TUBULAR ROLLER FOR PREPARING THE SOIL FOR SMALL-SEEDED CROPS
The purpose of the work is to study the effect of the developed tubular roller on the structural aggregate composition, density of soddy-podzolic soil and field germination of small-seeded crops when used in the pre-sowing treatment system. In the process of research, an effective design of a tubular roller was made, which allows for high-quality soil preparation for sowing small-seed crops. In the course of the experiments carried out, a significant effect on the structural and aggregate composition of the soil during processing with a tubular roller was established: the share of agronomically valuable fraction increases by 5.7 - 9.8 % while optimizing the density of the surface soil layer, which increased the germination of the studied seeds by 5.1 - 7.2 %.