Eggplant and sweet pepper are valuable vegetable crops of nightshade family. The chemical composition of eggplant: 7,1-11,0% dry matter, 2,7-4,0% sugars, proteins 0,6-1,4% 0,1-0,4% fat, salt, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, iron, carotene, and a large number of B vitamins and fiber. Pepper is rich in vitamins (especially vitamin C - as lemon and...

Melons are grown mainly in southern and south-eastern Ukraine (Kherson, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk Oblast and Crimea). The fruits of melon are a valuable food and dietary product that is used in food as fresh and processing form. Melon contains a lot of vitamins, trace elements. Recommendations for foliar feeding of...

Gourds – are pumpkin, watermelon, squash and other crops, which belong to the family Cucurbitaceae. Watermelons are grown mainly in southern and south-eastern Ukraine (Kherson, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipro, Donetsk region and the Crimea), and squash - on the whole territory of Ukraine. The fruits of melons is valuable food and dietary...

Cabbage - an important vegetable crop, which affects consumers for its taste qualities and variety of species (cabbage, white, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, savoy, Beijing and China). Recommendations for foliar feeding of complex fertilizers cabbage № Phase of development...

Root - is vegetables, which’s thickened taproot is edible. It is represented by carrots, beets, radishes and other crops and vegetables and are conditionally divided into types of carrots, beets type and the type of radish. Nutritional value root crops is due to high content of components: nitrogen compounds from 0.4% (turnips) to 3.5% (beet),...

Cucumber - one of the most common and favorite vegetable crops, fruits of which we consume in a sour green, and throughout the year in fresh (greenhouse cucumbers), low-salted, pickled and salted form. Cucumber contains a large amount of sodium, chlorine, fiber and other nutrients. Cucumber - one-year heat-loving cross-pollination plant with...

Tomato – is one of the most important vegetable crops. Fruits of tomatoes contain large amounts of vitamins B1, B2, C, P, PP, provitamin A, sugar (2,1-8,8%), malic and citric acids and minerals. Tomatoes are consumed in fresh, cooked, salted, pickled form; they are used to make tomato juice, tomato puree, ketchup and so on. Tomato belongs to the...

Onion crops: onions, shallots,  Welsh onion, leeks, garlic. These cultures are essential to the human diet because it is useful and eaten fresh or prepared in many ways. Onions contain essential oil (0.15%), vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, carotenoids, phytic, citric and malic acids, sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose), compounds of...