Main Sector of relevance\IRC classification 1. Agriculture, Food and Marine Resources
1.7 Cultivator-sprayer KOU 4/6
Developers’ contact information
Republican Unitary Enterprise "The Institute For Vegetable
Growing of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus"
127/ 1, Mayakovskiy Str., 220028 Minsk
Tel/ Fax: +375 (17) 223-37-11; e-mail:
belniio@mail.ru
Summary
Universal cultivator-sprayer KOU-4/6 is meant for cutting ridges,
inter-row processing of vegetable and cultivated crops, grown on the even
surface, as well as on beds with a capability of banded application of
pesticides and soluble mineral fertilizers..
It can be used in all agroclimatic zones of the country and on all types of
soil. Simultaneously carries out machine and chemical extermination of weeds,
includes 7 types of actuators.
Description
Specifications:
Aggregated with tractor class - 1,4
Coverage, m - 2,8(4,2)
Width of space between rows, m - 0,7
Number of processed beds - 4(6)
Efficiency, ha/h - 1,0-1,4
Consumption of liquid, l/ha - 80-100
Technology type
Technical advantages and economic benefits
The cultivator provides for reduction in pesticide stress by 2 times due to efficient application of machine processing of space between rows and banded application of pesticides and soluble mineral fertilizers.
Technology differentiation and uniqueness
Original development, combining machine and chemical extermination of weeds.
Context in which technology was identified
International Specialized Exhibition “Belagro” 2006-2008,
Awarded with a golden medal on Russian agro-industrial exhibition “Golden
Autumn - 2006”
Technological keywords
Cultivator, non-root processing, local application of pesticides and soluble mineral fertilizers, mid-row processing.
Development Stage
Intellectual property rights
Range of applications
Agriculture.
Classifier Used at the EU Innovation Relay Centres
Preferable Regions
Practical experience
Tested in Belarus and Russia.
Environmental impact
Universal cultivator-sprayer provides for full extermination of weed plants in space between rows using machines and through application of pesticides in a banded way in plant rows. This makes it possible to put vegetable growing on the ecological basis and reduce consumption of pesticides by two times.
Type of collaboration sought
Terms and restrictions
License contract.
Available technical assistance