Due to the war, foreign varieties of pumpkin seed are displacing domestic breeding.

Due to the hostilities, the share of Ukrainian breeding in the list of available pumpkin varieties for cultivation is falling. Research stations that were engaged in this in Donetsk and Hola Prystan are now occupied and virtually destroyed. And only two organizations remain in the seed producers' registry: the private company "Svityaz" in Lviv and the Dnipropetrovsk research station. This is reported by Suspilne with the words of Volodymyr Zavertalyuk, acting director of the Dnipropetrovsk Research Station of the Institute of Vegetable and Melon Growing of the NAAS of Ukraine. The latest pumpkin varieties of the seed direction created in Ukraine are Ukrainian Bagatoplidny, Lel, Valok, Sviteń, Narodny, and table varieties — Slavuta, Zhdana, Yuvilein, Dolia, and Balzam. "Today, imported seeds have flooded Ukraine: Hokkaido, Turka, Bolgarka, but believe me, there is very little quality seed in Ukraine today. We continue to create new varieties that are adapted to our conditions," ...