Study of Sowing Quality of Soybean Seeds Depending on Pre-Sowing Treatment of Seed and Microfertilizers

Abstract

Comprehensive assessment of sowing qualities of soybean seeds after pre-sowing treatment of seeds with biological preparations is a scientifically valuable and urgent problem of today, which made it possible to choose the optimal methods of realizing the genetic potential of productivity of modern soybean varieties. In laboratory and vegetation conditions, the sowing properties of soybean seeds were evaluated under pre-sowing seed sterilization. The aim of the research was to establish the sowing qualities of soybean seeds (varieties Slavna, Churaivna, Azymut, Tytan, Triada, Pallada, Samorodok), namely seed moisture, germination energy, field germination and linear hypocotyl parameters depending on the varietal composition and pre-sowing seed treatment with a bacterial preparation. Field and laboratory studies were conducted according to the following indicators: seed moisture, germination energy, field germination and linear hypocotyl parameters according to generally accepted methods. Research on the basis of the scientific research field of the Institute of Fodder and Agriculture of the Podillia National Academy of Sciences by the method of split plots in four repetitions according to the methodology of research in agronomy, p. Bohonyky, Vinnytsia region, Ukraine. It was established that the moisture content of the seeds of soybean varieties during 2020–2023 storage in uncontrolled climate conditions was within the normal range and did not exceed 13.4%. It was noted that the use of pre-sowing treatment of seeds with a bacterial preparation based on strains of nodule bacteria had a smaller effect on laboratory germination, and to a greater extent on the germination energy of soybean seeds. The maximum indicator was obtained on the Slavna soybean variety – 93.4% for the use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rhizoline+Rhizosave) in the pre-sowing treatment of seeds. Laboratory germination had a significant tendency to increase up to 96.3–98.1% in variants with Svavna and Tytan varieties for the use of nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Rizolain+Rhizosave) in the pre-sowing seed treatment. Based on the obtained results, in order to stimulate the germination of soybean seeds, it is proposed to bacteriize them with complex inoculants, which is a more effective measure than inoculation with a monoculture of rhizobia. In the conditions of the Right Bank Forest-Steppe, in the variants where a bacterial preparation (Rizolain+Rhizosev) was used for pre-sowing seed treatment, the mentioned technological methods of growing can be used to improve the technology of growing soybeans.