Scientific publication The monograph covers the importance and history of wheat culture, the species potential of the genus Triticum L., biology, morphological and biological structure of the wheat plant. The conditions of growth and development, the material basis of heredity and plant variability are briefly outlined. Based on our own research, methods of wheat breeding in the conditions of the Steppe and Forest-Steppe of Ukraine are outlined, the names of wheat varieties created by the authors and included in the State Registers of Plant Varieties of Ukraine and Russia are given. The monograph is intended for employees working in the field of breeding and seed production of agricultural products. plants, graduate students and students of biological and agronomic faculties of higher and secondary educational institutions, agricultural specialists.