INFLUENCE OF POPULUS BALZAMIFERA BUDNEY EXTRACT ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CABBAGE

In recent years, there has been a persistent search for new methods and technologies for cultivating individual crops in order to increase their productivity and improve product quality. New methods of pre-sowing seed treatment with biological stimulants are increasingly being introduced, increasing not only crop yields, but also changing (increasingly) the content of important nutrients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, oils, and others). Despite the rapid development of chemistry and the growth in the number of new highly effective drugs of biotechnological and synthetic origin, plants continue to occupy a significant place as a growth stimulator of agricultural crops. The aim of the work is to evaluate the effect of poplar extract on the growth and development of white cabbage. Tasks: to investigate the qualitative composition of the aqueous extract of poplar buds; to establish the growth-stimulating activity of the extract of balsamic poplar buds in relation to the seeds of white cabbage. Methodology and scientific approaches: in the course of the work, experimental studies were carried out on the extraction of natural compounds of balsam poplar buds, evaluating the effectiveness of the balsam poplar bud extract on the growth and development of white cabbage. Results and conclusions: in the composition of the aqueous extract of poplar buds, such classes of compounds as flavonoids, tannins, coumarins, saponins, amino acids, phenolic acids, polysaccharides were identified; the use of poplar bud extract had a significant impact on morphogenesis, physiological and biochemical parameters, and the productivity of white cabbage of the "Gift" variety.