%0 Conference Article %T AGROMETEOROLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ALFALFA YIELD FORMATION IN THE ARID ZONE OF SOUTH RUSSIA %A Turko, S.Y. %A Rybashlykova, L.P. %K alfalfa, arid conditions, sandy and heavy loamy soils, soil moisture, development phases, yield formation, and hay yield %J CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND TOPICAL ISSUES OF BIODIVERSITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PLANT COMMUNITIES %D 2026 %P 8 %I FSBE Institution of Higher Education Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov