Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies
Head of the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies
Kholikulov Shodi Turdukulovich
+998902717792 kholikulov48@mail.ru.
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor. Since 2020, he has been the head of the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technology at the Institute of Agrobiotechnology and Food Security at Samarkand State University. In 1977, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “The influence of mulching on soil properties and cotton yield”, and in 1996 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Optimization of the properties and regimes of irrigated soils in the serozem belt by mulching and adding composts when cultivating cotton.” The scientist conducts scientific research in the field of soil science, agrochemistry, ecology and the environment.
Professor Shodi Kholikulov took part in a presentation at the 10th and 20th international congresses of the World Society of Soil Sciences (International Association of Chemists in the USA, Ohio State University is a member of the International Society for the Study of the Impact of Agriculture on Global Warming). Currently, the scientist works as a member of the editorial board of the journals “Uzbekistan Zamini”, “Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Uzbekistan”, “Bulletin of SamSU”.
For many years, he has been a member of the Expert Council of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as a member of the specialized scientific council. Shodi Kholikulov is the author of 6 textbooks and teaching aids, 6 monographs, more than 30 teaching aids and more than 300 articles.
The author has published about 10 articles in Scopus and Web of Science.
https://doi.org/10.12911/22998993/141365
https://readera.org/zapasy-podzemnyh-vod-uzbekistana-i-ih-ispolzovanie-na-primere-140260635-en
http://www.sciencepub.net/nature/nsj200322/05_37803nsj200322_44_51.pdf;
Staff of the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies
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Abdurakhimov Mingzhigit Kattabekovich
Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor. Since 1999 he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agrochemistry of Samara State University. In 1989, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Isolation of source material for breeding potatoes for early ripening in the conditions of Uzbekistan,” and in 2014 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic “Improving the technology of potato cultivation and seed production in mountainous and saline climates.” Within the framework of research grants, he is the leader of 2 projects “Scientific foundations of the technology for growing seed potatoes in the foothills of Uzbekistan” (2006-2008) and “Development of resource-saving technology for growing potatoes in the saline soils of Mirzachul” (2012-2014). Mingzhigit Abdurakhimov is the author of 1 monograph, 3 textbooks, 1 study guide, more than 20 teaching aids and more than 140 scientific articles. The scientist also published articles in 4 journals included in the Web of Science database. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7358405; |
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Ortikov Tulkin Kuchkorovich Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2020 he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of Samara State University. In 1991, he successfully defended his thesis on the topic “Microbiological activity of gray soils and the behavior of the phytopathogenic fungus Vertisillium dahliae Kleb when using nitrification inhibitors.” Currently, he is conducting doctoral work on the topic “Dependence of humus and microbiological state of soils in the Zerafshan Valley on natural and anthropogenic factors.” During his career, Tulkin Ortikov published 1 monograph, 4 textbooks, 15 teaching aids, and is the author of about 350 scientific articles. The scientist also published articles in 2 databases Scopus and Web of Science. https://jilindaxuexuebao.com/details.php?id=DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/XB56T; https://www.ujecology.com/articles/the-agrochemical-properties-of-organogenic-wastes-and-the-possibility-of-preparing-composts.pdf
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Mamasov Shavkat Alikulovich
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2020, he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of the Institute of Agrobiotechnologies and Food Security of Samarkand State University. In 2005, he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Justification of the design and parameters of lateral stability of a steep-slope small-sized wheeled tractor.” During his career, Shavkat Mamasov is the author of 2 textbooks, 2 study guides, more than 90 scientific articles and dissertations. https://www.nveo.org/index.php/journal/article/view/3108/2596; |
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Nurmikhamedov Buron Umarovich
Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2020, he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of the Institute of Agrobiotechnologies and Food Security of Samarkand State University. In 1993, he successfully defended his thesis on the topic “Substantiation of the form and parameters of a universal tillage implement for the cotton growing zone.” Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor. She has been working at the Institute of Agrobiotechnologies and Food Safety of Samarkand State University in the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies since 2020. In 1993, he successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Substantiation of the form and parameters of a universal tillage implement for the cotton growing zone.” During his career, Buron Nurmihammedov is the author of 1 textbook, 1 study guide, 1 monograph, more than 74 scientific articles and dissertations (https://www.nveo.org/index.php/journal/article/view/3108/2596).
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Goziev Toshniyoz Chuliboevich
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2020, he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of Samarkand State University. In 2006, he successfully defended his thesis on the topic “The influence of mulching with polyethylene film on the properties of irrigated typical gray soils of the Zeravshan oasis and tobacco yield.” The scientist is the author of more than 50 scientific articles, and also reviews articles in the Universal Journal of Agricultural Research (USA). (Reviewers https: //www. hrpub. org/journals/jour_reviewers.php?id=04)
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Bobobekov Isomiddin Nuriddinovich
Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor. Since 2020, he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of Samarkand State University. In 2006, he successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic “The influence of organic and mineral fertilizers on reducing the amount of heavy metals in technogenically polluted typical gray soils (using the example of soils around the Samarkand Chemical Plant).” Isomiddin Bobobekov is the author of more than 10 teaching aids and more than 70 scientific articles and dissertations. The scientist also published articles in 2 journals Scopus and Web of Science. https://doi.org/10.12911/22998993/141365;
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Pardaev Sindor Berdiyorovich
Department Assistant. Since 2020, he has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of Samarkand State University. Conducts scientific research on the topic “The influence of composts from municipal solid waste on the properties and productivity of soil.” During his career, he published more than 40 scientific articles and theses in domestic and foreign journals and scientific collections. 2 articles were published in Scopus and Web of Science databases. link;
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Abdumalikov Jasurbek Kuchkarovich abdumalikovjasurbek6969@gmail.com.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Agricultural Sciences. In 2019, he successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic “The influence of composts from organic-mineral waste on the growth, development and productivity of cotton in typical serozem conditions.” During his career, Jasurbek Abdumalikov is the author of 1 monograph, 1 textbook, 24 scientific articles.
