Menshova V. Introduction and prospects of culture of the genus Echinacea Moench species in Ukraine

This thesis is dedicated to the study of common biological peculiarities of development of the genus Echinacea Moench species under the conditions of Ukraine for the purpose of creating the scientifically grounded technologies of cultivation and use of Echinacea in the production conditions of different agrarian-climatic zones and their application as medical, melliferous and decorative plants. In the O. V. Fomin Botanical Garden of the Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University has been created the collection of the genus Echinacea Moench species: E. angustifolia DC., E. atrorubens Nutt., E. pallida (Nutt) Nutt., E. purpurea (L.) Moench, E. simulata Mc Gregor, E. tennessеensis (Beadle) Small. First the high introduction ability of the majority of the genus Echinacea Moench species under the conditions of Kyiv has been substantiated. The comparative characteristics of peculiarities of development of investigated species have been carried out. The melliferous productivity of E. purpurea in its cultivation on the production plantations under the conditions of Ukraine has been substantiated. First the estimation of microelement contents of cultivated in Ukraine E. purpurea, E. pallida, E. angustifolia has been carried out. In extracts of E. purpurea the biologic-active substances of albumen - lectins - have been found. On base of integral estimation of the introduction peculiarities in culture of the inverstigated genus Echinacea Moench species has been established the possibility of their production cultivation in the majority of regions of Ukraine.