seed treatment
to protect seeds from pests and fungal diseases.
introduction
Seeds in store and young developing plants in the soil are particularly susceptible to attack by many fungal diseases and pest. Seed treatments are an important procedure carried out either to protect the seed in store, or to protect the embryo and young developing crop plant following planting in the soil. Fungal pathogens present on the seed and in the soil can destroy or adversely affect both stored seed and young growing plants. Pests in the soil can also adversely affect young growing seedlings. Seed treatment equipment tends to be simple small batch apparatus but can be more sophisticated to treat larger volumes of seed. Rates of use tend to be given in grams or litres per 100 Kg of seed rather than g or L per hectare rates.
our products
Hockley provides a range of products which can be used as seed treatments including:
Thiram 50% WP,
a contact and protectant fungicide formulation is used as a slurry treatment to protect cereal seeds, in particular for the control of Fusarium diseases.Metalaxyl 25% WP,
is a systemic protectant fungicide formulation used as a slurry treatment to protect particularly cereal seeds for the control of Pythium, Phytophthora and Rhizoctonia diseases.Triadimenol 25% WP,
a systemic fungicide formulation used as a slurry treatment is particularly effective versus seed smut diseases.Carbendazim 50% WP,
is a systemic and protectant fungicide formulation used as a slurry treatment to protect against several seed diseases, particularly in cereals.Mancozeb 80% WP,
a protectant fungicide formulatio, is used as a slurry treatment to protect against several seed treatment diseases, particularly in cotton and cereals.Chlorpyrifos 25% WP,
is a protectant insecticide formulation used as a slurry treatment to protect against a range of seed-attacking insect pests following planting in the soil. It is particularly effective in protecting young cereal plants.Bronopol 12% WP,
a protectant bactericide formulation used as a slurry treatment to protect cotton seed against ‘Blackarm Disease’ caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. Malracearum.additional information
All products in our seed treatment range can be formulated, packaged and labelled to your specific requirements.
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