STUDIES ON THE SPECIES AND VARIETIES OF PULSE CROPS AND THEIR SEED-PRODUCTION ORGANIZATION UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF STEPPE ZONE OF ORENBURG PREDURALYE
The species and varieties of pulse crops have been studied with the purpose to select the most adaptive ones for cultivation under natural conditions of the steppe zone of Orenburg Preduralye. As result of experiments conducted on the fields of the experimental training farm of the Orenburg State Agrarian University it was ascertained that the chickpea was the highest grain yielding pulse crop. Soya was unrivalled in protein and oil yields per sown area, due to the high content of these components in its grain, though, in general, it was a less yielding crop. Peas and chickpeas turned to be almost equivalent by the yields of protein per sown area. The most productive chickpea varieties were the Krasnokutsky-123 fodder variety and the Krasnokutsky-36 chickpea variety known by its light-colored seeds. The most productive soybean variety appeared to be Samer-1, recommended for cultivation in the Mid -Volga region and not included in the list of soya varieties approved for use in the Ural region, the Orenburg region including. The standard Soer-4 variety, recommended for cultivation in the Urals region, was inferior in yields to the Samer-1 and Samer-2, though these varieties were not rich in the content of protein and oil in their grain.