A scientific article co-authored by Nematulla Khudaybergenov, Professor at the Department of Agronomy and Agrotechnologies of the Tashkent State Agrarian University, has been published in the prestigious international journal Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
Article Title: Sustainable intensification of fine-staple cotton (G. barbadense L.) production in saline-prone soils through integrated agronomic management.
The research investigates agrotechnical measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of fine-staple cotton cultivation, rationalizing water resource usage, and improving soil conditions in the saline-prone meadow-takyr soils of the Surkhandarya Region.
Based on two-year field experiments, cultivating the SP-1607 variety using an intensive irrigation regime and a 90 cm twin-row planting method yielded 4.82 tons/ha of seed cotton. Water use efficiency increased by 25.2% compared to the control variant.
Journal: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2026.Scopus Data:
CiteScore 2026 — 6.0.
Horticulture — Q1 (89th percentile).
Ecology — Q1 (82nd percentile).
Agronomy and Crop Science — Q1 (80th percentile).
Food Science — Q2 (72nd percentile).DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2026.1818891
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