Adaptive varieties of forage grasses and their seed production in the North Caucasus region

The article considers the main achievements of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "North Caucasian Federal National Research Center" in the field of forage grass breeding. Over a half-century period of work, 10 varieties of perennial legumes and 32 cereal grasses of a wide range of use and purpose, belonging to 28 species, have been created and included in the state register of breeding achievements of the Russian Federation. The possibility of effective cultivation of varieties in various soil and climatic conditions of the North Caucasus region for fodder and seed purposes is shown.