Novosibirsk State Technical University has developed an electronic system that, based on constantly developing algorithms, will help to choose a gel variant for solving agricultural consumer tasks. The line of gels*, created by the staff of NSTU NETI, is a product based on chitosan biogel, which is able to retain, give away and transport various useful substances.
"When we faced different requests from both business consumers and retail buyers, the idea arose to make an algorithmic selection of the final product for the client based on his request. The intelligent system takes into account a number of parameters — the type of soil, cultivated crops, the area of sown fields / land, etc. Currently, the system uses about two dozen parameters. It is enough for the consumer to go to the website and answer questions, then this information will be processed and the system will select the final product — gel and its functional components for solving practical problems of agriculture," said Alexander Samokhin, an employee of the Center for Technological Excellence of NSTU NETI.
According to him, the trial operation of the system was launched last summer, in real mode of use on the website unigel.ru she entered in the fall. With the help of gels, the composition of which the system selects for the current needs of the consumer, the following agricultural tasks can be solved: to increase the safety of the crop, moisten arid soil, protect seeds, deliver bioactive substances to the soil that affect germination, stimulate plant growth.
"We are planning to expand the functionality of the system, because we have a number of products and modifications to existing products that will be offered to the consumer in the future. The right choice of fertilizers is important for ensuring plant growth and obtaining a good harvest, and our electronic system can help the consumer in this. It is applicable to any region of the country," Alexander Samokhin added.
* The team of Ekaterina Litvinova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, NSTU NETI, has been working for the second year to study the properties of biogel in its various modifications. The project is part of the biomedical direction of the Priority 2030 program, implemented at NSTU NETI, and has broad prospects for use in industrial and domestic conditions, as well as for the needs of medicine, animal husbandry and crop production.