FEATURES OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE WIDTH BETWEEN ROW SOWING OF THE SPOTTED THISTLE (SILYBUM MARIANUM) ON THE GROWTH PROCESSES UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF ITS GROWING TECHNOLOGY

The article presents the main results regarding the influence of anthropogenic factors on the growth and development of milk thistle (Silybum marianum). It has been established that it is best to grow thistle under the conditions of using organic technology with a row width of 45 cm, this agromeasure allows you to obtain high indicators regarding the formation of spotted thistle stems, while the number of shoots is 5.8 pcs./m2 , the total number of productive shoots per 1 ha is 224.46 pcs./m2 , the height of plants was 11 cm higher, the total amount of biomass at the same time increased to 4.73 t/ha, which exceeded crops with a row width of 15 cm by 0.82 t/ha, which in general and it affected the yield, in particular, when the width of the rows was 45 cm, it was higher by 0.12 t/ha.