Kazakh Research Institute of Potato and Vegetable Growing (KazRIPVG)

Kazakh Research Institute of Potato and Vegetable Growing (KazRIPVG) was established in 1946 on the basis of the Republican Experimental Station of Potato and Vegetable Farming. Mission - Scientific support for sustainable development of potato and vegetable production of the Republic through the creation, maintenance and release of competitive varieties and innovative technologies. Specialization and the main activities of the Institute: 1) the formation and conservation of gene pool of potato, vegetable and melon crops, identifying donors with valuable traits; 2) breeding of highly productive varieties of potato, vegetable and melon crops resistant to environmental stress factors and diseases, and suitable for storage and processing; 3) primary seed production of vegetables and melon crops, production of original and elite seed potato via biotechnology; 4) the development of resource-saving technologies of cultivation of potato and vegetables, contributing to the preservation of soil fertility and growing of environmentally friendly products; 5) studies on storage and processing of potato and vegetables. KazRIPVG has a very rich, diverse and unique gene pool of melons and potatoes. At the 1st quarter of 2016 the collection of the gene pool of melons includes 12000 samples of 157 kinds of vegetables from 100 countries. At the same time, the potato gene pool consists of 2100 samples of world collection from 40 countries. Selection and seed research at the Kazakh Research Institute of Potato and Vegetable is held on 25 types of crops: potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic, tomato (open and protected ground), cabbage, sweet pepper, hot pepper, eggplant, cucumber (open and protected ground), pumpkin, zucchini, dining carrots, beetrootdill, radishes, green beans and vegetable salad, watermelon and cantaloupe.