42-53 cm). The new self-pollinated line ‘27/8' had an average starch content in kernels (68.0%), but was identified by high kernels' productivity (2.70 t/ha) and high values of other economically valuable traits. The results of the structural analysis have shown that the waxy maize lines formed the yields due to the combination of high values of various elements of the grain yield structure. For example, the most productive line ‘26/8' differed in the maximum weight of one cob (93.9 g) and 1000 kernel weight (251 g).

The scheme of the winter triticale breeding at the National Center of grain named after P. P. Lukiyanenko provides for extensive ecological variety trials in various soil and climatic zones of the Russian Federation that makes it possible to reliably estimate the adaptability of promising breeding material and more reasonably and accurately select varieties for the State Variety Testing (Kovtunenko et al., 2017). The breeding material developed in the department of wheat and triticale breeding and seed production at the NCG named after P. P. Lukiyanenko (Krasnodar) was tested on the experimental plot of the KNIISKh, a branch of the FGBNU “PAFNTs RAS” in the SPOK “Agroniva” of the Tselinny district of the Republic of Kalmykia. The purpose of the current study was to identify the most highly productive breeding lines adaptable to local conditions and, on their basis, to develop new varieties. In the course of joint work begun in 1996, KNIISKh, a branch of the FGBNU “PAFNTs RaS” and the NCG named after P P Lukiyanenko (Krasnodar) developed highly productive joint varieties of winter triticale ‘Khongor', ‘Barun', ‘Bogdo' and ‘Khot'. In 2018 a new variety of winter triticale ‘Uralan', which meets the best world achievements in breeding, has been sent to the State Variety Testing. In 2019 at the Elista GSU, the productivity of the variety ‘Uralan' was 5.37 t/ha, exceeding the standard variety ‘Valentin 90' on 1.4 t/ha. In 2016, the productivity of the new winter triticale variety ‘Uralan' was 6.43 t/ha, which was the absolute maximum identified in the long-term ecological variety trials of this grain crop on the experimental plots of the KNIISKh, a branch of the FGBNU “PAFNTs RAS” in arid conditions of the Republic of Kalmykia. The current paper has presented the productivity data and investigated the feed advantages of the new winter triticale variety ‘Uralan' in 2017-2019.

The current paper has presented the study results on the homeostaticity of the collection samples of soybeans according to the trait “seed weight per plant” in the southern part of the Rostov region, conducted on the fields of the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy” in 2017-2019. The purpose of the research was to determine the homeostaticity of the collection samples of soybeans according to the trait “seed weight per plant”. The objects of the research were 75 samples of soybeans of the middle early ripening group, which varied according to their morphological, biological and economically valuable traits and properties. There have been selected 27 collection samples of soybeans, which significantly exceeded the standard variety in terms of to the trait “seed weight per plant”. The soybean variety ‘Don 21' developed in the FSBSI “Agricultural Research Center “Donskoy” was used as a standard variety. The meteorological conditions during the growing season of soybeans during the years of study were different, which made it possible to objectively estimate the parameters of homeostaticity. For statistical processing of the results obtained, there were used the Dospekhov's methods of analysis of variance, the homeostaticity indices (Hom) were calculated according to V. V. Khangildin. (1984). According to the study results, it was established that the sample ‘Veselovskaya 5', ‘Line 504/11' and ‘PR 110370 OZ 006' had high productivity indices per a plant, along with high homeostaticity indices. There has been recommended to use them in breeding for homeostaticity and ecological adaptability. The highly productive samples ‘Im 55-2', ‘Kyoto', ‘Kofu', ‘Line 696-1', ‘M-91-212006, ‘RZhT Shuna', ‘SVH 14 TOS 1D' have shown a low index of homeostaticity. They could be characterized as the samples responsive to the improvement of environmental conditions and could be recommended as an initial material when developing varieties of intensive type.

