To successfully solve the problem of import-dependence of horticultural products, it is necessary to create a high-tech and science-intensive domestic industry to produce high-quality planting stock. This is due to the widespread introduction of intensive production schemes into domestic industrial horticulture, the transfer of nursery to a virus-free basis and the introduction of a certifi cation system for planting material.The main stages of the formation and development of a certifi ed planting stock production system were defi ned: the formation of basic knowledge, terminology, industry standards and GOSTs; formation of technological appearance; development of basic technological processes; the introduction of technological processes on the basis of modern industrial technologies; effi cient functioning of the industry on the basis of transfer and convergence of high and high technologies. Formulated terms, concepts and defi nitions were harmonized with international terminology. The categories of planting material of fruit and small fruit crops in accordance with the norms of phytosanitary condition and varietal purity were established and fi xed at the legislative level: initial, basic, certifi ed plants (3 reproductions). The terms and principles of the new technology policy have been elaborated, the main production and technological blocks, the competence areas and the responsibility of the performers at all stages of production of certifi ed planting material have been determined. The conditions for the successful implementation and introduction of an industrial technology for the production of certifi ed planting stock of fruit and small fruit crops in the Russian Federation were established.