RYE CULTIVATION METHOD Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture. SUBSTANCE: method involves cultivating rye on permanent field for many years; sowing half the rye seeding rate by wide-row sowing method first year in autumn; additionally sowing remaining rye part and simultaneously feeding young crop in spring after interrow cultivation of soil between rows of plants sown in autumn. During following years rye is sown in spring between rows of wintered plants of spring sowing. Method allows rye to be cultivated without using herbicides and autumn soil cultivation to be excluded. EFFECT: increased soil fertility and reduced consumption of fertilizer. 1 tbl, 1 ex