STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF JOINT PLANTINGS OF GRASS PEA WITH WHITE MUSTARD
The article addresses issues of improvement of forage base of beekeeping by sowing grass pea in the mixture with mustard white. It was found that the white mustard is a good honey plant, and its additional sowing to the grass pea significantly increases the number of insect pollinators and honey bees on crops, that allows you to extend the honey collection period. Mustard performs the role of supporting culture and prevents the lodging of grass pea. In mixed plantings height of grass pea plants increases on 1,7…9,0 % in comparison to control. The highest biological productivity of grass pea was obtained in variants with 1 and 3 % of additional sowing of white mustard. Increasing the rate of white mustard seed in mixed crops up to 25 % improves its yield up to 14.3 c / ha