Results of Experiments on Creation of Forest Cultures from Sievers Apple Seedlings With Closed Root System on the Western Slopes of the Chatkal Ridge in Uzbekistan

Mamutov Bakhram Khojaniyazovich

Abstract: This article presents results of experiments on the survival rate of seedlings of the Siversa Apple tree, created by planting materials with a closed root system with different methods of planting on the western slope of the Chatkal ridge of Uzbekistan. The results of experiments has established that the highest survival rate for 2 years among the variants was observed with a deep planting at the rate of 88, 4 %. The usual and landing with the use of Carboxyl Methyl Cellulose (CMC) provided almost the same survival rate between 78, 4 and 78, 6 %. The lowest survival rate of seedlings were observed only when planted with an open root system, where it was only 25 %, which can be considered almost completely dead when creating forest cultures.

Keywords: Survival, forest plantations, planting material with a closed root system, a structure-forming agent, and plant decay