This study consisted in revealing the possibility of using two ecologically safe methods to control gooseberry aphid (Aphis grossulariae Kalt.) in black currant cultivars: selection aphid resistant cultivars and the use of plant water extracts of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.) and tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.) in the arid zone of Central Kazakhstan for protection against aphid. The study of the resistance of 15 black currant cultivars to gooseberry aphids in the field on the natural background of the population development (2015)(2016)(2017) has shown that the cultivars differ significantly in their level of resistance. Mila, Sophia and Zhuravushka, which were not inhabited with aphids for three seasons, proved to be highly resistant to A. glossulariae, Garmoniia and Bariton-resistant, Kanakhama, Natasha and Altaiskaia pozdniaia-medium resistant, Rita, Agata and Gerkules-low-resistant and Zabava, Prestizh, Iadrenia and Pamiati Kukharskogo-non-resistant. The efficiency of the combined action of water extracts of A. absinthium and T. vulgare was high and 2 weeks after the treatment by botanical preparations it was from 87.2 to 100%.

The article presents the results of studying of ripening and storage of the introduced apple cultivar fruits in terms of arid zone of Central Kazakhstan (Zhezkazgan Botanical garden). The results showed that apple cultivars considerably differ on ripening and storage terms. The dispersive and correlation analyses of data have shown that the weight of fruits depends on conditions of the vegetative period. The weight loss fruits of late ripening are significantly higher than the grade of the early period with a probability of 99 %.

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