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.

S. No.	Name of Crop	Pest/Disease	Seed Treatment	Remarks
1	Rice	Root rot disease other insects/pests Bacterial sheath blight	Trichoderma 5-10 gm/kg. seed (before transplanting) Chloropyriphos 3gm/kg seed. Pseudomonas flourescens 0.5% W.P. 10 gm/kg.	For seed dressing metal seed dresser / earthen pots or polythene bags are used.
2	Pigeon pea	Wilt, Blight and Root rot	Trichoderma spp. @ 4 gm/kg. seed	For seed dressing metal seed dresser / earthen pots or polythene bags are used.
3	Bhindi	Root knot nematode	Paecilomyces lilacinus and Pseudomonas  fluorescens @ 10 gm/kg as seed dresser.	For seed dressing metal seed dresser / earthen pots or polythene bags are used.
4	Brinjal	Bacterial wilt	Pseudomonas  fluorescens @ 10gm/kg.	Metal seed dresser/earthen pots or polythene bags are used.
5	Leguminous Vegetables	Soil borne infection Nematode	Trichoderma viride @ 2 gm/100gms. seed. Carbofuran/Carbosulfan 3% (w/w)	-do-