Objectives of the project

The purpose of this project is to create a model of a unique device that can be integrated into any sowing complex and will simplify the treatment of seeds with inoculants (biofertilizers) during sowing. To achieve this goal, we set ourselves the following objectives:

• Create equipment drawings;

• Calculate the amount of required materials;

• Develop software to regulate the rate of application;

• Create a preliminary model (stand) for the possibility of assessing the efficiency of this system with the subsequent possibility of adjusting the rate of liquid depending on the rate of seeding

Key words: biofertilizers; inoculation; Glycine max; Azotobacter; sowing complex

Multidisciplinary research team composition:

Shelest Mykola (main coordinator), Assistant of the Department of Tractors, Agricultural Machinery and Transport Technologies; Faculty of Engineering and Technology; Sumy National Agrarian University.

Datsko Oksana (co-researcher), PhD student of the Department of Agrotechnology and Soil Science, Faculty of Agrotechnology and Nature Management, Sumy National Agrarian University.

Zubko Vladislav (co-researcher), Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Tractors, Agricultural Machinery and Transport Technologies; Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sumy National Agrarian University.

Khvorost Tetiana (co-researcher), Ass. Prof. of the of Occupational Safety and Physics Department, Engineering-Technological Faculty, Sumy National Agrarian University

Zhyhylii Dmytro (co-researcher), Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of Volodymyr Martsynkovskyy Computational Mechanics Department, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technologies, Sumy State University

Kuzmiv Yaroslav (co-researcher), bachelor student in the third year of study, Faculty of Engineering and Technology; Sumy National Agrarian University.