Shock-absorbing technologies of seed treatment before sowing

Abstract

In the conditions of agriculture biologization an urgent problem is to exclude the destruction of seeds and reduce their injury by the working bodies of machines. The advantages of using equipment with highly elastic working bodies in shock-absorbing technologies for preparing seeds for sowing are described. The process of interaction of seeds with reflective work surfaces was studied experimentally on a specially developed laboratory installation. Elastic working bodies of such devices provide a “gentle shock wave” mode, the impact of which on easily injured legume and potato seeds contributes to the development of positive dynamics of physiological processes in the seed, without injury and destruction of seeds. The impulse pressure is created by the shaking action of the elastic shell on the seeds. By adjusting the amplitude and frequency of vibrations of the elastic shell, it is possible to achieve the necessary value of the impact on the seeds, creating an impulse pressure on the seeds within the limits of those norms. The last, on the one hand, do not have a destructive effect on the seeds. On the other hand, contribute to increasing seed productivity. The developed shock-absorbing technology makes it possible to combine the use of both chemical and biological means of seed protection in large agricultural holdings, as well as in medium and small agricultural enterprises.