Selectia Institute to obtain double or triple corn harvest compared to national average

Chisinau, August 24 /MOLDPRES/- The Research Institute for Field Crops (ICCC) Selecția estimates that it will obtain, this year, a double or triple corn harvest in relation to the national average, according to a press release from the institution yesterday.

According to the scientific community, up to 5-6 tons/ha of maize will be harvested from non-irrigated lands amid adverse weather conditions. The results are due, first of all, to the rotation - the composition of the crops in the rotation, the forerunner, as well as the application of organic fertilizers.

"At the same time, in the long-term field experience focused on organic farming, where no mineral fertilizers and chemical preparations to combat diseases, pests and weeds, but no plowing with a furrow plow were applied, the condition of the corn is considerably better. At the same time, it was found that, where mineral fertilizers were administered, they had a negative effect, because they contributed to the increase of the air mass, which in the conditions of the lack of moisture could not meet its water needs and, consequently , the plants withered," indicates the Institute.

One of the factors that affected the productivity of agricultural crops this year, apart from the drought, were the excessive temperatures, which caused physiological stress to the plants and which would have led to a decrease in the harvest even if there had been moisture.

In general, the yield of maize obtained this year at the ICCC Selectia is about two times less than in ordinary years. The technological recommendations of the specialists in the conditions of climate change concern the observance of crop rotation, the application of organic fertilizers, the inclusion of perennial grasses in the crop rotation, the use of green fertilizers, as well as the limitation of plowing with a plow.