IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES FOR GROWING EARLY POTATOES IN THE FOREST-STEPPE NOVOSIBIRSK PRIOBYE

Abstract

There is a particularly acute shortage of vegetables and potatoes at the beginning and middle of summer. By this time, last year’s tubers have primarily lost their commercial and food qualities. Under these conditions, early potatoes are of great importance. The article presents the results of a study on the impact of individual agricultural practices on obtaining earlier potato production. On the leached chernozem of the forest steppe of the Novosibirsk Priobye, the effectiveness of initial germination of tubers before planting and the seedling method of growing early potatoes was established. The conducted studies showed that these agrotechnical methods contributed to the rapid passage of the development phases and the receipt of early production. It was also revealed that the studied forms of pre-plant preparation, especially seedlings, increase the yield and marketability of early potato varieties.