The Scientific seminar of the Scientific Dissertation Council at the Institute of Genetics and Experimental Plant Biology, Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences and the National University of Uzbekistan was hold in the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics, in December 12, 2017. The presentation of the doctoral dissertation " QTL mapping of loci and genes regulated photoperiodic flowering in cotton for the degree of Doctor of Science reported by Senior researcher, Kushanov Fahriddin was heard and discussed at the seminar.