Authors:
V. S. PASHTETSKIY, doctor of agricultural sciences, Acting Director,
N. V. NEVKRYTAYA, candidate of biological sciences, head of the laboratory of selection,
A. V. MISHNEV, candidate of agricultural sciences, chief research officer
Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea (150 Kievskaya Str, 295453, Simferopol, Republic of Crimea; tel.: +7 978 720-77-10, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Abstract. The article is focused on the question of the a brief historical overview relating to the formation and development of the essential oil industry in the Crimea. The information on the contemporary state of essential oil industry is also provided. Dynamics of theexpansion of the area/acreage under cultivation of the main essential oil the crops cultivated in the Crimea such as angustifolia lavender, rose essential oil, clary sage, coriander is shown. Causes of declining crops yields and the level of productivity of these crops’ raw material are mentioned. Considering the level of annual purchase costs that are spent for the acquisition of import essential oil production, which is popular among the numerous industrial sectors, the question about the urgent need to re-establish essential oil industry is being widely raised. This fully corresponds to the policy of import substitution in the agricultural sector that currently is declared at the highest level. It has been rightly indicated that the Crimea is potentially the very region, where the process of essential oil industry revival can be launched on the national scale. One of the most significant argument that confirms in favor of this statement in addition to the soil and climatic conditions of the Crimea, which are favorable, the long-term scientific studies concerning wide range of essential oil crops have been traditionally conducting in the Crimea. Huge high-quality base (58 varieties) of a wide range of essential oil crops (27 types) are currently available to Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Scientific Research Institute of Agriculture of Crimea” and Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Nikita Botanical Garden – National Scientific Centre”. The possibilities for producing high quality seeds and planting materials of essential oil crops that would cover the demand of agricultural producers not only from the Crimea but also beyond the region also exist. The article considered activities undertaken at the solution to the problem of the essential oil industry revival in the Crimea.
Keywords: essential oil industry, variety, seeds and planting materials, essential oil crops.
