Postgraduate students of the department presented their field experiments in the fields of Biotech LTD

Postgraduate studies in agronomy are primarily about field research. This year's acceptance of postgraduate students' experiments at the Faculty of Agricultural Biology began with the Department of Agrochemistry and Crop Production Quality. Biotech Ltd. has become one of the main bases for postgraduate students to conduct research, because this production is the scientific Atlanta - theory, search, research.
The scientific commission, consisting of Dmytro Litvinov, Director of the Research Institute, Dean Oksana Tonkha, heads of departments, and associate professors, carefully examined all field experiments and checked work journals.

    Oleg Tonkha, a PhD student working on the topic of fertiliser distribution uniformity, was the first to present his experiments. Manually simulated variants of different percentages of unevenness, detailed local study of soil indicators are labour-intensive unconventional studies that are an experimental part of the search for ways to improve winter wheat growing technologies.

The second presentation was made by postgraduate student Oleksandr Kudria, who presented his research on the fertilisation of table potatoes with phosphorus and potassium fertilisers. Oleksandr has just started his postgraduate studies, but in recent years he has been working on modern potato growing technologies and has been preparing for his postgraduate research in advance.

The experiments were pleasing to the eye in terms of plant health, organisation and modernity. The drip irrigation system, which allows nutrient solutions to be delivered "drop by drop", is a costly but highly efficient way to grow such a difficult crop as potatoes.

In addition to the experiment, the commission presented the full technological cycle of potato planting material production - from in-vitro laboratories to nursery fields. The collection fields are used to study the productivity of domestic and foreign potato varieties, fertilisation systems, and protection products. We also use a drip irrigation system that has been introduced in recent years. This algorithm of technology - from growing cells in sterile laboratories to climate-controlled storage facilities - is a demonstration of the scientific and business approach of the farm's head, Academician Anatolii Bykin.

The third to present his experiments was postgraduate student Yevhen Ivanitskyi, a 2022 graduate who wanted to continue working on remote monitoring of winter wheat phytocoenoses and finding optimal foliar fertilisation systems depending on the intensity of the growing season.

After inspecting the experimental fields, the team of scientists got acquainted with the production facilities and discussed various scientific and practical issues. No one felt tired, because at the end of the day, everyone came to the same conclusion - it was nice to get together in such conditions, exchange views, and most importantly, to stay in a modern innovative farm.
The commission completed its work, and the postgraduate students went ... no, not to rest ... to take samples. Postgraduate study in agronomy is, first and foremost, research in the field...

And this work will sprout new technological approaches, higher yields, and better quality products. For the sake of national science, for the sake of humanity.

Nataliia Pasichnyk, associate professor of agrochemistry and quality
of plant products named after A.I. Dushechkin