© РИА Томск. TOMSK, Aug
15 – RIA Tomsk. The authorities of the Tomsk region are planning to plant apple
trees and poplars grown in Kazakhstan on the streets of the regional center,
the deputy governor of the Tomsk region for agro-industrial policy and
environmental management Andrey Knorr reported RIA Tomsk.
According
to him, earlier he visited the Institute of Microbiology and Virology, located
in the capital of Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan.
"In
Kazakhstan, at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology was bred the poplar –
very good, without fluff and fast growing, they also grow Nedzvetsky’s apple tree
– it’s an urban type apple tree, it has not only apples and flowers, but also
beautiful cherry leaves. We want to contact the institute so that to test trees
here for frost resistance", – Knorr said.
Earlier it
was reported that the governor of the Tomsk region Sergei Zhvachkin instructed
the mayor of the regional center to provide an action plan for updating green
spaces within two months, to determine which trees are best planted on the city
streets. He also instructed his subordinates to develop a program to replace
lawns in Tomsk, in particular, to update the soil and carry out landscaping, in
order to eventually update the look of the city.