LENTIL GERMPLASM COLLECTION STUDY IN ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

Global warming climate change leads to more and more increasing areas periodically affected by drought. In this regard, the demand to expand the cultivation zone for drought tolerant crops, including lentil, is strongly occurred in agriculture. The economically important traits in lentil germplasm collection grown in environment of Northern Kazakhstan were studied and present in the paper. The aim of this study was to identify the most promising lentil genotypes from the collection with high capacity for the adaptation, with a complex of economically important traits and significant potential yield, based on the field trial analysis in environment of Northern Kazakhstan. The presented data were obtained during the study (2020-2021) on the experimental field trials of A.I. Baraev Scientific and Production Center of Cereal Crops. The genetic resources for of individual traits and complex of economically important traits were identified during comprehensive analyses for further breeding program of lentil crop in the region.