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Technology "NTO3-2"
 is designed for improving the fertility levels of  moderately and weakly 
saline soils and the productivity of  rice on non-saline soils. The use of  ‘NTO3-2’ provides an 
increase of  up to 15-20% in rice yields in response to ploughing in chopped straw applied at 
a rate of  up to 3 t/ha and the pre-sowing treatment of  seeds (PTS) with a 40% solution of  
polyfunctional chemical ameliorator (PFCA) for 1 hour, with subsequent sowing performed at 
any time. The PTS is performed with the use of  specialized equipment, which has been fully 
tested on irrigated lands in the districts of  Karatal, Akdaly and Kazaly in Kazakhstan as well 
as the region of  Fergana and 24 farms within the autonomous republic of  Karakalpakstan 
in Uzbekistan.
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