Effect of Protective Forest Strip on the Crop Productivity in the Central Fore-Caucasus

Abstract

At present all the necessary information has been accumulated on current topic, and our findings confirm once again the opinions of many scientists about the positive effect of protective forest strips on the wind-resistance, snow accumulation, humidity dynamics, and infestation of crops. The article presents research data concerning the ameliorative role of protective forest strips on the crops productivity evidence from winter wheat. Remoteness from a protective forest strip substantially affected the accumulation of productive moisture by the time of winter wheat sowing. In this regard, we determined the content of productive moisture in the soil for all experimental plots. Besides, soil moisture formation strongly depended on snow accumulation. Thus, moving away from the protective forest strip resulted in decrease of the snow cover depth. At a distance of 10-20H from the protective forest strip, the snow cover depth was 25-30 cm decreasing to 5-10 cm with further increase in the distance. The overall influencing distance of protective forest strips varies from 0 to 30Í. The same trend was maintained with regard to the formation of moisture content. Impact on weediness was manifested in such a way that the smallest amount of weeds was observed at a distance of 0-10H. When moving away from the protective forest strip, the amount of weeds grew, as well as species composition, and further (30-40H) the amount of weeds per square meter decreased. The maximum wheat yield (3.86 t/ha) was obtained at a distance of 10-20H from the protective forest strip.

Conservancy of forest shelter belts in Russia and the Rostov region as one of the factors of transition to a green economy

“…Forest belts in Russia are so significantly degraded that activities for their reconstruction are on a par with socio-economic issues [16]. Today, the project, called the Stalin plan for the transformation of nature, is more relevant than ever, and many scientists believe that the forest, as well as field and forest protection belts have a positive effect on the health, productivity and productivity of soils and create a favorable climate for citizens [17][18][19], and are also an integral part of the program for the transition to green socioeconomic development.…”

Economic Efficiency Of Winter Wheat Cultivation According To Traditional And Zero Technology

“…Soil-cultivating tools have become more advanced, combined tillage units have appeared, which simultaneously perform several technological methods, information technologies have been used in the design of agricultural machinery. The systems of basic, pre-sowing tillage and maintenance of crops have been improved, the need for differentiation of depth and number of treatments in the crop rotation has been brought, a system of soil-protective treatment has been developed for areas where water and wind erosion is manifested (Davidenko, Shol, & Schol, 2016;Esaulko, Trubacheva, Vlasova, Igolnikov, & Sidorov, 2016;Dorozhko & Petrova). However, all adapted tillage systems have one common drawback, they are very energy intensive.…”

Features of Growth and Design of Protective Forests Plantings Along Highways of the South of Russia

“…The study of the structure of forest-belt systems allows seeing the development of individual rocks in the future (Balandier, 2006). A similar promising direction is the development of strategies for managing the growth of plantings based on the mechanisms of dynamics and competition of plants within the plantings (Esaulko, 2016). Such approaches develop a methodology for managing the growth processes in areas, including for adaptive and landscape development of territories (Dubenok, 2017).…”