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Kholmatova Dilfuza Takhirovna
Department Assistant. Since 2022, she has been working at the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies of Samarkand State University. During her career, she published 2 scientific articles and 4 dissertations.
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About the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies The Department of Soil Science was created in 1953 on the basis of the Faculty of Biology and Soil Science of Samarkand State University. Professors D. Kuguchkov, Kh. Khamdamov, associate professors S. Agisheva, G. Danov, S. Kigai and others worked at the department, conducting research to solve a number of pressing issues in soil science. Scientists who made a significant contribution to the development of soil science in Uzbekistan: O. Komilov, I. Bobokhujaev, U. Matkarimov. In 1996, the Department of Soil Science at Samarkand State University was reorganized into the Faculty of Soil Science and Ecology. After this, the Department of Soil Science was reorganized, and it was headed by Associate Professor U. Matkarimov, and later by Associate Professors T. Ortikov and Sh. Kholikulov. Since 2000, in order to expand the faculties, the Faculty of Soil Science and Ecology was merged with the Faculty of Biology, and the Department of Soil Science continued its activities as a department preparing a separate specialty.
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The department was replenished with highly qualified personnel; in a short time, 4 teachers successfully defended their Ph.D. theses. At that time, 1 academician, 2 professors, 3 candidates of sciences, associate professors and 7 assistants worked at the department. The activities of the department in these years are connected with the activities of academician Zh. Sattorov, professors P. Uzokov, Sh. Khalikulov, associate professors U. Matkarimov, T. Artikov, M. Abdurakhimov, assistants D. Eshmurodov, T. Goziev, I. Bobobekov, S. Pardaeva, N. Usmonova, Sh. Oblakulova, D. Fayzieva. In 2020, the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Technologies was created on the basis of the newly opened Faculty of Agrobiotechnologies and Food Security. Currently, the department operates at the Institute of Agrobiotechnologies and Food Security of Samarkand State University. |
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Today, the department employs 3 doctors of science, 1 professor, 5 candidates of science, associate professors, 2 PhD, and 2 teaching assistants. Currently, the department operates the departments “Soil Science”, “Agro-Soil Science and Agrophysics”, “General Agriculture”. There are basic doctoral studies and doctoral studies in the areas of “Cotton selection” and “Crop production”. At the same time, the department has master’s degrees in the specialties “Organic farming and food safety” and “Technology of growing medicinal plants.” Professor Sh.T.Kholikulov, Professor M.K.Abdurakhimov and Associate Professor T.G.Ortikov are members of the academic council and scientific seminar in their areas. The textbook “Soil Science”, co-authored with Professor Shodi Kholikulov, is considered the main textbook in the republic on the subject of “Soil Science”.
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The department conducts a number of scientific studies on current and practical topics in the field of soil science, agriculture, crop production, mechanization and automation of agriculture. Among them are technologies for recycling and composting municipal waste, the humus and microbiological state of soils and the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on them, problems of soil pollution with heavy metals and methods for their elimination, issues of soil mulching and their use in influencing the agrophysical and agrochemical properties of the soil, water properties of the soil and their management in arid conditions, drip irrigation and its impact on the water regime of the soil, mechanization of the foothills of Uzbekistan with high horizontal stability, such as the use of agricultural technologies, the use of resource-efficient technologies when sowing wheat, including the development of energy and resource-saving technologies and technical means of sowing seeds of phytoremediation plants when improving desert pastures in Uzbekistan. Scientific work in these areas will become the basis for increasing soil productivity, improving reclamation and environmental conditions, and optimizing soil properties and regimes.
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The department has established scientific and practical cooperation with universities of our republic and foreign universities. Among them are the National University of Uzbekistan, Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Tashkent State Agrarian University, St. Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, Moscow Agricultural Academy (TSHA), Nizhny Novgorod Agricultural Academy, Belgorod State University, University of Bologna in Italy, University Nevada in the USA, Ankara University in Turkey. Currently, Mikhail Mazirov, a professor at the Russian State Agrarian University named after K.A. Temiryazev, works at the department. Since 2021, the scientific center “Soil Science” has been operating at the department. The purpose of this center is to establish comprehensive connections with the leading universities of the world, widely involve professors and teachers of leading higher educational institutions of foreign countries in the educational process, and establish cooperation with them in scientific fields in the field of soil science. Conducting research with the involvement of highly qualified foreign specialists.
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Also at the department there are clubs “Young Agrotechnologist” and “Young Phytotechnologist”. Today, employees of the department conduct scientific research on the topic “Development of innovative technologies for improving soil properties and increasing crop yields.”
Academic disciplines taught at the department Bachelor's degree
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Master's degree
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Photos from activities of the department
