UZBEK RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE, VITICULTURE AND WINE MAKING AFTER ACADEMICIAN R.R.SHREDER

Address:Shura-bazar village, Tashkent district, Tashkent region, Uzbekistan, 702174
Director:Mirzayev Mirmakhsud Makhmudovich, Ph D
Phone: (+998-71)- 224-24-42

Uzbek Research institute of Horticulture, Viticulture and Wine Making after Academician R.R.Shreder is the oldest agricultural research organization not only in Uzbekistan, but also in Central Asia. In 1997 it was reorganized into Scientific and Production Association (SPA) on of Horticulture, Viticulture and Wine Making.

THE INSTITUTE INCLUDES:

• Head Institute Academician R.R.Shreder.
• The Samarkand Branch
• The Ferghana Branch
• The Branch of Mountain Horticulture and Wine Growing
• The Branch of Wine Making
• South Uzbek Experimental Station
• The Namangan Experimental Base
• The Sokh Experimental Base
• The Bukhara Experimental Base
• 15 Experimental Farms.

The whole territory of all scientific institutions and experimental farms is more than 11 000 ha. The institute and its scientific institutions consists of 23 departments, laboratories and the quarantine nursery. There are more than 300 scientific and technical personnel.

Research institutions and Experimental farms are located in all soil-climatic zones:

• In mountain-foothill areas;
• In the typical serosem areas;
• In the saline areas;
• On stonny lands.

There are ampelographic and pomologic collections, experimental wine factory with capacity 2 thousand tons for a season, industrial fruit storage, greenhouse facilities with total area of 20 hectares, a modern irrigating network and other facilities at the Institute.

THE COLLECTION OF FRUIT AND BERRY CROPS BREEDS AND GRAPE includes:

• Seed fruits (apple, pear, quince)- 1560 cultivars;
• Grapes- 1055 cultivars, including 450 local cultivars of national breeding;
• Berry crops (strawberry, currant, raspberry)- 166 cultivars;
• Nut-fruited crops (walnut, almond, filbert)- 112 cultivars;
• Subtropical and citrus crops- 260 cultivars;
• Stone fruits- about 1000 cultivars, including apricot- 320 cultivars.

MAIN DIRECTIONS OF ACTIVITY:

• Development of new and select of local perspective cultivars of subtropical crops and grape.
• Development of resource saving technologies of cultivation of fruit species and grape.
• Development of mountain and foothill areas for gardens and vineyards.
• Modernizing existing technical equipment for gardens and vineyards.
• Development of drying and storing fruits and grapes.
• Development of the new sorts of wine.