An assessment of the efficacy of preparations (Kornevin, SP; Albit, TPS; Epin-extra) in the production of planting material of Northern white cedar by vegetative propagation with wood cuttings under the conditions of the Central Black Earth Region of the Russian Federation is given on the example of the Orel region. All the studied preparations had a significant effect on the rooting process of cuttings. The obtained and analyzed data of phenological observations showed that the greatest effect on the acceleration of the onset of the of root formation phase had preparation “Albit, TPS”, 3-4 weeks earlier than the control. The number of formed cuttings and their length were also mainly influenced by “Albit, TPS”, which increased the average number of roots by 3 pcs., and their average length by 44 mm, in comparison with the control. The effect of the use of the biostimulator “Albit, TPS” had a significant influence on the number of established cuttings, providing 20 rooted cuttings or 28% more than in the control.

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The honey flora of the forest plant community is an important forage resource for the development of beekeeping. That’s why it is desirable to assess species composition and total number of honey plants and to determine the honey reserve of the area of the forest community plant. The forest cover of the Orel region is 9.3%, and this cover is distributed on its territory very irregularly. 257 species out of the total number of honey plants in the region are found in the forests. Deciduous forests are dominant in the Orel region including oak, ash, linden, birch and aspen. The results of studies of flowering plants in the forest plant community showed that there is a sufficient number of honey plants in the forest to provide bee families with nectar from spring to late autumn due to the natural flower-nectar conveyor. The assessment of the honey stock of this community shows that the stock equals 4,872 tons from 203 thousand hectares of forest. And bees can sip only about 30% (1,626 tons). It proves that significant honey reserves are concentrated in the forest plant community of the Orel region. The rational use of these reserves will help to solve the problem of reproduction of new bee families of the aboriginal Central Russian breed and to organize a long honey gathering by bees that provide people of the region with honey.

Arbosculpture in Russia is a developing art form. Nowadays there is a small number of works devoted to this topic in our country. In this regard, the aim of the following work is to study the technology of creating arbosculptures in the conditions of the central region of Russia. The material for creating arbosculptures are woody plants of the following species: Fraxinus excelsior L., Acer platanoides L., Prunus cerasifera Ehrh, Prunus cerasus L. The formation of sculptures takes 5 years or more. The process of the creation includes such stages as – making a sketch design, selection of a breed, planting a seedling (s), trimming, concrescence/ ingrafting, measures for the care and preservation of a given shape.

The state of ecology in the world, and as a result, the requirements of the world community make agricultural producers turn to sustainable agriculture, which involves implementation of measures aimed at eliminating and preventing land degradation and greening agricultural production along with the biologization of agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is agriculture based on the competent use of the laws of nature, scientific achievements, focused on healing soil, reducing costs and improving quality of agricultural products. One of the directions of the land husbandry biologization is increasing the efficiency of basic fertilizers assimilation through leaf treatments with biogenic preparations of different nature (microbiological, growth-regulating, based on macro- and microelements, etc.). The possibility to increase the efficiency of agricultural crops cultivation with sustainable soil cultivation, such as flat-cut and No-Till technology with the help of biogenic preparations, was studied. Preparations Strada N and Izagri N play a leading role in terms of the influence of biogenic preparations on the productivity. An improvement in product quality was observed when using biological preparations Strada N, Humat with microelements, Izagri N, Zerebra, Agro + Gumat. As a result, biogenic preparations with a high efficiency of simulating production process when using sustainable soil cultivation were established. The use of these preparations on grain crops can be a factor for increasing the efficiency of these types of soil cultivation, which will expand the area of application of this environmentally effective and sustainable method.