DOI: 10.1139/cjss-2025-0112 ISSN: 0008-4271
IMPROVING CHICKPEA PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH HYDROGEL APPLICATION IN NEWLY FORMED ARID SANDY SOILS OF THE ARAL SEA
Samad Makhammadiev, Zafarjon Jabbarov, Tokhtasin Abdrakhmanov, Dilfuza Jabborova, Kholisa Eshova, Shokhrukh Abdullaev, Dilafruza Yagmurova, Guljakhon Rakhmatullaeva, Anora Matkarimova, Elmurod YangiboyevThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of hydrogel combined with mineral fertilizers on the growth and yield of Cicer arietinum L. cultivated in the arid sandy soils of the dried Aral Sea region. Soil samples for the experiment were collected from the desiccated part of the Aral Sea. As a result, soils amended with 60 kg ha⁻¹ of hydrogel combined with mineral fertilizers showed statistically significant differences in the vegetative and generative traits of plants compared to the control group, whereas no marked differences were observed at the 45 and 90 kg ha⁻¹ application rates.