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increasing, which requires the development of a high level
of cultivation technology, and in
connection with this a detailed study of its main elements.
Especially urgent in specific soil and climatic conditions of the steppe zone of Northern
Kazakhstanis to consider the possibility of increasing the productivity of spring rape by improving the
most mobile elements of technology: optimization of seeding rates and sowing dates, introducing
different doses of mineral fertilizers and selection of varieties that provide the most complete
realization of the climatic potential of the region.
At the same time, on the basis of studying the
peculiarities of culture biology in the relationship with the soil and climatic potential of the region, it is
required to clarify the place of rape in a typical crop rotation of Northern Kazakhstan [5-8].During the
development of rapeseed passes 10 phases requiring different conditions for their optimal course:
swelling and nucleation
of seeds, germination, seedlings, rosette, stemming, budding, flowering,
filling of seeds, wax maturity, and full ripeness. Rapeseed refers to plants with rapidly germinating
seeds and rapidly developing seedlings. The larger the seeds, the more vigorous, faster, and stronger
the seedlings appear. For rapeseed, however, seed size and germination do not correlate, although
large seeds are more viable. The emergence of rape sprouts is observed on days 5-8, the appearance of
which is significantly influenced by the depth of embedding the seeds. The seeding depth of rape
seeds does not exceed 1-2 cm; increasing the depth leads to greater herbage thinning, and sometimes
to the death of crops. Germination of seeds and appearance of shoots in rapeseed strongly depend on
the various features and duration of seeds storage. As a rule, long-stored seeds germinate very late and
incompletely. Seeds germinate at soil temperatures no lower than 2-4°C. However, at such low
temperatures, the germination period for seeds is delayed to 10-14 days. The optimum temperature for
fast and friendly emergence of seedlings is 15-18 ° C, in which case the germination period is reduced
to 4-5 days. The sum of active temperatures is 1600-1800°C [9-12].
During the period of4-5 leaves, the root system of rape reaches 12-18 cm.
Its development
depends on soil type, agrotechnical, and variety. Varieties that produce seeds in the year of sowing
form a root system more quickly and are less developed than plants that do not produce seeds. Rape
flowering duration depends on variety, geographical origin, and climatic and agrotechnical conditions.
The plant is moisture-loving, especially during fruit formation and flowering, with a transpiration
factor of 550-620 units.
In hot and dry weather, it is faster, in wet weather is longer. Under our
conditions, rapeseed flowering varies from 20to 40 days, with an average duration of one flower
blossoming of 3 days. It is more demanding to the soil than other cabbage and oilseeds. It grows well
on dark-chestnut soils. One of the main factors increasing gross yields of rape is variety. A proper
selection of varieties is crucial. Not only knowledge of its biology and cultivation technology, but also
highly plastic varieties for our region are necessary for the realization of rape productive potential [13-
15].
Many researchers had studied the core issues of rapeseed cultivation technology. Nevertheless,
this crop in Northern Kazakhstan is not widespread. One of the main reasons for unstable yields, as a
rule, is a low level of agricultural technology, which is largely due to the lack of importance of
biological characteristics and insufficient understanding of innovative technologies that help to reduce
costs and energy intensity per unit of production. In the course of conducting scientific research, the
following issues were studied:
- influence of the main elements of water- and resource-saving technologies on the growth and
development of rapeseed plants;
- comprehensive assessment of rapeseed
plants for yield, early ripeness, and crop structure.
In the subzone of common black soil of the Akmola region, the natural and climatic conditions
fully correspond to the cultivation of this valuable crop. In connection with the above, the
improvement of the elements of cultivation technology that ensure the growth of yields, and the
stability of the ecological situation is very relevant.
The primary predecessor of rapeseed in our region is grain crops and fallow,
prepared by
different technologies. Sunflowers and legumes are bad predecessors for rapeseed, which are affected
by the same diseases. The essential requirement when choosing a precursor for rape is clean fields of
weeds. It is necessary to exclude its sowing on soils with low fertility, light texture, or soils, as well as
on fields where herbicides of a long decay period may follow. In steppe farming, rape can be used to
protect soils from water and wind erosion, for consideration, and to control weeds. It is a good
precursor for most crops in crop rotation [16].