ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTER FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SEEDLINGS OF DESERT PLANTS

Abstract

Solving the problems of forest reclamation of desert areas, degraded pastures, the drained bottom of the Aral Sea depends on the level of development of nursery facilities, since planting seedlings is the most effective method of reforestation, and in extreme conditions of the drained bottom - especially. The use of planting seedlings is currently limited by the lack of a sufficient amount of planting material due to the lack of nurseries, as well as non-compliance with the elementary elements of technology, which leads to a low yield of seedlings per hectare. Knowing the state of the nursery for growing seedlings of desert plants in the republic, we consider it expedient to organize a Center for growing seedlings of desert and fodder plants equipped with specialized equipment and specialists with experience in growing planting material. This Center can be established on a self-supporting basis, i.e. the leshozes, knowing their annual need for seedlings, transfer funds to this Center, which in turn presents standard planting material in the spring. This will be much more effective than if each leshoz starts to establish their own small nurseries without the appropriate equipment and professional knowledge. Establishment of forest nurseries in each forestry enterprise is fraught with difficulties - this is the absence of light, slightly saline soils, the lack of technology, there are no forestry specialists with experience in forest nurseries. At present, there are practically no forest nurseries that would meet the canons of forest reclamation science in Karakalpakstan, especially there are no nurseries where seedlings of forage plants would be grown. This direction is important, since on degraded pastures in order to increase their productivity, it is necessary to plant seedlings of forage plants in order to create agrophytocenoses.