Dedication to the 75th anniversary of Raisa Ivanovna Peltikhina – a scientist and plant breeder

This biographical essay is dedicated to Candidate of Biological Sciences Raisa Ivanovna Peltikhina, a scientist in the field of industrial botany, introduction and breeding of flowering and ornamental plants, who has devoted 40 years of her research and applied activities to the Donetsk Botanical Garden. A bibliographic list of her main scientific published works is given.