Sesame - Seed Treatment

Seed Treatment

• Coat the seeds with TNAU Vidhai Amirtham @ 68 ml/ kg of seeds.
• TNAU seed pelleting technology may be used to increase the seed size and weight to facilitate precision sowing using seed drill.
• Treat the seeds with Carbendazim @ 2g/kg of seeds (or)
• Treat the seeds with Trichoderma viride @ 4g/kg seeds
• Carrier Based Formulation: Treat the seeds required for one hectare with 600 g each of Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria (or) 1200g of Azophos using rice gruel and shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing
• Liquid Formulation: Treat seeds required for one hectare with 125 ml each of Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria (or) 250ml of Azophos, shade dry for 30 minutes before sowing

Azophos	Carrier Bio Fertilizer	Liquid Bio Fertilizer

Soil Application

• Carrier Based Formulation: 2kg each of Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria (or) 4 kg of Azophos, with 25kg of FYM and 25kg of sand and broad cast at the time of last ploughing
• Liquid Formulation: 500 ml each of  Azospirillum, Phosphobacteria  (or) 1000ml of Azophos, 25kg of FYM and 25kg of sand and broad cast uniformly at the time of last ploughing
• PPFM spray: Foliar spray @ 500 ml/ha of PPFM (Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotroph) is recommended to mitigate terminal water stress

Seed Treatment

Carrier Based Formulation	Liquid Formulation