May 28th, 2018 year at the meeting of the specialized council of the Institute of Genetics and Experimental Plant Biology of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (DSc.29.08.2017.V.53.01.), Thesis for the degree of candidate of biological sciences was defended in the specialty "03.00.14 - Genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics "PhD doctoral student of the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics Darmanov Mukhtor Mukhammadovich on the topic" Creating new varieties of cotton Ravnak-1 and Ravnak-2 using the technology of marker-associated selection (MAS). " Congratulations to the thesis!