The effect of nitrate nitrogen on barley yield on chernozem of the southern steppe zone of the Southern Urals

Abstract

Abstract Increasing the yield of barley cultivated in crop rotations and by sowing permanently is a major problem in the steppe zone of the Southern Urals. This requires to study factors affecting an increase in the crop yield. The aim of the study is to identify the effect of nitrate nitrogen, the biological activity of soil and the aftereffect of predecessors on barley productivity at different levels of mineral nutrition. In the experiment, methods such as field, ionometric and decomposition of flax fiber were used. The methods used make it possible to obtain new original results on the factors and experimental options. Over 18 research years, the highest barley yield was observed in millet and pea rotation using fertilizers. It amounted to 1.42 and 1.43 tons per 1 ha. These results were achieved due to the consumption of nitrate nitrogen up to 2.3 mg and accumulation in the amount of 7.7 mg per 100 g of soil with an activity of microorganisms of 8.3 and 8.1 %. The results are of scientific and practical importance in the field of agriculture and crop production.