• 11 September 2025
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Field Day – Testing the Productivity and Resilience of Grain Sorghum

At Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University, within the framework of the scientific project “Ecological testing of domestic and foreign grain sorghum varieties on saline soils of Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea rice systems”, a “Field Day” was held at the research and production station of the Y. Zhakaev Kazakh Research Institute of Rice Growing.

The event was attended by Director of the University’s Science Department Nargul Saktaganova, Professor, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Ibadulla Tautenov, Professor, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Laura Tokhetova, Senior Lecturer of the “Agricultural Technologies” program Serik Bekzhanov, teaching staff and students of the 6В08171-Agronomy, 6В08773-Agricultural Machinery and Technology, 7М08172-Crop Production, and doctoral program in 8D08171-Agronomy, as well as representatives of the International Innovation Center of the Aral Sea Region under the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change of the Republic of Uzbekistan: Askarbek Rakhimov, Yusup Turgaliyev, and Aziniyaz Azhimuratov.

The main goal of the project is to conduct a comparative analysis of the productivity of domestic and foreign sorghum varieties that possess valuable agronomic traits of practical interest for breeding high-yielding cultivars resistant to soil salinity and harsh agro-climatic conditions of the Aral region, and to identify superior genotypes.

Project leader, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor Ibadulla Tautenov noted: “The aim of the project is a comparative assessment of the productivity of domestic and foreign sorghum varieties adapted to ecological conditions. Selecting genotypes resistant to saline soils and agro-climatic stress will make it possible to establish a strong feed base for livestock farming.”

For ecological testing, grain sorghum samples were obtained from both domestic and international research institutions: LLP “Kazakh Research Institute of Agriculture and Plant Growing” (Almaty), A.I. Baraev Scientific and Production Center of Grain Farming (Astana), branch of LLP “South-West Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and Crop Production” – Genetic Bank of Plants at the N.I. Vavilov Aral Experimental Station, Hungarian seed company Alfaseed Kft, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India), Russian companies “Rossorgo” (Saratov) and “Agroplasma” (Krasnodar), as well as the International Innovation Center of the Aral Sea Region (Republic of Uzbekistan).

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