PROSPECTS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF LINGONBERRY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD

doi: 10.25712/ASTU.2072-8921.2021.04.011

Abstract

An overview of scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists in the priority area of biotechnology is presented. The prospects of phytobiotechnology are in the development of a methodology for the mass reproduction of berry, vegetable, rare wild plants, as well as valuable medicinal plant raw materials and the development of functional food products based on it. Analysis of the composition and properties of biologically active substances, flora of the West Siberian region made it possible to select an object for obtaining polyfunctional ingredients, and later functional food products. Special attention is currently being paid to the method of microclonal reproduction of plants in vitro to obtain biologically active micronutrients. Cell cultures have advantages in comparison with traditional plant raw materials: the possibility of year-round cultivation regardless of the weather conditions of the region, standardization of growing conditions, and the prospect of complete automation of growing processes. Callus culture is one of the models of micropropagation. Plant raw materials of common lingonberry grown in vitro can become a promising source of food ingredients that do not depend on natural conditions and have all the desired properties. Lingonberry berries obtained under microclonal conditions will provide the food industry with raw materials for the production of functional products.