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ECOLOGY
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Productivity of intensive apple orchards on terraced slopes of the foothills of Kabardino-Balkaria
Aida Yakovlevna Tamakhina
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Department of Commodity Science, Tourism and Law of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education «Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after V. M. Kokov», Full member of IAAS, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-7052, aida17032007@yandex.ru
Zhamal Khazhiosmanovich Bakuev
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Deputy Director for Science, North Caucasus Research Institute of Mountain and Foothill Horticulture North Caucasus Research Institute of Mountain and Foothill Horticulture, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4898-6417
Khasanbi Zamakhshirovich Bishenov
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Leading Researcher at the Department of Technologies of Mountain and Foothill Gardening of the North Caucasus Research Institute of Mountain and Foothill Gardening
Abstract. The article is devoted to the assessment of the productivity of intensive apple orchards in the conditions of terraced slopes of the foothills of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Optimal slope microzones for highly efficient cultivation of dense apple plantings on clonal rootstocks have been determined. An assortment of apple trees has been selected that is adaptive to terrace conditions, allowing for high yields of competitive, environmentally safe fruit products.
Keywords: terraced slopes, adaptability, apple tree, productivity, clonal rootstocks.
Funding. The work was not carried out within the framework of funds.
Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.
Contribution and Responsibility. All authors contributed to this article. Authors are solely responsible for providing the final version of the article in print. The final version of the manuscript was approved by all authors.
For citation. Tamakhina A.Ya., Bakuev Zh. Kh., Bishenov Kh. Z. Productivity of intensive apple orchards on terraced slopes of the foothills of Kabardino-Balkaria. Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2025. Vol. 25, No. 3. Pp. 42–54.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2025-25-3-42-54; EDN: BBMCYX
Submitted 08.07.2025; approved after reviewing 24.07.2025; accepted for publication 04.08.2025.
© Tamakhina A.Ya.,
Bakuev Zh. Kh.,
Bishenov Kh. Z., 2025
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