ABSTRACT

Wheat is one of the most important food cultures in Russia, as well as across the world. In the agricultural zone of Tyumen region, soft spring wheat is the leading culture among cereals. Area under cereal crop in the region increased from 616 thousand ha in 2007 to 7,155 thousand ha in 2011. At the same time, crop area of winter wheat decreased from 6.6 thousand ha in 2009 to 0.4 thousand ha in 2011. The productivity of winter wheat varied within a wide range-from 9.4 centners per ha in 2007 to 36.7 centners per ha in 2011.