Insecticide and Fungicide seed treatment
Seed treatment is a term that describes both products and processes. The usages of specific products and specific techniques can improve the growth environment for the seed, seedlings and young plants. Seed treatment complexity ranges from a basic dressing to coating and pelleting.
1. Seed dressing: This is the most common method of seed treatment. The seed is dressed with either a dry formulation or wet treated with a slurry or liquid formulation. Dressings can be applied at both farm and industries. Low cost earthen pots can be used for mixing pesticides with seed or seed can be spread on a polythene sheet and required quantity of chemical can be sprinkled on seed lot and mixed mechanically by the farmers.
2. Seed coating: A special binder is used with a formulation to enhance adherence to the seed. Coating requires advanced treatment technology, by the industry.
3. Seed pelleting: The most sophisticated Seed Treatment Technology, resulting in changing physical shape of a seed to enhance pelletibility and handling. Pelleting requires specialized application machinery and techniques and is the most expensive application.
Recommendation of seed treatment for different crops
| S.No. |
Name of Crop |
Pest/Disease |
Seed Treatment |
| 1. |
Sugarcane |
Root rot, wilt |
Carbendazim (0.1%) 2 gm/kg seed
Trichoderma spp. 4-6 gm/kg. seed
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| 2. |
Sunflower |
Seed rotJassids, Whitefly |
Trichoderma viride @ 6 gm/kg seed.Imidaclorprid 48FS @ 5-9 gm a.i. per kg. seedImidacloprid 70WS @ 7 gm a.i. per kg. seed |
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Pulses |
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| 3. |
Pigeon pea |
Wilt,
Blight and Root rot |
Trichoderma spp. @ 4 gm/kg. seed |
| 4. |
Gram |
Wilt and damping off |
Seed treatment with Trichoderma viridi 1% WP @ 9 gm/kg seeds
Combination of Carbendazim with carbosulfan @ 0.2% Carbendazim with Thiram with carbosulfan @ 0.2%
Treat the seed with Chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 15-30 ml a.i./kg seed. |
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Cereals |
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| 5. |
Rice |
Root rot disease other insects/pestsBacterial shealth blight |
Trichoderma 5-10 gm/kg. seed (before transplanting)
Chloropyriphos 3gm/kg seed.Pseudomonas flourescens 0.5% W.P. 10 gm/kg. |
| 6. |
Wheat |
TermiteBunt/False smut/loose smut/covered smut |
Teat the seed before sowing with any one of the following insecticides.
i) Chlorpyriphos @ 4 ml/kg seed or Endosulfan @ 7ml / kg seedsThiram 75% WP
Carboxin 75 % WP
Tebuconazole 2 DS @ 1.5 to 1.87 gm a.i. per kg seed.
T. viride 1.15 % WP @ 4 gm/kg. |
| 7. |
Barley |
Loos smut
Covered smut
Leaf stripeTermite |
Carboxin 75% WP
Thiram 75% WP @ 1.5 to 1.87 gm a.i./kg seed. Treat the seed with Chlorpyriphos @ 4 ml/kg seed. |
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