EJSSEurasian Journal of Soil ScienceEurasian J Soil Sci2147 - 4249Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societieshttp://ejss.fesss.org/10.18393/ejss.2015.3.178-18410.18393/ejss.2015.3.178-184Predicting the yield and quality of winter wheat grown on calcareous chernozem in the lower Don RegionOlga Biryukova olga_alexan@mail.ruIvan Elnikov Dmitry Bozhkov Tatiana Minkina 43178 - 1842014-07-152015-02-192015-02-222015-07-01 Copyright © 2016 The authors and Federation of Eurasian Soil Science Societies Long-term studies have revealed a system of indicators for predicting the yield of winter wheat grown on a calcareous chernozem. It has been established that the prediction and integrated assessment of the yield and quality of grain should be performed with consideration for the balance of macro- and micronutrients in the grain and the above-ground biomass of plants. It has been shown that the contents of protein and gluten in winter wheat grain are mainly determined by the supply of plants with nitrogen and its balance with Mn, Р, Fe, Zn, and K. Possibility of predicting the contents of macro- and micronutrients in wheat grain from the chemical composition of plants at the shooting stage has been revealed.Chernozem, winter wheat, plant chemical composition, protein, gluten, multinutrient diagnostics, pla