Restoration of the structure and soil protection role of no-till in chernozems and chestnuts soils of the Stavropol Territory

The results of research on the example of southern chernozem and chestnut soil are presented. Long-term use of plowing with rotation of the soil layer and the use of fallows leads to a critical state of the soil in terms of the content of aggregates measuring >10 mm and >1 mm. The introduction of notill on old arable soils leads to a general increase in the mean weighted diameter of aggregates (MWD). The intensity of restoration of the structural state of the soil during no-till in southern chernozem occurs more intensively than in chestnut soil, and the main changes are recorded in the fractions of agronomically valuable aggregates. In southern chernozem there is an increase in diameter from 6.0 mm to 9.5 mm, while in chestnut soil the MWD increases only to 7 mm. The content of erosion-susceptible aggregates