BIOLOGICAL FEATURES AND ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE TRAITS OF THE GARDEN PLUM VARIETIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOWER VOLGA REGION

The article presents the results of the study of productivity and yield of plum varieties under the conditions of the arid zone of the Lower Volga region. Studies were carried out at the irrigated section of the Federal State-Funded Institution Caspian Agricultural Federal Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The research material was seven plum varieties: Renklod Altana, Chernosliv Adygeyskiy, President, Donetskaya, Stanley, Angelina, Chachakskaya. The control was presented by Renklod Altana. The results of the study of plum varieties indicate good growth and development under the arid zone of the Caspian