COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE TRAITS OF LEGUMINOUS CROPS IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE PRE-URAL STEPPE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN
Such pulse crops as pea, chickpea, soybean, lupine are cultivated in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The cultivars of these crops, as well as cultivars of lentils and faba bean have been the object of our study. The experiments were conducted in the Bashkir Scientific Research Institute in 2015-2017. We studied the length of vegetative and interstage periods, growth rate, elements of yield structure and herbage yield of pulse crops. The analysis of the obtained data had shown that the varieties of studied crops are suitable for cultivation and able to produce high yield of grain, herbage and hay as part of mixtures with cereals in the PreUral steppe of Bashkortostan. It is necessary to expand their planting primarily pea and their assortment by cultivars of chickpea, lentils, faba bean and soybean to increase protein resources.