Improved technology elements of table carrot cultivation in the Volgograd region

Abstract

During the period of field research to find ways to improve the elements of table carrot cultivation technology, we proposed a comprehensive resource-saving technology for the cultivation of carrot root crops on drip irrigation in the Lower Volga region. A hypothesis was put forward to increase the productivity and quality of table carrots through the use of new generation biological products and fertigation of crops using drip irrigation. The research program included a comparative assessment of the zoned table carrot variety Shantane (control) and promising Red Core and Santa Cruz hybrids, which belong to the same early maturity group. For this, mineral fertilizers were calculated in doses for the planned yields of 90, 110, and 130 t/ha, using drip irrigation. Biological preparations Agriful (concentration 3 and 4 l/ha) and Fertigrain Foliar (concentration 1.3 l/ha) were used, in addition, to their complex use together with mineral fertilizers.