YIELDS AND QUALITY OF WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES DEPENDING ON PRECEDING CROPS AND SEEDING RATES IN THE RIGHT-BANK FOREST STEPPE OF UKRAINE

The results of research on the impact of different preceding crops, varieties and seed rates on yield and grain quality of winter wheat. It was found that the worst predecessors for winter wheat is corn silage and soybeans, which later dismissed the field, leading to a substantial 18.3 and 13.7 % reduction in yield crops. The most fruitful was the Smuglyanka variety with a seeding rate of 5 million pcs. /ha after peas and buckwheat.