Economic efficiency of using Groundfix, Azotohelp, Liposam, and Organic-Balance bioproducts in the technology of winter wheat and maize cultivation

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https://doi.org/10.33730/2310-4678.1.2026.359988

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grain crops, agrocenoses, conditional net profit, profitability, yield, biostimulants, biofertilisers, bioadhesives

Abstract

The economic viability of using bioproducts in winter wheat and maize agroecosystems in the Forest-Steppe region of Ukraine has been established. A summary of the results of the economic assessment for 2021–2023 showed that the use of biological products on winter wheat crops in the northwestern part of the Right-Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine provided a consistently positive economic effect, with an average conditional net profit of 2,472–4,439 UAH/ha and an average return on additional costs of 230–549%. The combined use of Groundfix (1.5 l/ha) + Azotohelp (1.5 l/ha) for pre-sowing cultivation and the combination of seed treatment with Azotohelp (1.5 l/t) + plant treatment in the spring tillering phase with Azotohelp (0.5 l/ha) showed high agronomic efficiency and economic advantages under the combined application of biological products. The most agronomically and economically feasible option for growing maize in the conditions of the North-Eastern Forest-Steppe in 2021–2023 was the use of Azotohelp (0.5 l/ha), which provided the highest yield (10.7 t/ha compared to 9.5–10.2 t/ha in the other options, 9.3 t/ha in the control), high net profit (8,916 UAH/ha) and an average return on additional costs (2,972%). In years with sufficient or excessive moisture (2022), the economic efficiency of the combined foliar application of the biological products Organic-Balance (0.5 l/ha) + Azotohelp (0.3 l/ha) + Liposam (0.25 l/ha) and the separate application of Organic-Balance (0.5 l/ha) decreased. At the same time, in dry years (2021 and 2023), their application provided significant additional income per unit area, increased the stability of yield formation and the economic reliability of maize cultivation technology. The use of Groundfix, Azotohelp, Organic-Balance and Liposam biological products based on growth-stimulating, nitrogen-fixing, phosphorus- and potassiummobilising bacteria and their metabolites is an agronomically and economically viable element of cereal crop cultivation technology

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