The article deals with the first results of reclamation of degraded pasture lands in dry steppe environments.Field experiments have been developed and carried out to improve degraded Light Ropes pastures using an assortment of forage grasses of the legume family in Mikhailovsky District of the Altai Territory.Optimal sowing time for legumes has been determined.
Species most adapted to #3.37 ESPRESSO drought have been identified.