BUCKWHEAT IN THE KULUNDA
Buckwheat in the Altai region grown everywhere, plantings in 2012 composed 494,3 thousand hectares, with more than 5% of arable land are occupied by buckwheat in the Kulunda steppe, located in the Altai territory. For the last 6 years maximum crops culture are marked in 2012 - 26069 ha, minimal in 2009 - 9996 ha. In some areas sown area large and vary from 1123 ha to 7909 hectares. However, the yield of grain in the Kulunda the lowest in the region and varies considerably, both in time and geographically, often 2.0 times and more. In agrotechnics affects underestimation of the soil-climatic features of the natural area and biological requirements of buckwheat to the environment, not technological and reclamation techniques of cultivation on brown soils. Increase the production of buckwheat in the dry steppes offered on the basis of regular irrigation and improvement of agricultural practices, compliance with the structure of crop rotation and accounting morpho-biological features. It allows to increase the yield of grain to 1.9 t/ha.