Scientists from Samara Agricultural University (Samara State Agricultural University) have developed a seeder for small-seed crops that will increase grain yield by 28% and green mass by 2.5 times. Grain cultivation is carried out by the piece. This was reported to socialbites.ca by the press service of the Priority 2030 project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.
As the development’s authors explain, current seeder designs are not able to properly plant small seed crops. For this reason, competition develops among the sprouts and yield loss occurs. The seeder created by scientists neither in Russia nor in the world has no analogues, its design is made from 100% domestic components.
The scientists explored the possibilities of the planter on the Amaranth paniculata plant, whose seeds are smaller than 1 mm. Seeds should be planted piecemeal. Between rows of plants should be at least 20-25 cm, and between rows – 70 cm.
“The experiment confirmed that it is possible to achieve a significant increase in yield, both in terms of grain and green mass, by increasing the uniformity of the dispersal of amaranth seeds,” said project manager Evgeny Artamonov, associate professor of Technical Service. Department of Samara State Agrarian University, to socialbites.ca.
The study was carried out jointly with scientists from the NI Saratov State University of Genetics, Biotechnology and Engineering. Vavilov (Vavilov University). The developers plan to organize part production at agricultural engineering facilities in the Samara region for Russian breeding research institutes and mass production for agricultural producers.
“After the successful testing of the laboratory sample of the seeder, we plan to study the effectiveness of precision cultivation of small-seed crops on the basis of the experimental field of the Vavilov University and to reproduce the new unit for use in Samara, Saratov, Penza, Ulyanovsk regions, Chuvash Republic and Russia’ other regions of Turkey,” said the University.
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Source: Gazeta
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