Doctor of Philosophy.
2009 – 2013 – studied at Sumy National Agrarian University, received a bachelor’s degree in Agronomy, qualification of bachelor of agronomy technologist.
2013 – 2015 – received a master’s degree from Sumy National Agrarian University, speciality ‘Plant Protection’, qualification of a plant protection researcher.
2015 – 2020 – worked at the Sumy Regional Phytosanitary Laboratory as a leading specialist in the Department of Phytosanitary Procedures, and later as a leading specialist entomologist-herbologist.
2020 – 2024 – studied in graduate school at Sumy National Agrarian University. She received a PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences and Food, speciality 201 – Agronomy.
Dissertation topic: Optimisation of varietal technology for growing grain sorghum in the north-eastern forest-steppe of Ukraine.
2023 – present – Assistant of the Department of Agricultural Technology and Soil Science at Sumy National Agrarian University.
Academic disciplines: “Seed Science,” “Crop Production,” “Soil Science with Fundamentals of Geology.”
Articles in scholarly professional journals of Ukraine:
Zhatova, H. O., Kovalenko, M. O. Biological characteristics of the sorghum crop. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Agronomy and Biology. 2020. 2 (40). P. 14–32. https://doi.org/10.32782/agrobio.2020.2.2
Kovalenko, M. O., Zhatova, H. O. The effect of seeding rates on the growth and development of grain sorghum in the conditions of the Northeastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Agronomy and Biology. 2022. 3 (49). P. 25–32. https://doi.org/10.32845/agrobio.2022.3.4
Kovalenko, M. O. The effect of mineral fertilization on the development and productivity of grain sorghum in the conditions of the Northeastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Agronomy and Biology. 2023. 3 (53). P. 16–22. https://doi.org/10.32782/agrobio.2023.3.3
Kovalenko, M. O., Zhatova, H. O. Grain sorghum yield depending on seeding rates in the conditions of the Northeastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Agronomy and Biology. 2024. 1 (55). P. 86–94. https://doi.org/10.32782/agrobio.2024.1.12
Trotsenko, V., Zhatova, H., and Kovalenko, M. (2025). GRAIN SORGHUM YIELD DEPENDS ON FERTILIZERS AND VARIETAL CHARACTERISTICS. Bulletin of Sumy National Agrarian University. Series: Agronomy and Biology, 58 (4), P. 9–15. https://doi.org/10.32782/agrobio.2024.4.2
Scientific conference abstracts:
Zhatova, H. O., Kovalenko, M. O. Adaptive characteristics of grain sorghum as a condition for obtaining stable yields. Materials of the scientific and practical conference of lecturers, postgraduates, and students of Sumy NAU (April 19–23, 2021). Sumy, 2021. 53 p.
Zhatova, H. O., Kovalenko, M. O. Water use efficiency of sorghum // “Honchariv Readings”: Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference (May 25, 2021). Sumy, 2021, P. 92–93.
Kovalenko, M. O. Peculiarities of grain sorghum germination // Proceedings of VII International Scientific and Practical Conference. Madrid, Spain. September 19–21, 2021. P. 10–12.
Kovalenko, M. O. Influence of fertilizers on some parameters of vegetative growth of sorghum plants. “Honchariv Readings”: Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference (May 25, 2022). Sumy, 2022, P. 114–115.
Kovalenko, M. O. Influence of seeding rate on the yield of grain sorghum in the conditions of the Northeastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. “Honchariv Readings”: Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference (May 25, 2023). Sumy, 2023, P. 100–102.
Kovalenko, M. O. Influence of varietal characteristics and seeding rates on the duration of developmental phases of grain sorghum in the conditions of the Northeastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Materials of the scientific and practical conference of lecturers, postgraduates, and students of Sumy NAU (May 21, 2024). Sumy, 2024, 11 p.
Kovalenko, M. O. Influence of fertilization on the duration of developmental phases of grain sorghum in the conditions of the Northeastern Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor, Academician of NAAS of Ukraine Fedor Trokhymovych Morgun and the 90th anniversary of the Agronomy Faculty of Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University (May 16–17, 2024). Dnipro, 2024, P. 132–134.
