Vol. 42, No. 5, 2016

Russian Agricultural Sciences

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Russian Agricultural Sciences ISSN 1068-3674.

Plant Growing

Multiple Divergent Selection on Viscosity of a Water Extract of Winter Rye

A. A. Goncharenko, S. A. Ermakov, A. V. Makarov, T. V. Semenova, V. N. Tochilin, A. V. Osipova, E. N. Lazareva, O. A. Krahmaleva and N. A. Jashina p. 289 abstract

Haploid Biotechnologies and Triticale Breeding in the Volga Region

T. I. Djatchouk, I. A. Kibkalo, A. V. Pominov, V. N. Akinina, O. V. Khomyakova, Yu. V. Italyanskaya and N. F. Safronova p. 295 abstract

Effectiveness of Potato Cultivation using Nanosized Silica under Conditions of Kamchatka Krai

N. I. Ryakhovskaya, V. V. Gaynatulina and M. A. Makarova p. 299 abstract

Innovational Trends in Apple Breeding and Fruit Quality

E. N. Sedov, M. A. Makarkina, G. A. Sedysheva, Z. M. Serova and T. V. Yanchuk p. 304 abstract

Genetic Diversity of Genus Malus Mill. for Scab Resistance Genes

N. I. Savel’ev, A. S. Lyzhin and N. N. Savel’eva p. 310 abstract

Introduction of Grain Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrical (L.) Verdc.) in the Lower Volga

V. V. Zhuzhukin and A. Z. Bagdalova p. 314 abstract

Effect of Irrigation with Saline Water on Some Physiological and Biochemical Processes of Cotton Plants

M. Ya. Iskenderov p. 317 abstract

Agricultural Management Practices: Effects on Soil Properties, Root Growth and Sesame Yield

Andréa Fernandes Rodrigues, Tancredo Augusto Feitosa de Souza, Luciano Façanha Marques, Jacob Silva Souto and Wilton Pereira da Silva p. 321 abstract

Research and Analysis of the Tensile Strength Quality of the Sod in Lawn Grass Stands during Landscape Design of Collective Farm Enterprises

T. S. Lazareva, Yu. A. Mazayskiy and F. Ikromi p. 328 abstract

Plant Protection

Effective Preparations of Protection of Winter Wheat against Main Pests in Conditions of the Precaucasian Steppe Zone

V. A. Khilevsky, M. N. Shorokhov and V. I. Dolzhenko p. 332 abstract

Microbiology

Endophytic Bacteria of Woody Plants as the Basis of Complex Microbial Preparations for Agriculture and Forestry

V. K. Chebotar, A. V. Shcherbakov, S. N. Maslennikova, A. N. Zaplatkin, A. V. Kanarskiy and A. A. Zavalin p. 339 abstract

Biophysics

Adsorption Laser Meter of Water Transport Velocity in Capillary Systems of a Plant

Yu. Kh. Shogenov, A. Yu. Izmailov and Yu. M. Romanovsky p. 343 abstract

Fodder Production

Innovative Technology for Ecological Restoration of Degraded Rangeland Ecosystems Based on New Varieties of Fodder Halophytes in Arid Regions of Russia

Z. Sh. Shamsutdinov, V. M. Kosolapov, E. Z. Shamsutdinova, I. V. Savchenko, V. P. Zvolinskiy, P. D. Gunin, N. Z. Shamsutdinov, B. A. Goldvarg and N. L. Tsagan-Mandzhiev p. 348 abstract

Soil Science

Morphogenetic Features of Rice Meadow-Chernozemic Soil

O. A. Gutorova and A. Kh. Sheudzhen p. 353 abstract

Melioration

Reclamation Resource of Pine Shelterbelt Forests under Middle Don Conditions

N. N. Dubenok, V. V. Tanyukevich and A. V. Zhuravleva p. 357 abstract

Animal Husbandry

Effects of Polymorphism in TG5 and LEP Genes on Meat Productivity of Hereford and Limousin Bull Calves

T. A. Sedykh, R. S. Gizatullin, I. Yu. Dolmatova and L. A. Kalashnikova p. 361 abstract

Association of Embryonic Metabolism of Nitrogen Monoxide and Body Morphology in Adult Chickens

V. Yu. Titov, V. I. Fisinin, Ye. N. Borkhunova and G. V. Kondratov p. 367 abstract

Comparative Characteristics of Amino Acid Composition of Meat of Crossbred and Purebred Young Stock Rabbits

K. V. Kharlamov, N. I. Tinaev and A. R. Zhvakina p. 372 abstract

Veterinary

Using Gamma Rays to Inactivate African Swine Fever Virus

V. A. Boudarkov, A. D. Sereda, O. N. Carpov and V. N. Ponomarev p. 375 abstract

Laboratory Control Results of Inactivated Vaccine Immunogenicity against Rhinopneumonia and Salmonella Equine Abortion

M. P. Neustroev, K. P. Yurov, S. V. Alexeenkova, N. P. Tarabukina, S. G. Petrova and A. A. Baishev p. 378 abstract

Modeling

Use of Mathematical Planning of the Experiment to Describe the Process of Rubber Extraction from Latex using Depleted Molasses

S. S. Nikulin, M. A. Provotorova, N. S. Nikulina and L. N. Stadnik p. 381 abstract

Mechanization

Change of the Structure and Properties of the Tribo-Preparations to Increase the Efficiency of Tractor Engine In-Place Repair

V. V. Ostrikov, S. N. Sazonov, V. I. Balabanov, V. V. Safonov and I. N. Shikhalev p. 384 abstract

Ensuring Operability of Fuel-Delivery Systems of Diesels by Individual Adjustment of Basic Characteristics of Fuel Feed Control

I. I. Gabitov and A. V. Negovora p. 389 abstract

Evaluation of a Tractor Diesel Engine Noise Fuelled by Water-Diesel Emulsion

M. R. Seifi, S. R. Hassan-Beygi and B. Ghobadian p. 394 abstract

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