AN ADAPTABILITY POTENTIAL ANALYSIS OF THE VICIA SATIVA VARIETIES ON THE GREEN MASS YIELD IN THE SOUTH EASTERN ZONE OF THE KAMCHATKA TERRITORY CONDITIONS

Abstract

The article presents the results of a four-year collection study of promising varieties of spring-sown vetch, Vicia sativa L., for zoning in the conditions of the south-eastern zone of the Kamchatka Territory according to statistical parameters. The aim of the study was to identify stress-resistant, environmentally plastic, stable and adaptive varieties of vetch seed calculated by the yield of green mass. The experimental field of the Kamchatka Research Institute of Agriculture is located in the area of the Pacific influence with a cold summer without a dry season. Hydrothermal conditions during the periods of green mass formation in 2014-2017 were characterized by excessive moisture content, hydrothermal coefficient = 2.0-4.6. The environmental index ranged from -12.08 to 13.2. The correlation analysis revealed a direct relationship between the total yield and the sum of active temperatures, r = 0.9. An inverse correlation was determined between the environmental conditions index and the hydro-thermal coefficient, r = -0.79. The average annual yield of green mass for 4 years was 18.7 t/ha. The level of the average yield of green mass varied from 10.0 to 26.8 t/ha, the limit values varied within 5.5-34 t/ha. In the course of work, 18 varieties of spring vetch were studied, of which 5 valuable varieties were identified for cultivation in the region: Lyudmila (Yср = 26.8 t/ha), Yubilejnaya 110 (25.5), Uzunovskaya 91 (22.8), Tayozhnaya (21.8) and the zoned variety Lugovskaya 85 (18.0 t/ha), capable of producing stable yields in favorable and extreme conditions.