SEED TREATMENTS & INOCULANTS
Seed treatments are products applied to seeds prior to planting . They fall into two categories : seed protection ( disease and insect protection ) and seed enhancement ( products which improve seedling health and promote germination ).
SEED PROTECTANT
SEED ENHANCEMENT Product name VITAFLO ® COVER 2 ® AWAKEN ® ST CONSENSUS ® L
Active ingredients / analysis
Crops
Protects against / Promotes
Packaging
Carbathin + thiram
Wheat , barley , oats
• Loose smut , bunt , seeds rots and seedling blights .
• Suppression of common root rot at the high rate .
10 L jugs , 200 L drums
Ipconazole-triazole + metalaxyl
Wheat , barley , oats , rye and triticale
• Seed rots , damping off , seedling blight , smuts , bunt , leaf stripe .
• Suppression of common root rot , crown and foot rot .
10 L jugs and 115 L drums
6-0-1 plus micros and zinc ammonium acetate
Wheat , barley , oats
• Promotes quicker seedling emergence .
• Provides a larger , more extensive root system .
Stimulatory seed treatment containing : chitosan , indole-3- butyric acid ( IBA ) and salicylic acid ( SA )
Peas , lentils , soybeans
• Faster germination .
• Better early root development .
• Plant stress protection .
9.46 L jugs 250 ml bottles
INOCULANTS Inoculants are products which enhance the nitrogen-fixing capabilities of pulses and soybeans .
Technology
ESTABLISH ® GRANULAR XL
Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viceae , 8 x 107 rhizobia per gram .
SO-FAST ® XL LIQUID
Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viceae 7.5 x 108 rhizobia per gram .
Crops Peas , lentils Peas , lentils
Formulation Solid core clay granule Liquid
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