ENVIRONMENTAL TRIALS OF MELON CROPS IN SOUTHERN KAZAKHSTAN

During 2012-2014, at the Kazakh Research Institute of Cotton Growing were carried out environmental testing of 8 mid early maturing and 12 mid maturing melon varieties and 9 mid early maturing and 10 mid late maturing watermelon varieties from domestic and foreign breeding program. As the results have shown, all the varieties of melon and watermelon were well adapted to the average soil salinity and groundwater table at a level of 1.5-2.0 m.