Tarasiuk V. Improvement of cultivation technology of the elements of milk thistle in the southern part of the Western Steppe

Object of researches - Growth and development of plants of milk thistle the Boykivchanka sort, productivity of seeds depending on influencing of term of sowing, width of spaces between rows and depth of book-mark of seeds. The purpose of researches is development of practical measures which will allow to promote productivity of milk thistle by the improvement of technological measures. Methods of researches - scientific and special (laboratory, the vegetation-field, field, mathematical statistics and computation-comparative). Results of researches - For a theory: It is first definite and grounded the best term of sowing of milk thistle, that provides maximally possible productivity of medicinal vegetable raw material; dependence of features of growth and development of plants is set on the width of spaces between rows and depth of wrapping of seeds of milk thistle. For practice: It is shown on the basis of comparative researches, that the best term of sowing, width of spaces between rows and depth of wrapping of seeds, is set by us will be instrumental in the receipt of high and stable harvests of milk thistle. The sphere of the use is the agricultural enterprises of Forest-steppe of Ukraine.