The adaptability of grain varieties' productivity is formed in the process of their development under the influence of the environmental conditions of the breeding center, the properties of the initial material and component characteristics due to which the identification of the varieties is carried out. The International Program “Kazakh-Siberian Wheat Improvement for Spring Durum Wheat” (IP KaSibWI SDW) has used the genotypes of seven institutions from Russia and Kazakhstan and their geographic locations as environmental areas. The study of two sets of varieties (25 varieties in 2015-2016 and 26 varieties in 2018) in the KaSib system made it possible to distribute breeding centers according to their “specialization” in the formation of adaptive properties (Malchikov et al., 2018). In particular, there has been found that the staff of the Samara Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Samara Research Institute of Agriculture (hereinafter the Samara Research Institute of Agriculture) developed the varieties of wide adaptation (area). Consequently, the traits closely correlating with the productivity on the plots of the Samara ARI may be associated with properties that determine the wide adaptation of varieties. The purpose of the research was to determine the traits correlating with varietal variability of productivity of the KaSib nurseries from Russia and Kazakhstan on the experimental plots of the Samara Research Institute of Agriculture. Field trials were carried out for three years (2015, 2016, 2018); the accounting area of the plots was 10.0 m², with threefold repetition, with random plot placement; the sheaves for laboratory analysis were taken from each repetition (sampling area of 0.63 m²). Using the methods of correlation and path analysis, there has been established a significant correlation between variation of yield and such traits as economic coefficient (К.хозР), nature weight (H), 1000 grain weight (M1000), sterility of heads in the cenosis (Ст), number of grains per spikelet (ЧЗКК) and number of days before tillering (КДК).

The current paper has presented the features of primary seed production of winter bread wheat in the Rostov region and highlighted the main methods of varietal renewal, which make it possible to obtain high-quality seed material with strict preservation of their purity, biological and productive traits, in the amounts that meet the needs of the farms. The purpose of the research was to organize primary seed production of new and commercial varieties of winter bread wheat, which allows maintaining varietal purity and providing the required number of seeds of higher reproductions. There have been conducted the field trials to identify the best indicators of seed productivity, varietal and sowing qualities in the primary links of seed production. Seed production is based on individual-family selection with a two-year assessment of the progeny. The main percentage of variety rejection in the laboratory conditions was made according to such indicators as 1000 seed weight, family productivity, uniformity and plump condition of kernels within the family. In PIP-1 the rejection among the varieties ‘Volnitsa', ‘Volny Don', ‘Zhavoronok', ‘Polina', ‘Ambar', ‘Donskaya Stepp', ‘Yubiley Dona' was carried out for all indicators from 16 to 32%. The variety ‘Zhavoronok' was found the best according to the indicators and its rejection rate was 7%. In PIP-2 over the years of variety trials, the studied varieties of winter bread wheat were rejected in the field for all indicators from 2 to 7%. In the laboratory conditions, the rejection rate was slightly different and ranged from 1 to 8%. The highest seed productivity was formed by the varieties ‘Zernogradka 11' (11.2 t/ha), ‘Ermak' (10.8 t/ha), ‘Marafon' (11.5 t/ha) and ‘Krasa Dona' (11.5 t/ha). The percentage of seed productivity of the studied varieties varied from 67.4% to 93.3%. The maximum 1000 seed weight was identified in the varieties ‘Krasa Dona' (52.7 g), ‘Volny Don' (49.8 g), ‘Volnitsa' (49.1 g). The indicators of the main varietal and sowing qualities of winter wheat seeds corresponded to GOST R 52325-2005.

 

Spring barley resistance to diseases can reduce yield losses and amount of the applied plant protection products, and, accordingly, the costs for its cultivation. One of the most important tasks and conditions of the breeding process is the expansion of the genetic diversity of sources of resistance to unfavorable environmental conditions and the development of the varieties that possess resistance to pathogens. On the territory of the Rostov region, the most harmful and economically significant diseases of spring barley are helminth-spore spots and stone smut. The purpose of the current study was to identify the spring barley varieties resistant to helminth-sporiosis and smut. There have been presented the 3-year results on assessment of the domestic and foreign spring barley varieties for resistance to leaf diseases and smut. There have been studied 117 domestic and foreign varieties. The immunological properties of the spring barley varieties were studied in a field infectious nursery. The seed infection with spores was carried out by the S. Dimitrov's method using a nutrient environment. Sowing of the inoculated seeds was carried out at the end of the optimal terms. The analysis was carried out according to the number of infected stems. The infectious nursery with helminth-sporiosis was set up according to the Methodological recommendations (2008). On the basis of the current study, according to the immunological assessment, the varieties were divided into different groups of resistance to the studied pathogens. The genotypes with high immunological resistance degree to the complex of pathogens are of the greatest breeding value. There have been identified the sources of resistance to two pathogens. These are the varieties ‘Ratnik', ‘Zernogradsky 73', ‘Azov', ‘Kumir', ‘Elf', ‘Tan 1', ‘Zernogradsky 35', ‘Vikont' (Russia), ‘Getman', ‘Odessa 22' (Ukraine), ‘Viking' (Sweden). The identified sources of spring barley resistance to smut and spot diseases have been recommended for use in breeding programs for immunity.