Cultivation of irrigated crops in the application of biochar technology in the Southeast Kazakhstan

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty, Kazakhstan

2 Zhangir khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian and Technical University, Uralsk, Kazakhstan

3 Kazakh Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Almaty, Kazakhstan

10.22124/cjes.2025.8757

Abstract

Based on the establishment and field experiments in two agroecological zones of southeastern Kazakhstan, optimal methods, doses, and ratios of applying biochar to the main irrigated crops have been developed, and the features of their growth and development, crop formation, and product quality have been studied. Introducing biochar in doses of 15-20 tons ha-1 for basic tillage helps to improve the bulk weight and increases the content of agronomically valuable and durable aggregates of the arable soil layer.

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Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences
Volume 23, Issue 2
April 2025
Pages 425-435

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